High Court Judge Fiona Mwale Tuesday heard a Cashgate case in a building currently under construction in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n
Mwale decided to hear arguments for sentencing of Cashgate convict Caroline Savala in a building being constructed adjacent to the High Court building.<\/p>\n
Savala, who last year was convicted of charges of looting public money amounting to K84 million in 2013, is awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n
The issue of service of documents led to the adjournment of the matter to May 16, 2016. The matter may however be shifted to another date since Monday is a public holiday.<\/p>\n
Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula, said completion of the structure is expected to ease the problem of courtrooms.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently we do not have enough court rooms. One of the court rooms [in the new building in Lilongwe] will be for the Chief Resident Magistrate. There will also be court rooms for the High Court,\u201d Mvula said.<\/p>\n
With the ongoing cashgate cases, there has been a big demand for court rooms in Lilongwe. Apart, from that, the size of some court rooms has caused some problems in cases where many suspects are involved.<\/p>\n
Recently, it was proposed that the matter in which about 18 suspects are answering Cashgate charges should be moved to a spacious room.<\/p>\n
There is also a case involving 13 suspects, which, in most cases, the court room is always filled to capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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