Deputy Director of Criminal Litigation Brenda Kapenda told the court that the matter had to be committed to the High Court because treason can only be tried by the High Court. It also means Namiwa’s case must now be heard in the High Court. In 2023, the High Court discharged him after the treason proceedings had remained unresolved for about 17 years. The pattern demands scrutinyThe history does not prove that every treason prosecution in Malawi has been politically motivated. That history gives the Namiwa case a significance beyond the accused himself.