Unites States through its Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has welcomed the suspension of 63 people at the Ministry of Health (MoH) on suspicion that they embezzled funds from the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). According to the ministry’s Principal Secretary Macphail Magwira, the 63 people have been sent on forced leave to pave the […]
Malawi police in Phalombe district on Wednesday afternoon intercepted four girls who were being trafficked to Mozambique for Labour and prostitution exploitation. The police have since arrested two Mozambicans for human trafficking offences. Police, acting on a tip-off, intercepted the girls at Phalombe trading centre as they were being ferried in a minibus registration number […]
Catholic women in the country say they will rally behind the church’s stance on abortion and use of contraceptives, adding they will spearhead the fight to make sure that the legalization of the former and the use of the latter come to a halt. Meeting under the banner of Catholic Women Organization (CWO) in Catholic […]
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Board has resolved that ESCOM electricity tariffs be increased from January 1 2016. According to Mera board chair Dingiswayo Jere, tariffs will go up from an average of MK40.69/kWh to MK53.69/kWh (or$0.08 per KWh) Meanwhile, Escom officials say they are minimising load shedding in Malawi because water levels in […]
Five people have died on the spot in a head on deadly collision involving a saloon car and a truck with a Mozambican registration number at Mtendere, Linthipe 3 in Dedza. Assistant public relations officer for Dedza Police Cassim Manda has since asked people to go to Dedza Hospital mortuary to identify two unidentified bodies […]
President Peter Mutharika and the First Lady, Gertrude Mutharika on Tuesday hosted a children’s Christmas Party at the Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The hundreds of children who attended the State House Christmas party were drawn from different churches and organizations in Blantyre City. Activities started in the morning with children singing songs, reciting poems and […]
A new suspect in the K2.4 billion money laundering case in which former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo is among the accused, IT expert Steve Likhunya-Phiri has been released on bail by High Court in Lilongwe. Phiri was arrested December 2 2015, is accused number seven among 19 suspects after Director of Public […]
Government has suspended 63 ministry of health workers, including the director of human resource, the director of finance and two chief accountants to pave way for a thorough audit investigation over unjustified withdrawal of allowances and fuel abuse. Sources at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, others who have been suspended also include […]
Chief Secretary to the Government continues to storm public hospitals without notice. Barely days after taking hospital officials by surprise at Ntcheu and Balaka district hospitals respectively, George Mkondiwa has also paid another unannounced visit, this time to Chiradzulu and Machinga hospitals. During the visit on Monday, Mkondiwa was among other things briefed of low […]
Thousands of Muslims in Malawi will take to the streets on Thursday in what is expected to be a colourful parade in celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, known as Mawlid Nabawi. The revelation was made by Sheikh Adam Amani Kang’ombe on Tuesday during a news conference which took place at Madrassa Noor in […]
A 32 year old man in Machinga has started serving a six year jail term after he was convicted for sodomising an 11 year old street child in Liwonde. Police prosecutor in Machinga Ezekiel Kalungo told Liwonde First Grade Magistrate Esther Phiri that Madalitso Simbwani, a piece worker at Liwonde, was caught red handed sexually […]
Police in Mangochi are now assuring local and foreign tourists visiting the lakeshore district of Mangochi to spend their Christmas peacefully after law enforcers arrested a suspected notorious thief who has been terrorising lodges. Police publicist in Mangochi, Rodrick Maida said 37 year old Action Maseya was cornered at an make shift roadblock in the […]
Police in Blantyre are looking for their own, Sergeant Dan Simbota from Limbe Police Station who on Friday 18th December 2015 night raped his own maid while his wife, Constable Mirriam Simbota, a Prosecutor at the same Station was away on duty. Nyasa Times understands that Mirriam was at College of Medicine where the State […]
Police criminal investigations department officer Christopher Naphiyo was arrested by fellow law enforcers after he was overheard boasting at a drinking joint in Lilongwe that he knows assailants of former Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) corporate affairs director Issa Njauju. Sources in the police say some people, whom he was drinking with at Falls in the […]
Ministry of Health has said K13 billion which donors have pledged to pump into the collapsing public health sector will only be accessed from early next year. The ministry comments come after Nyasa Times observed that most hospitals are struggling to serve patients with some hospitals failing to settle huge debts. Adrian Chikumbe, spokesman for […]
Government has come under severe criticism for its failure to recognise slain Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate affairs Issa Njauju. Timothy Mtambo, human rights activist and executive director of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) said it was a great mistake for President Peter Mutharika, the ACB director and other speakers to […]
The sentencing of cashgate convict Caroline Savala, who was found guilty of siphoning K84 million, has delayed as Judge Fiona Mwale is not giving her determination despite a sentencing hearing and mitigation in September. State Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu submitted to court that Savala was aware that she was stealing public money by lending her company […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) power lines vandals have been given long jail terms by Neno magistrates court after prosecutors said the power utility will spend over K600 million for the vandalised main central region line. Neno First Grade Magistrate Daniel Dzowera then sentenced Wonderford Benard to six years imprisonment with hard laour, Oscar […]