LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-High Court Judge Redson Kapindu has sustained the case involving Joseph Manguluti against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declaring Simplex Chithyola Banda as a winner for Kasungu South Constituency during the September 16 General Elections.

Judge Kapindu therefore has ordered the continual of the case for further hearing.

Chithyola who won the ticket as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and MEC are the first and second respondent respectively in the case.

Sikwese is the lawyer representing Manguluti while Wapona Kita leads Chithyola legal team.

This means the case will go into full trial after the court found that reasons for dismissal were not enough.

Chithyola is now opposition leader in Parliament.


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Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar.
Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar.
I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019.
My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.

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