Court releases Namata on bail: Acquitted of other Cashgate, still facing charges alongside Mphwiyo in K2.4bn
Maxwell Namata, who was acquitted by af the Supreme Court of Appeal, of other Cashgate related offenses, has been been granted bail by the High Court in Lilongwe as he was still being held in jail because he is also one of the 18 accused persons in K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo.
Namata had his eight-year sentence for theft and money laundering quashed by Supreme Court .
But he applied for bail on a matter involving K2.4 billion which Director of Public Prosecutions, Mary Kachale, did not object but asked the court to impose tough bail conditions.
In her determination on the bail bid, High Court judge Esmie Chombo granted Namata bail on several conditions, among them payment of K500 -p- and two sureties worth K500 000.
Chombo also ordered that Namata to tie one property as part of bail bond and report once a month to Fiscal Police.
He was also ordered to surrender his travel documents.
Some of Namata’s relations, including his wife, were at the court to welcome him home after three years of imprisonment
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You were a simple guy in those days at Polytechnic. I didnt expect you to be involved in the syndicate that has brought our country to the knees
Anthuwa ngaamdzi. But natural justice will take charge
Namata is a well known thief. We have prosecutors who don’t prepare well. Namata has wealth that cannot be traced. He has mansons everywhere in Lilongwe except at his cemetery where we all end up. We steal as if one day we will not die. Even Pitala is on death row now and that’s why he doesn’t care about Malawi. As for Goodall kuyendera ndodo is a sign of nearing the end. Please make Malawi a better place for young ones inu nkhalamba zopanda nzeru.
Thez no justice in Malawi
Our judges are doing this great country and its people great injustice and disservice!
a Chigumula nkhani ndi imeneyotu. Mphaka watuluka ndiye makoswe onse amene amaba mtedza athawe . Ndangodutsamo ine.
He has been acquitted on what grounds ? This is not justice.