The Financial and Economic Crimes Division of the High Court of Malawi will deliver its judgement in the bus depot case on 5 September 2024.
Justice Violet Chipao made this announcement on Friday after hearing oral submissions from both parties involved in the matter.
In his submission at the High Court’s Division in Lilongwe, Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, urged the court to make a declaration, which include bus depots and workshops in some parts of Malawi, belong to government.
The Attorney General also asked the court to make an order that all proceeds the National Bus Company Limited made from the assets be remitted to government.
Frank Mbeta, one of the lawyers representing National Bus Company Limited, argued that the depots and workshops were given to a new bus firm after negotiations.
Mbeta told the Court that when government invited private players into the deal, it was made clear that the new bus company could not have survived without use of the assets in question.
The bus depots are located at Wenela in Blantyre, Malangalanga in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Mzimba.
By Kondwani Chinele
