{"id":67788,"date":"2025-02-13T12:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:19:42","slug":"mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case","title":{"rendered":"Mediation fails in Judge  Kennan Manda, Alexious Kamangila case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Mediation talks between High Court Commercial Division judge Kennan Manda and lawyer Alexious Kamangila collapsed Wednesday at the High Court in Lilongwe after the two parties failed to agree on a K250 million settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Manda filed a complaint with the court following a Facebook post by Kamangila, in which he alleged that Manda was involved in corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties were supposed to present their arguments before Justice Simeone Mdeza, but they failed to reach a mutual understanding, leading to the case being reassigned to another judge.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kamangila\u2019s lawyer, Dick Kamowa, the case will now be heard by a different judge who will preside over the trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMediation was conducted, but the parties have failed to reach a consensus sufficient to warrant signing a settlement agreement. So, the judge had no choice but to terminate the mediation,\u201d Kamowa said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the judge had also refused to grant the request from the respondent\u2019s side to transfer the matter to Blantyre, as the claimant, Justice Manda, is a resident of Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling by Mdeza on the matter, seen by The Daily Times, had the defendant argued that they would need to transport multiple witnesses from Blantyre to Lilongwe, the court might have considered the matter differently, as the logistical and financial implications of moving witnesses could indeed raise concerns about fairness and proportionality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendant\u2019s argument is confined to his own travel and that of his counsel, both of which are reasonable and expected components of litigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the foregoing reasons, the defendant\u2019s application to transfer proceedings from the Lilongwe Registry to the Principal Registry is denied,\u201d the ruling reads.<\/p>\n<p>Manda took Kamangila to court following allegations made on social media by the lawyer, who accused the judge and other officers of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The issue attracted widespread public interest, with civil society organisations and the Women Lawyers Association calling for action on the allegations<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Mediation talks between High Court Commercial Division judge Kennan Manda and lawyer Alexious Kamangila collapsed Wednesday at the High Court in Lilongwe after the two parties failed to agree on a K250 million settlement. Last year, Manda filed a complaint with the court following a Facebook post by Kamangila, in which he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-67788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mediation fails in Judge Kennan Manda, Alexious Kamangila case - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mediation talks between High Court Commercial Division judge Kennan Manda and lawyer Alexious Kamangila collapsed Wednes ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mediation fails in Judge Kennan Manda, Alexious Kamangila case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mediation talks between High Court Commercial Division judge Kennan Manda and lawyer Alexious Kamangila collapsed Wednes ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T12:29:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T23:19:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/02\/sm_1739437568.560342.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mediation fails in Judge Kennan Manda, Alexious Kamangila case\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-13T12:29:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T23:19:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\"},\"wordCount\":344,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/02\/sm_1739437568.560342.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mediation-fails-in-judge-kennan-manda-alexious-kamangila-case\",\"name\":\"Mediation fails in Judge Kennan Manda, Alexious Kamangila case - 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