The highest profile defendant who appeared on 5 February is former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara on trial for the attempted murder of ex-Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo (AC Vol 54 Nos 21 Shooting triggers reshuffle & 24 Political class in turmoil)...
Ralph Kasambara who was Justice Minister in October is now in custody charged in conjunction with his associate Pika Manondo with the attempted murder of Mphwiyo...
The circle of those affected by the scandal has grown and President Banda sacked her entire cabinet on 10 October before reappointing most of them on 15 October – with two notable exceptions: Finance Minister Ken Lipenga and Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara remain out in the cold...
Manondo was an aide to Ralph Kasambara who denies any link to Manondo or the shooting of Mphwiyo...
No date has yet been set for the hearing on the injunction and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ralph Kasambara is in no hurry to resolve the issue...
Ralph Kasambara is voicing the concern of many when he warns of a campaign of intimidation against civil society activists by criminals hired by the party in power...
Rumours of treason assassination plots and arrests swirl around Muluzi and his UDF lieutenants Brown Mpinganjira Humphrey Mvula Friday Jumbe George Nga Mtafu and now former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara...
Attorney General Ralph Kasambara talks creatively of a 'constructive resignation' i...
On the side of the increasingly popular President and semi-detached from the UDF are his new appointees: the State House Chief of Staff Ken Zikhale ('Let it be') Ng'oma; DPP Ishmael Wadi; Attorney General Ralph Kasambara; Minister of Economic Planning David Faiti; Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe; and the army and police chiefs Mark Chiziko and Mary Nangwale...
The well regarded Gustav Kaliwo is tipped to be the new police chief alongside a new Attorney General Ralph Kasambara a lawyer and part-time lecturer on constitutional matters...
Other small parties include: businessman George Mnetsa's Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde); the Progressive People's Movement (PPM) founded by Ralph Kasambara and Jimmy Koreia-Mpatsa and now led by veteran politicians Aleke Banda and Muluzi's recently resigned Vice-President Justin Malewezi; and Kamuzu Chibambo's People's Transformation Party (Petra)...
