BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Zomba has set August 31,2022 as the date will deliver a ruling on the case of former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje and her former driver Jones Tewesa who are accused of criminal reckless and negligence.
During the court session, both the state and defence lawyers made oral submissions before Chief Resident Magistrate Austin Banda in a case the two are accused of blocking President Lazarus Chakwera’s convoy as he was traveling from Blantyre to Zomba on December 10, 2020.
Kunje’ lawyer, Christopher Masanje prayed to the court to exercise mercy since Kunje was a first offender and that the state has failed to establish that Kunje had a criminal intent.
On his part, Tewesa’s lawyer Timothy Chirwa also prayed to the court to hand a suspended sentence to Tewesa who he said was caught between following his superiors orders and abiding to the law.
The case Kunje and Tewesa are answering is against Section 246 of the Penal Code.
Currently, Kunje is remanded at Mikuyu Prison while his driver Tewesa is remanded at Zomba Central Prison.
