Paramount Chief Kyungu’s recent announcement that he has formed a commission to handle proliferating death crimes as well as witchcraft cases in Karonga district is a development not only commendable but also one that needs to be emulated by other chiefs country over. That death crimes as well as witchcraft cases have reached unimaginable levels […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu, the most senior traditional leader in the districts of Karonga and Chitipa, has expressed discontentment with the rise of death crimes in Karonga – a development that has made him establish a ‘peace and security commission.’ The commission will among others be responsible in settling down chieftaincy wrangles as well as witchcraft […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu has expressed delight with that start of the construction of the much-awaited K504 million Karonga Stadium after government handed over the project to a contractor. “It is very pleasing that construction work at Karonga Stadium has commenced,” said Kyungu, an influential chief in northern border district. The site for the stadium is […]
The paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga the northern part Malawi, has directed the government officials in the area to abolish the District Executive Committee, saying there are abuses . The order has come against the un procedural allocations of land to the district top officials to build their houses, forcing the vendors to pay bribes […]
A coalition of Malawian civil society organization working on climate change and food security have petitioned the Egyptian and French governments to lobby them on the forthcoming Paris climate change summit, which will put in place a new international agreement to tackle climate change, to make sure that any agreement that will be reached at […]
National AIDS Commission (NAC), an institution entrusted with the responsibility of leading and coordinating the fight against HIV and AIDS has been rocked with massive resignations in the last few months, Nyasa Times has estblished. According records in Nyasa Times possession the following people have resigned from NAC with their corresponding date of resignation: Tamani […]
The Paladin (Africa) Limited company has finally started disposing its treated dam water from Kayelekera uranium mine near Karonga in the northern part of Malawi into the local Sere – North Rukuru river system which drains its waters into Lake Malawi. Paladin Africa Managing Director in Malawi, Greg Walker, confirmed to Nyasa Times that the company, indeed, started releasing the […]
Karonga District Commissioner Rosemary Moyo and other members of the Karonga District Council have been named as some of the culprits behind the mismanagement of revenue collected from market users. The market vendors in the district have been boycotting payment of revenue since last Tuesday on the pretext that they benefit nothing from market services […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu, the most senior traditional leader in the districts of Karonga and Chitipa, has blamed the abysmal standards of services being offered at the Karonga District Hospital on abuse of hospital resources at the institution by staff. Kyungu first unleashed the venom last Friday before Pres Peter Mutharika at Ngara in the district where he […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu has asked Malawi government to give country director of Australian-registered Paladin Africa Limited, Greg Walker, removal directions from the country, accusing him of throwing to the dogs laws governing mining in the county to which the company duly signed to respect. “If you want the mining to continue [peacefully] Paladin boss Greg […]
Malawi government has been accused of mobilising traditional leaders with cash favours to march in the capital Lilongwe and present a petition to Office of President and Cabinet calling on President Peter Mutharika to fire all striking state workers without compensation. Economic problems facing Malawi have resulted in strikes by various government workers demanding higher […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga has vowed to lead the people in lobbying for developmental projects from mining investors, claiming that since the coming of the mining companies in the district people have not benefited anything. Speaking during mining sensitization music show carried by Government on Saturday, Kyungu said mines […]
Councillors in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga together with chiefs and Members of Parliament have stop attending government meetings that are being conducted at the council as a way of persuading government to extend its cash gate investigations to the district level. Stakeholders in the district feel Karonga was amongst the district where looting […]
Karonga residents in conjunction with the civil society organizations have given Paladin Africa Ltd seven days ultimatum to reverse its decision to empty its tailings dam liquid wastes at Kayelekera uranium mine into Sere River which flows to Lake Malawi. Failing to adhere, the groups and Karonga residents have threatened to take legal action against […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga has demanded an apology from Nations Publications Limited (NPL) for being misquoted in one of the stories that appeared in its daily title, The Nation newspaper. Kyungu has also demanded retraction of an article which claims he has backtracked from his earlier comments on federalism. Some months ago Paramount Chief […]
What an amazing turnabout by the Livingstonia Synod and chiefs Kyungu and Chikulamanyembe on whether Malawi should introduce federalism or continue with the unitary system of government. The Livingstonia Synod recently declared “no” as it stood dead against calls for federalism widely being championed by leaders from the northern region. With President Peter Mutharika’s emissary […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu along with his counterpart Chikulamayembe have left President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s special adviser Symon Vuwa Kaunda egg-faced following their sudden change of heart to quash federalism as the two now say that they support the call for a federal state in Malawi. When Vuwa Kaunda, who is presidential adviser on unity and […]
Image experts advise that when you face a crisis, you must get ahead of the problem as fast as you can. You must try to be a step in front of the media which has the power to help fix the problem or make it worse. It is clear that advisers to President Peter Mutharika did not miss class the day the topic was […]