1. This is an application for an order dismissing the appeal for want of prosecution.
The application is brought pursuant to Order 111 Rule 17(3) of the Supreme Court
of Appeal Rules. There is an affidavit in support of this application made by Chuma
Chitaya the 2" Interested Party. The Appellants did not file in any response
opposing this application. When the matter came for hearing on the 18" of January
2023, counsel for the Appellants a Mr Minjale informed the Court that he was
appearing on brief on behalf of counsel Mwafulirwa. It was his plea that the matter
should be adjourned so that the Appellants are given an opportunity to file the
response opposing the application. Counsel Minjale explained that the Appellants
had failed to file a response and other necessary documents due to logistical
challenges at their chambers in Mzuzu. He attributed the blame on the laxity of the
clerks at their chambers in Mzuzu. 
