Mpinganjira applied for bail pending appeal,Businessman Thomson Mpinganjira has appealed at the Supreme Court of Appeal against the High Court ruling that dismissed his application for bail pending appeal.
In December 2021, High court Judge John Chirwa dismissed with costs Mpinganjira’s application to be released on bail pending appeal.
However, Mpinganjira’s lawyer; Alexious Nampota has told MIJ Online that a single judge of the Supreme Court will hear the appeal on the 13th of this month.
Mpinganjira is serving a nine-year jail term after he was convicted of attempting to bribe judges – who heard the presidential election case – to rule in favor of former president Peter Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission.