Inspector General of Police Lextern Kachama has said the police are deploying 40 more law enforceers in the border districts of Chitipa and Karonga to fight people with albinism attackers. Kachama was speaking on Thursday at Chitipa boma where senior government officials including the Home Affairs minister held a meeting following the recent attack of […]
Convicted former Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Raphael Kasambara, has insisted that the verdict handed down by Judge Micheal Mtambo was unreasonable and couldn’t be supported by evidence to convict him and two others for attempting to murder the country’s former Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, in 2013. Before heading to Maula Prison awaiting sentencing, Kasambara […]
Prosecutors have said they are”satisfied” justice has been done as High Court on Thursday convicted a former justice minister Ralph Kasambara and two others of conspiracy to murder a former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in 2013. Mary Kachale, the Director of Public Prosecution who has been lead prosecutor in the case, said “justice […]
Minister of Information, Communication, Technology and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati has warned that all perpetrators of early child marriages and all forms of domestic violence against women will face stiff punishment. She made the remarks during a marriage, divorce and family relations sensitization meeting which took place at Ekwendeni in Mzimba North East on Wednesday. […]
Chiefs have the capacity to resist the best practices in laws on the basic of preserving cultural practices beliefs, particularly, in Malawi the chiefs are the custodians of it. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Jean Kalilani said if they are adequately targeted, they can be a formidable and reliable partner in the […]
Former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara has said he is a victim of “miscarriage of justice” for his conviction on charges of conspiring to murder the country’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, indicating he will lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court of Malawi. Kasambara was found “guilty” by Judge Michael Mtambo on conspiracy […]
Transport and Public Works minister Malison Ndau on Wednesday visited the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) and Motor Vehicle Spares and Accessories (Movesa) just days after he said he suspected corruption at how the government outsourced some services of the directorate to Movesa. Malison changed tune after the visit, declaring the government […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has warned chiefs in the country to refrain from heavy drinking and corruption saying Government would remove all chiefs who are engaged in such behaviour. The Minister was speaking at Gumba in Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mchinji during the installation of Faneli Lemekani as Sub Traditional […]
High Court judge Michael Mtambo has delivered his judgement on the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, ruling that all the three accused in the case including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara are guilty of conspiring to murder and convicted them. Kasambara was accused of conspiring to murder Mphwiyo alongside […]
After suspending his humanitarian pursuits for close to four months due to what he labelled ‘political obstacles,’ leader and founder of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, will be back to his humanitarian work after securing more maize worthy MK1 billion to distribute to the hungry across Malawi, Nyasa Times can reveal. […]
The High Court in Lilongwe is set to hand down judgment on former Budget director Paul Mphwiyo attempted murder case. Prominent lawyer Ralph Kasambara and two others Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo are accused of attempting to murder Mphwiyo, an attempted murder that brought to surface issues of cashgate. Mphwiyo was shot at in 2013 […]
Immigration officers at Mwanza border in southern Malawi has intercepted and apprehended two Congolese nationals for being found with fake Malawians travel documents. Mwanza Border immigration spokesperson Senior Immigration Assistant Pasqual Zulu said Wednesday evening that Mr Lwahano Mulagalala aged 29 and Mr Kazungu Mulagalala aged 23 all have boarded a Marsmerry bus registration number […]
Finance minister Goodall Gondwe has ruled out the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government compensating victims relations of July 20, 2011 protests Gondwe said the government had no money for the K30 million compensation package for the 20 protesters mauled by police five years ago. “We do not have the budget for the compensation in […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has apologised to the US second First Lady Dr Jill Biden for her failure to visit US funded projects in Machinga and Zomba because of protesting Chancellor College students in Zomba. The students blocked the road to Machinga with burning tyres and branches of trees. Mutharika said the government and the […]
Two people have died in Zomba district south-east of Malawi in a road accident at Chikupila near Chinamwali township. Police have identified the deceased as Chrissy Chinseu and George Odinala.Police spokeserson for eastern region Inspector Joseph Sauka says the deceased were travelling in a three tonner lorry registration number CA 116 – 532 which was […]
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, has urged the country’s television stations to include adequate local content in their programs in order to promote Malawi’s cultural values. She observed that despite the continued increase in the number of television channels on the domestic scene, most of their programming are foreign-based, a […]
A Malawian man identified as Daud Mwasinga has killed himself at Hillbrow in South Africa, Nyasa Times has established. According to our source, the husband was suspecting that his wife was having a secret affair and that the baby they had belong to the secret lover. The source revealed that on Tuesday night, the man took the […]
Malawi’s anti-corruption and good governance expert and also barrister of law Allan Z Ntata has asked the Peter Mutharika led government not to shield 7 corrupt ministers implicated in the forensic audit that established that about K236 billion in public funds could not be reconciliated between 2009 and December 31 2014 as it is setting a wrong precedence. Ntata […]