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Senior Resident Magistrate Shyreen Chirwa has referred to Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa the money laundering and fraud case against former Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi, business person Dorothy Shonga Nkhoma and two other MERA officials Patrick Maulidi and Bright Mbewe. Lawyer for Magalasi applied before Shyreen Chirwa to have the case transferred to another magistrate saying Shyreen Chirwa was already handling a case involving Magalasi and MERA. The lawyer, Andy Kaonga argued that having one magistrate handle cases involving t...

February 19, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 2 Comments Former Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi has finally taken plea  to charges of abuse of office and fraud in the K10.5 million Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members accommodation caseafter a series of adjournments. Magalasi (R) and a sympathiser leave the court Magalasi, a former chief economic advisor of ex-president Peter Mutharika,  pleaded “not guilty” to the charges  before senior resident magistrate Shyreen Chirwa in the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Th...

Th Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to March 30, 2021 a case involving former Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi. Magalasi was appearing before the Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe in connection with the abuse of K10.5 million at MERA in 2018. He pleaded not guilty to the charges of abuse of office and fraud. Magalasi is accused of using the money from MERA to pay for the accommodation of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials. Director of Public Prosecutions Steve Kayuni has said the State will parade seven witnesses to pro...