Inmates at Ntcheu prison have demanded that government should provide requisite funds to paralegal officers to start representing accused persons with minor cases in courts, arguing the development would reduce overcrowding in prison cells. The inmates said during the commemoration of World Human Rights Day. “It is worrisome that government is not doing enough to […]
Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) says its services in rural areas is being compromised by government failure to repay a debt of K400 million for two years now. CHAM chairman Father Peter Mulomole said this on Wednesday in Mangochi at the start of the organisation’s annual general meeting. Mulomole said there was an agreement, […]
State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission has threatened to institute a parallel investigation into the death of a senior Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officer Issa Njauju. The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) chairperson Justin Dzonzi said this on Wednesday in Lilongwe ahead of human rights day on Thursday. Dzonzi wondered why the state is taking […]
Thieves have stolen a less than week old baby placed in premature babies nursery at Kasungu District Hospital following a power blackout that left the hospital in total darkness. District healh officer Aubrey Banda confirmed the theft of the baby , saying the hospital generator could not start immediately after Escom power blackout because of […]
Four people constructing a telecommunications tower at Lifuwu in Salima will face murder charge after torturing to death a 42 year old man Silika Auni, a resident of the area. Auni from Mangwere Senior Chief [Bibi] Kuluunda died in a gruesome murder that four people administered over him on December 4 2015, causing commotion in […]
A 39 year-old man from Kameza village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Machinjiri on Tuesday committed suicide by shooting himself with pump gun at his house in Chigumula, Blantyre. Limbe Police identified the deceased as Lumbani Namba, who was working with the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). He left a suicide note of which the law enforcers declined […]
Malawi Police has charged two men arrested in Lilongwe with ‘engaging in unnatural acts’ offence after being allegedly found having sexual romps. The two, Cuthbert Kulemela, 19, and Kelvin Gonani, 39, were reportedly arrested having a gay sex act at Area 25 in the capital city. Gay sex is a crime in Malawi with custodial sentences […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district have managed to arrest three men who have since confessed to have brutally hacked a 17-year-old boy with albinism last month. Police have arrested Kingstone Mtiye,40, Mose Phillipo, 25, and 26-year-old Aubrey Maudedi who, on the night of Sunday 29th November, nearly killed Alfred Chikalo with intent to sell his […]
Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody 36-year-old Bikitoni Livimbo nicknamed Jacuda for allegedly stabbing to death a security guard in a foiled robbery attempt at a shop in Kawale 1 in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Publicist, Inspector Kingsley Dandaula in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) Tuesday identified the deceased as Milias Kazembe […]
Finance minister Goodall Gondwe says the government has this month borrowed K18 billion out of the budgeted K56 billion, an indication he said government borrowing is significantly going down. There was no independent confirmation of the figures but if true, Malawi could be on track for the much needed extended credit facility with the IMF. […]
Government is now conceding that elephant poaching has reached unprecedented levels in Malawi national parks and game reserves forcing a high drop in tourism population in these sites. Director of Wildlife and Parks Brighton Kunchedwa said this on Monday in Blantyre during the opening of a two week workshop to sensitise Malawi Revenue Authority how […]
Malawi government has set up plans to privatise some service in public hospitals in improve healthcare as part of public reforms aimed at improving efficiency and quality services, President Peter Mutharika has said. Mutharika speaking in an interview on BBC’s flagship interview program, HardTalk, said his government will soon start putting public hospitals into private hands. […]
Minister of Gender, Child Protection and the Elderly Patricia Kaliati says she is surprised that over 100 cases of gender based violence has been recorded in less than 16 days of activism. “We are determined to deal with gender based violence but this is a surprise that 100 cases can be recorded before the 16 […]
The First Lady, Madam Gertrude Mutharika has called on her fellow First Ladies work in Africa to work together in fighting HIV. Madam Mutharika, who is vice chairperson of the organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA), said on geographical boundaries should not divide them in fighting HIV. “We should remain united in our common role […]
A child advocacy group has bemoaned the number of babies in prisons who accompany their mothers who are either on full remand or are serving a sentence. Child rights advocacy and paralegal centre executive director Alfred Sesa said his organisation wants to get such mothers out of prison. “We are appealing in some of these […]
Two people are in Police custody at Balaka Police Station in southern Malawi for allegedly killing a 60-year granny. The two, Takondwa Kailo aged 23 who is a grandson to the deceased and his friend Everson Lemison 23 were arrested following the death of the deceased Mary Matias. Police spokesperson Inspector Joseph Sauka says the […]
Communities in Karonga have asked government to expedite and finalize all due processes that are a precursor for oil exploration along the Lake Malawi stretch within the boundaries of the district. Studies and tests carried out some years ago established that there are huge deposits of oil and natural gas under Lake Malawi, a situation […]
Malawians who do not use any form of electricity will soon have an opportunity to access the commodity following a Solar Energy Africa Campaign deal that Lilongwe has signed with the UK government at a ceremony held in London last week. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Malawi President Peter Mutharika and UK’s Minister for International […]