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Lilongwe High Court Judge Michael Ntambo saidon Thursday that he
expects the trial of the on going attempted murder case of
formerBudget Director Paul Mphwiyo to be concluded during thenext
court session, which will be fromJanuary 27-29 2016.
Lawyer and former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambala
,businessman Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembeare answering
attempted murder and conspiracy tocommit murders on Mphwiyo.
The arrangement will be that [cashgate prisoner] OswardLutepo
will be the first to testify then the second accused(Pika Manondo)
will enter defence and after that the otherwitnesses will come in,
said Mtambo.
We should keep time when cross examining and it shouldbe
straight to the point because am hereto preside over acase of who
shot Mphwiyo and not any other, said JudgeNtambo.
Mphwiyos shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of
the systematic looting of millions of government money
dubbedcashgate.
In the shooting trial witnesses have revealed information
relating to cashgate, Malawis worst financial scandal in its 50
years as anindependent country.
Earlier, two witnesses, Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa and
Reserve Bank of Malawi Director for the Banking and Currency
ManagementDepartment Mercy Kumbatira testified.
The court had expected seasoned politician Brown Mpinganjira to
testify before the others but he was excused to theJanuary
27sessionbecause he received the court summon late.
However, the first accused, Kumwembe dropped former Secretary to
the Treasury Radson Mwadiwa as his witness.
The case has been adjourned toJanuary 27and it will run for
three days.
Forensic auditors from British audit firm, Baker Tilly,
established that under the administration of Joyce Banda, about K24
billion was lootedat Capital Hill between April and September 2013
through inflated invoices and payments for goods and services not
provided togovernment.
In 2015, a financial analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
also established that about K577 billion in public funds could not
bereconciliated between 2009 and December 2014 owing to abuse of
the central payment system, Integrated Financial
ManagementInformation System .
Western donor nations and agencies, which provide 40% of Malawis
budget, froze vital aid in reaction to the scandal.
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