The Malawi Law Commission is reviewing the sentencing guidelines with a special law commission that was instituted. Speaking in Lilongwe during a two day national consultative workshop on the development of legislation on sentencing guidelines, Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Justice Dr. Jane Ansah said there have been a lot of outcries on […]
Lawyer Ambokire Salim is facing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team in the High Court as the battle on whether politicians should be forced to deliver on their campaign promises or not starts in earnest n the afternoon. MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa said MEC attorneys has already applied that the pollster be grated leave for […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have launched an intensive campaign against the killings of people with albinism and the launch took place on Wednesday in Kapelera village where the last, so far, two year old girl was abducted from her sleeping mat and brutally murdered. Kasungu Police Station office Ax Muwanya said the law enforcers partnered […]
Patients at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe on Wednesday waited much longer to get medication as Out of Patients Department (OPD) opened later than 2 pm after medical assistants protested against using the dilapidated room which was a danger to their lives. All medical assistants assembled at the hospital’s café son after reporting for duties at […]
The Ministry of Health has said there is no need to panic over reports of Yellow Fever outbreak, saying the risk of infection in Malawi is minimal but government will increase its surveillance in the borders by screening travellers coming from or on transit through Yellow fever-risk countries. There is no specific treatment for the […]
A murder suspect on Tuesday killed a woman and ate part of her fresh before a mob pounced on him and killed him. Chikwawa police station officer Rhoda Mawale identified the victim as Eliza Lupiya, 45 who hailed from Liwonde Village in Chief Katunga’s area in the district. Mawale said the suspect chopped off her […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate’s court has adjourned to May 12, 2016, hearing of a case in which 19 Catholics are accused of disturbing religious service contrary to section 128 of the penal code. Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Shyreen Yona who is presiding over the case, adjourned the case to pave way for the state to parade […]
Two men who are brothers are currently in police custody for cultivating cannabis sativa (Chamba) in Mulanje district. The two Wyson Simeon, 58, and Sankhani Simeon, 53, both of Mwanero village, T/A Nkanda in the district were arrested on Monday. Mulanje police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira said the two planted the said crop in a […]
Apostle McHellings Kayala of Christian Fellowship Centre for All Nations (CFCFAN) in Mzuzu has warned Christians in the country not to be swayed with many men and women claiming to be ‘Men of God’ in Pentecostal movement saying some of them are “using Satanic” influence. Kayala, who was Aford deputy secretary general, expressed concern that […]
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has warned people of Karonga District of more rains which may result into serious as well as dangerous floods. The ministry says in a statement that it has received a report from the Department of Disaster Management that the northern region especially Karonga District is expected to receive […]
The Lilongwe High court has issued an order to the Malawi Police Service to surrender Nokia handset and driving licence for first accused person in the ongoing shooting case of Paul Mphwiyo, former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe. Kumwembe, who is answering two charges of conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder with […]
A prophecy about the Malawi rain disaster by the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Prophet Israel Major 1 Jnr has come to pass, it has been claimed. The prophecy delivered at ECG Church in Lilongwe on April 10 was about a vision of a mountain sliding, heavy rains that will destroy people’s property and lives, leaving […]
Prosecutors have told the court that it has decided to drop some charges involving former president Bakili Muluzi’s co-accused Violet Whiskey and wants them prosecuted separately. Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) deputy director Reyneck Matemba, lead prosecutor, told the court that the State in view of the decision it was applying for an adjournment to 3rd May […]
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday made a passionate plea to government officials to be patriotic, embrace business unusual approach and continue working hard – saying there will be enough time to rest in the grave. Chilima, who is well known for being a workaholic, disciplined and time conscious, was speaking in Lilongwe when […]
People with albinism on Sunday gathered in Kasungu to commemorate the life of two year old girl killed last month because of her albinism status. Led by Boniface Massa, chairman of the Association of People Living with Albinism, the light skinned people held prayers and sang hymns at Chaziya Village in Chief Kapelera Village as […]
Just weeks after Rwanda nationals revealed authorities that former Home Affairs and Internal Security minister, Uladi Mussa, illegally approved citizenships of hundreds of Rwandese, Burundi nationals have also spilled the beans on how the former minister allegedly pocketed money from them to approve their application. A new docket in Nyasa Times possession indicates that a […]
The attempted murder case of former budget director, Paul Montfort Mphwiyo continued at Lilongwe High Court on Monday where defence witness businessman Kondwani Ndovie linked former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo to Cashgate —the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill exposed by Mphwiyo’s shooting. The case is at defence stage where the […]
Malawi government has recalled its envoys from Kenya, Zambia and Japan and relocating some amidst report that President Peter Mutharika is “absolutely furious” with the fraud at Malawi mission in Addis Ababa and has called for thorough investigations. The recalled diplomats are former Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Perks Ligoya who was serving in Kenya […]