Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Atupele Muluzi has been implicated in a case in which two people are answering a charge of defrauding a Lilongwe-based businessperson Trevor Kandonje.<\/p>\n
When the matter resumed at the Lilongwe Magistrate\u2019s Court yesterday, Kandonje, who was the first witness to testify in the case, revealed that Muluzi had a meeting with him which was facilitated by the two suspects in the matter, Steven Otieno and Imran Mlanga.<\/p>\n
At the hearing, drama ensued after it was observed that Mlanga was not in court.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Paul Chiotcha ordered the arrest of Esnart Katema, who was Mlanga\u2019s surety.<\/p>\n
But through lawyer Gabriel Chembezi, she later obtained a stay order.<\/p>\n
Katema is believed to be related to both Muluzi and Mlanga.<\/p>\n
When testifying in the court Kandonje said in September 2014, Otieno and Mlanga approached Kandonje to help in running an SMS campaign through Kempcall, a company for which he is the director.<\/p>\n
He said the two produced business cards which showed that they worked for Muluzi.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround that time, to ensure that I gained more trust in them, Mr. Otieno arranged a meeting with Honourable Atupele Muluzi at his office at Capital Hill where I and my colleague Bram Fudzulani, who is Technical Director of Kempcall Limited, met the minister together with my son.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the meeting, which was brief, Mr. Otieno introduced us to the minister as officials from a company that was being hired to facilitate the SMS campaign\u2026.,\u201d said Kandonje.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThis instilled some confidence in us to work with Otieno and Mlanga. Immediately they asked to hire four vehicles from City Transport Brokers and we agreed on terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was no cross-examination after Kandonje\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n
But Chembezi later obtained a stay order against the arrest of Katema.<\/p>\n
Chembezi initially represented Mlanga in the matter but later stopped representing him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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