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A court case involving four Fisd Limited Company directors failed to commence Tuesday in Lilongwe as the presiding magistrate, senior resident magistrate Shyreen Chirwa, has reportedly been transferred to the industrial relations court.
Nankhuni: I will apply for “outright” dismissal of the case because the state “is not serious and ready to prosecute the case”.
Both Fisd lawyer Gift Nankhuni and state prosecutor Levi Mangani confirmed the development, saying they are now waiting to appear before a new magistrate.
Nankhuni actually added that the state “had not yet even” submitted formal charge sheets against the Fisd directors by Tuesday as ordered by senior resident magistrate Chirwa on 5 March.
March 5, 2021 Wanangwa Mtawali-Nyasa Times 2 Comments
Foundation for Irrigation and Sustainable Development (Fisd) Limited lawyer, Gift Nankhuni, on Friday, March 5, asked the Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court to discharge a case involving four Fisd directors, arguing the State “is not serious and ready to prosecute the case”.
The four Fisd directors conferring with their lawyer outside the magistrate court in Lilongwe
However, prosecutor Levi Mangani, asked the court to give the State 30 more days so it would “wind up” its investigations on the matter.
Senior Resident Magistrate Shyreen Chirwa has since accepted the State’s plea and adjourned hearing of the case to 6 April, 2021.