Mphwiyo Spotted at Kasambara's Home Earlier The Day He Was Shot;

Reveals Former House Maid of Kasambara

Evidence brought by state witness Jessie Mussa a former house maid of Raphael Kasambara reveals Mr. Paul Mphwiyo had visited the house of one of the  accused Raphael Kasambara afternoon of same day he was shot.

The former budget Director Paul Mphwiyo was shot in the night of 13th September 2013 a development which revealed calculated looting of public coffers at Capital Hill.

Eighth state witness Jessie Mussa explained in the Lilongwe High Court on Wednesday before Judge Justice Michael Mtambo that at around 15:00 hours of 13 September 2013 saw Paul Mphwiyo arriving at Kasambara's residence. She saw him coming out of his vehicle carrying a fabric bag which she said contained huge sums of money and he remained inside the house for a while then left.

The witness said at around 18:00 hours just after Mphwiyo had left the place, Pika Manondo showed up at the residence then left while driving Kasambara's Mercedes Benz. But the witness was dismayed to wake up early morning of Saturday 14th September 2013 seeing her boss's Mercedes Benz hidden parked  behind the Servants Quarters or "Boys' Quarter". And added that this was her first time to see that vehicle being parked there and on the same day learned that the man who came the previous day (Mphwiyo) was shot.

She went on to say later in the day came a man who began removing vehicle registration numbers of the 'Benz'. She also told court that later some day, came to the house a Head of CID for Central Region joined by other officers. The officers were inspecting Kasambara's Benz while talking to Kasambara himself. 

Jessie said got fired in October 2013 the same day Kasambara was sacked as Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs. She said her job ended without notice and was forced to leave the place for home in Blantyre immediately. But the witness said while on her way to Blantyre, somewhere at Nathenje around 18:00 hours she got a phone call from Kasambara's wife cautioning her not to reveal anything she knows about Mphwiyo's shooting. Her former boss said if she reveals the incident anyhow to anyone would risk Raphael Kasambara up for an arrest.

The cross examination of the witness was adjourned and continues this Thursday morning at Lilongwe High Court.

Earlier, the state had in the morning paraded two other witnesses a Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) Head Surgeon Dr. Carlos Valera and a close friend of Mphwoyo Yambani Mlemba a lawyer by profession.

Sixth state witness Doctor Valera at one point told Court that as an experienced person who has been treating such gun wounds like of Paul Mphwiyo, is convinced that the assailant's who wanted to kill Mphwiyo used a weak gun. 

Seventh state witness Mlemba informed the court that he saw two accused Oswald Lutepo and Pika Manondo at Kamuzu Central  Hospital together with other friends of Mphwiyo who came to the hospital.