Malawi President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has called upon the three newly sworn in judges of the high court to be transparent and administer justice with fairness and impartiality.
President Mutharika made the call on Thursday during the swearing in ceremony for the newly appointed Judges at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre.
The three judges are Justice Chimwemwe Kamowa, Justice Shadreck Masomphambe and Justice Jabbar Alide.
The Malawian leader, President Professor said Malawians expect the judiciary to be transparent.
“I expect you to administer justice with fairness and impartiality. Malawians expect the judiciary to be transparent. They expect judges to be accountable at all times. Are we transparent? Are we accountable?
“As I have said before, in any good governance, everyone must be accountable to someone else and only God to be accountable to no-one.
The judiciary should be the moral and legal campus of society. This is so because your job is to judge the wrong doings of others,” said President Mutharika
He added: “It is my expectation that the new judges will help the judiciary to meet people’s expectations. Malawians have a lot of expectations from the judiciary. These expectations are embodied in the Judiciary’s own vision and core values,”
Justice Chimwemwe Kamowa has 12 years of experience as a Judicial Officer while Justice Shadreck Masomphambe has served as Resident Magistrate, rising through the ranks since 2000 before his appoint as a Deputy Registrar of the High court in 2018.
Justice Jabbar Alide has over 25 years of experience as Legal Counsel in corporate and commercial law.
