Norman Chisale, the personal bodyguard to the former president Peter Mutharika, has taken to the media to fight for his financial freedom, after several attempts to challenge a preservation order and unfreeze his bank accounts through the courts hit the buffers.
In an exclusive interview with Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) on Monday night, Chisale blamed former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steve Kayuni for his suffering due to the preservation order and the freezing of his bank accounts.
In early 2021, the DPP, alongside other agencies such as the Assets Forfeiture Unit, the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), and Malawi Police Services Fiscal and Fraud Department obtained, from the High Court, a seizure order for Chisale’s property worth K5 billion.
His bank accounts were also frozen.
However, Chisale’s lawyers have on several occasions applied to the court to either unfreeze his bank account or get a waiver to access cash, but he has been unsuccessful.
The latest attempt was when Chisale went to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) where he applied for an order to vary the preservation order to enable him access K50 million to clear legal bills incurred.
However, SCA judge Charles Mkandawire threw out the application.
In the interview, which was hosted by Leah Malekano, Chisale took potshots at Kayuni for causing his suffering.
“I am suffering, my family and children are suffering because of Kayuni. When I was on remand, I wrote his office asking for K5 million for my child’s school fees, but he refused. I will never forgive Kayuni. God should deal with him,” said a visibly angry Chisale.
He further claimed that Kayuni has tried to apologize to him through a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) official.
Chisale, who described himself as a believer and clutched a red Bible in his hand throughout the interview, alleged he is being tortured for political reasons.
In an interview that was laced with profane words, Chisale vowed that those who are behind his torture will pay one day. He did not elaborate.
Kayuni was unavailable for comment at the time we went to press.
