February 13, 2021 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 12 Comments
Lilongwe magistrate Shyreen Chirwa has refused to recuse herself from former CEO for Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Collins Magalasi criminal trial, she announced in court Friday.
Magalasi (L) and his lawyer
Magalasi is charged with abuse of office and fraud.
He is accused of abusing the authority of his office. He allegedly paid K10.5 million as accommodation for former ruling DPP officials at Kanjedza Lodge, Oasis Hotel and Heritage Serendib between July and August 2018.
Lawyer Andrew Kaonga representing Magalasi asked the presiding magistrate Chirwa to opt out of the case for alleged bias by among others, refusing the defence lawyer an adjournment on health grounds.
Senior Resident Magistrate Shireen Chirwa has adjourned to this afternoon the case in which former executive director of the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority-Mera Collins Magalasi is accused of abusing his office in 2018.
Earlier, Magalasi’s lawyer Andy Kaonga requested the court for an adjournment to a later date because he had insufficient time to go through some documents, and since had a health challenge.
However, the magistrate denied to grant the adjournment, upon which Kaonga told the court to recuse itself on the basis that it is biased toward the state.
The case continues at three pm, when Magistrate Chirwa will make a ruling on that.
February 11, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 63 Comments
Some senior Malawi Congress Party (MCP) officials under the Second Liberation of Malawi Nation movement have written President Lazarous Chakwera accussing him of only employing his relatives and Assemblies of God Church members at State House and have also demanded that he fires Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi for frustrating the Tonse Alliance agenda.
Zangazanga Chikhosi: SPC under MCP fire
In a letter dated February 8, 2021 and signed by former MP for Kasungu West Alex Major, the MCP officials accuse Chakwera and Chikhosi of neglecting young, qualified and energetic members within the Tonse alliance in his appointments to various positions.
For the first time since the Tonse Administration took power, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has made a stinging attack on President Lazarus Chakwera describing him as “not transformative after all.” In a statement issued Wednesday in which HRDC has commented on the K6.2 Covidgate, status of the Tonse Alliance, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority […]
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