Six Members of Parliament (MPs) in Dedza on Friday met council officials on the issue surrounding the mismanagement of council funds. In an interview, MP for Dedza East Juliana Lunguzi who was speaking on behalf all the eight MPs in Dedza, said that the legislatures had a meeting with the council officials to ask for […]
Members of parliament in Dedza are up in arms, demanding the transfer of all district council officials for their failure to account for K100 million development money. Dedza south east MP Juliana Lunguzi said the government provided K60 million for drilling of boreholes in the district and K40 million for constituency development fund. “But the money is no-where to […]
Minister of Health and Population Services, Atupele Muluzi has described Dedza District Council as one of the councils that are not doing well in managing district hospitals. Speaking in an interview with reporters after a surprise visit to Dedza District Council on Thursday following demonstrations that was held on Monday by health workers at Dedza […]
Dedza District Hospital, the referral hospital for Dedza, has run of sexually transmitted diseases drugs. Spokesperson for Dedza District Hospital Mwai Liabunya confirmed theh ospital run out of STI stock for two months now. A source at the hospital said the situation at the hospital is very bad. “Patients with STI are told to buy […]
A 60 year-old man is in agony after a jealous man chopped off his left arm using a panga knife when he suspected him of having a love affair with his wife, Dedza Police have confirmed. Dedza Police spokesperson, Sub-Inspector, Edward Kabango said the incident occurred on Wednesday, the 14th February around 7:00 o’clock in […]
Malawi Police has confirmed that a 22 year old man, Limbani Nsalawatha, died after drinking charms to get rich. According to Dedza Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub Inspector Edward Kabango Nsalawatha went to Mozambique where he got the charms and was advised that he would die for a week and thereafter rise from the […]
Malawi Police in the central district of Dedza have arrested a 25 year-old man, Chengetani Kambuzi for being found in possession of 440 live ammunition and an explosive weighing five kilogrammes. Dedza police Public Relations Officer, Edward Kabango told the media that they arrested Kambuzi, a local farmer at Kunjawa village, following a tip-off. “A […]
A 19-year-old Chikondi Kasache will live to remember 22nd May, 2017 after Dedza Magistrate court suspended his 46-month jail term following his mitigation that he is a student at Chowo Community Day Secondary School. Kasache escaped custodial sentence after being found guilty of breaking into a building of Grace Shara where he went away with […]
Members of Parliament in Dedza have express concerns over the developmental budget priorities of the district council saying that many important projects were left out. According one of the MPs in the district, Patrick Chilondola of Dedza North constituency said he was very worried about many projects in his area which were not included in […]
Malawi Police in Dedza are keeping custody Pemphereani Feliyadi, 42, who was arrested on Sunday for having sex with his neighbour’s dog. According to Dedza police Public Relations Officer Edward Kabango the suspect who comes from Chiluzi Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Kasumbu in Dedza, was caught pants down in a maize […]
Communities under Group Village Head (GVH) Mganja in the area of Traditional Authority Kachindamoto in Dedza have established a fund to help improve the economic welfare of caregivers for their Community Based Childcare Centres (CBCCs). Speaking during the launch of the fund Wednesday, Senior Chief Kachindamoto said CBCCs in the area are facing a challenge […]
Two learners at Nthulu Primary School, a public school in Dedza are in hospital after they were critically injured on Friday after their class room walls fell on them. Primary Education Advisor (PEA) for Chimbiya Zone in Dedza confirmed the incident, saying other learners were treated as out of patients at Dedza District Hospital. He […]
Barely a day after a vehicle hit two people to death in Dedza, Police deputy publicist in the district constable Cassim Manda has confirmed of yet another road traffic accident. Constable Manda identified the victim as Talandira Ezra of Mbewe village in the area of traditional authority Kayembe in Dowa district and was said that was hit to death […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) councillor of Bembeke ward in Dedza, Davie Lingalawe has been fined by the Dedza First Grade Magistrates Court after being found guilty of tampering with Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) equipment. Lingalawe, 58, was arrested together with electrician Shanday Callisto, 29, last week after Dedza police received a complaint from […]
Football player Edward Nsamala, who played for Dedza Young Soccer Saints, has been killed by a deadly grenade which blasted him in Dedza district bordering Mozambique. It is reported that Nsamala, who was also a wielder, was hit when a grenade blasted his head while doing welding work. Police confirmed the footballer’s tragedy A Mozambican […]
Police in Dedza is keeping in custody wife and husband for murdering own daughter, saying the child was source of endless family wrangles. This incident occurs at a time when cases of murder, child dumping and abortion are at the increase in the country which infringes on the right to life as stipulated in chapter […]
Shortage of health workers at some health centres in the country has been cited as one of the major reasons causing maternal and other preventable deaths. The observation was made by the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust recently at Group Village Headman (GVH) Chimpeni’s area, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaphuka in Dedza during a […]
A traditional leader in Malawi’s central district of Dedza, Sultan Tambala has ordered traders who sell pork at main market there, to stop selling pork until he look into the complaints by Muslims that those who are selling meat from pigs are violating the rights of Muslims. A local radio said Muslims in the area […]