Malawi government has exercised its own prerogative - to attack High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda - who faulted President Peter Mutharika for making a declaration of a national disaster over the coronavirus without citing the law under which the declaration was being made.
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs spokesperson Pirirani Masanjala: The law from announcing any extraordinary measures as necessary in order to protect persons affected or likely to be affected by the disaster so declared
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