LILONGWE, (MaraviPost): Reports coming from observers out of the Cashgate court case against former Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara indicate he is being bested by mousy looking Mary Kachale.
Just the other day Raphael Kasambara lost his cool when mousy Mary Kachale challenged the direction his questioning of a witness was going. To many on social media Raphael Kasambara was a hero however those sentiments are now waning as he gets exposed by Mary Kachale in court.
The reason Raphael Kasambara .called Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa as a witness is to contradict evidence presented in court by his own housemaid. Jessie Mussa Who said Mphwiyo was at Kasambara’s house on the day one Paul Mphwiyo met his fate, which has left metal still lodged in his body. .
Housemaid for Raphael Kasambara Jessie Mussa, testified in court that on the day Paul Mphwiyo was shot, she saw Paul Mphwiyo arriving at Kasambara’s residence with a bag containing huge sums of money.
However Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa told the court during Thursday’s proceedings that it was unlikely for the two to have met on the day as he was with Raphael Kasambara in Salima entertaining Former South African President Thabo Mbeki who was in Malawi to discuss the Lake Malawi issue boiling over with Tanzania.
Raphael Kasambara who had his son with him on that day as he is known to do made the whole thing seem so dramatic as he forced George Mkondiwa to admit that his son could not be in two places at the same time. Contradicting evidence provided by his own housemaid.
On her part, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) director in the department of banking and currency management Mercy Kumbatira told the court about the discussion between RBM, accountant general, treasury, and economic affairs directorate over an increase in expenditures.
“On September 9, 2013 government called for a meeting with RBM to discuss domestic borrowing figures because of the significant increase in domestic borrowing reflected in the domestic borrowing (DOMBO) table.”
“During the meeting government wanted to understand what had triggered the increase in the domestic borrowing, RBM explained that from analysis, there were some huge payments that had been made in respect of military spending and payment of arrears,” she said.
She added that at the meeting Paul Mphwiyo expressed awareness on the issue but maintained that domestic borrowing was still too high even after taking the factors into account.
Meanwhile, the case will continue from January 27 to 29 when Pika Manondo will be defending himself whilst the cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo and politician Brown Mpinganjira is expected to testify.