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Kasambara charged, wants JB as witness

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Wants JB as witness: Kasambara
Wants JB as witness: Kasambara

Former Malawi Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara who was arrested on Friday in connection with the shooting of budget director Paul Mphwiyo has told Lilongwe Magistrate Court that he would want the country’s President Joyce Banda to testify in court as witness.

Kasambara and another suspect Pika Manondo were formally charged with attempted murder and Chief Resident Magistrate Ruth Chinangwa committed the matter to the High Court.

The ex-Justice Minister —who was wearing a dark suit and orange tie in court today—submitted to court that he would want in the witness dock President Banda, a State House official Cecilia Kumpukwe (a sister to President Banda), Minister of Information Brown Mpinganjira and ruling Peoples Party spokesman Hophmally Makande.

Kasambara later told the media outside the court : “…there is no case, this case will not get anywhere’.

 

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9 Comments

  1. tati.mwati muyikulitse nkhanitu.kuikamo aprezident kuti mupeze chitetezo?kaya koma tikuonerani

  2. He knws he will get away with it if he involves the president , at the end of the day if he goes down he take them with him. Why is the president so quite with this issue? That means she is involved together with her family…. Watch out, keep u re head up!

    1. Guys whatever we may say here, I strongly believe this Kasambara guys knows what he is doing. He is playing his cards so smartly and we could be in for a very thrilling comic show!! If it’s because of the Law background obviously Madam the PP guys must get ready for one thrilling game!! It seems we are here for more surprises and the game have just began!! I honestly like this Ralph guy, the Lawyer and not Ralph the Politician and the person himself!! Vuto amayi pakamwa kulankhula lankula lero nde ndi izi!! Sipaja munati anaombera Mphwiyo mukuwadziwa, uyutu nde akuuzani mukawaloze mkhoti!! Ladies and gentlemen, now it seems the drama has just began, (another ‘Comedy of Errors’!!) Game on and eyes on the stage you loose you snooze!! Just can’t stop laughing today…………………………!!

  3. Che Joisi, iwo calling card yawo ndikuchita please azungu pachichewa chomveka bwino amati kudongolera maDonor Community. Koma mzimayi anayiwala kuti wokhulupilika ananyera mbasi. Komanso mchawa mnzanga wandikumbusa kuti ‘andende good boy’ ya mnzimai is always backfiring. ife takondwa chifukwa amai afika poziombela paphazi. Kususuka ndikulankhula kwambiri. Anthuwa ndi a Ndale. Lafaele wqgwira poti, ukandiulula nane ndikuulula. Saguza anamuombera Paguza pakamwa kuti mwina asadzanene Kanthu. Koma ekhayo angafinye anapiye muchisa asnamele mapiko. Che Joisi ine mmeme ndikuonera checkmate. Mudziyamika mzimu wa a Bingu. Popanda imfa inu simukanaulawa uprezidenti. A Bakili mnsana uyambanso, nanunso miyendo idzakuvutani, anthu sakuvoteta chifukwa mwadya mfulumila. A Bingu had a wonderful first term. And inu ndi amnzanu adumbo you spoiled his colourful dream. munanyengana kudya galu. English Lesson: Psyopsyona ponyera panga (kiss my ass) good bye presidency

  4. Kicks of a dying horse. Ralph is trying to play high stakes when he knows he is cornered. Truth is all those he wants as witnesses, what did they witness? What we are following here is a trail of money stolen from the government coffers, and it’s linkages to the shooting of budget director. Unless he can prove the existence of this money in the accounts of the so called witnesses, and their involvement with Paul Mphwiyo, they all have no case to answer. Let the games begin.

  5. Kasambara has expressed himself both symbolically and Orally, he chose his dressing and words very carefully and am sure that after that court session he got many phone calls of anger. Fellow Malawians symbols and words should be understood very well especially coming from a prominent lawyer. In my own analysis, i think this what Kasambara said: ‘ I am PP, I did it all for PP and Madam president is my witness, if you don’t believe call her in the chambers’ and his statement to reporters sums it all up; the statement meant this: ‘ Mama wants to go down with me, let her continue the case’
    Okey, that’s me my maggots in my head.

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