Court jails former School Director for stealing fees
Magistrate Court in Mangochi has sentenced former Director of Promise Private Primary School, Timothy Maputu aged 51 to three and half years imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining fees from standard candidates
State Prosecutor Inspector Shadreck Wisiki told the court that Maputu collected K250, 000 from 30 candidates during December 2022, but later sold the school to another individual in January 2023 due to financial difficulties.
On 9th May the new school director discovered that Maputu had failed to remit the collected funds to Malawi National Examinations Board.
Appearing in court, Maputu was represented by Counsel, Smart Khalifa pleaded not guilty prompting the state to parade five witnesses
In mitigation, Maputu asked for court’s leniency, citing that he had family to look after but Prosecutor Wisiki reminded the magistrate that Maputu had destroyed the future of candidates and his inhumane actions had caused psychological torture to the students.
Second Grade Magistrate, Baxter Chikalimba sentenced Maputu who comes from Mpinganjira Village, in the area of Traditional Authority Mponda, Mangochi District.
