Defence lawyers have insisted that they still want the State to include the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a witness in a case where four Fisd directors and an accountant from the Ministry of Agriculture are accused of receiving double payment in the bank’s funded project. During hearing at the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) national disciplinary committee has summoned the party’s vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa to a disciplinary hearing this Wednesday in Lilongwe. The committee accuses Nankhumwa, who is also Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, of undermining the authority of the party’s president Peter Mutharika for holding whistlestop tours in Blantyre between July
Chief Magistrate Chimwaza adjourned the matter to July and gave the defence 14 days to make a formal application, and another 14 days for the state to respond.