The Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has completed the formal process of appointing two former Attorneys General senior counsel Kalekeni Kaphale and Chikosa Silungwe as part of the State’s legal team in the ‘thin plastics case’.
Also appointed and authorized by the AG to act on behalf of the State pro-bono (without any financial benefit) is renown private practice lawyer Bright Theu of Nicholls & Brooks.
A good number of members of the public viewed the initial offer honourables Kaphale and Silungwe made as patriotism at another level.
The AG yesterday notified the High Court of Malawi’s Lilongwe District Registry, Civil Division, of the appointments through a notice filed.
Other institutions including civil society organisations and University of Malawi’s Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic, which is under the Faculty of Law, have joined the working group on the case.
The State team is set to fight a fresh injunction 11 companies involved in manufacturing of thin plastics obtained on 25th June 2024 to stop Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change from implementing a ban on thin plastics.
The 11 companies that obtained the injunction through Counsel Wapona Kita are City Plastics Industry, Flexo Pack Ltd, G. Plastics Wholesale and Retail, G.S Plastic Industry, Jagot Plastics Ltd, O.G Plastics Industries (2008) Ltd, Plastimax Ltd, Polypack Ltd, Qingdao Recycling Ltd, Sharma Industries and Shore Rubber (Lilongwe) Ltd.
