Malawi Police in Liwonde, Machinga district, have arrested a 21-year-old woman after she allegedly disguised herself as a nurse and posed as medical staff at Machinga District Hospital. Tiyamike Mkandawire was taken into custody after hospital officials grew suspicious of the woman, who was found wearing a nurse’s uniform and moving freely around the hospital […]
Police in Nkhata Bay have arrested a 31-year-old man, Maxwell Banda, of Chilumba village, Traditional Authority Ngokwe in Machinga district, on suspicion of impersonating a soldier in the Malawi Defence Force (MDF). Police spokesperson Enala Kalua said the incident occurred in March this year at a guesthouse in the district, where Banda had been lodging […]
Police in Zomba have confirmed the arrest of a couple from tea growing district of Thyolo for alleged offence of impersonation and cheating. Zomba Police assistant spokesperson Constable Patricia Sipiliano identified the suspects as Steven Kathonje, aged 30, and his wife Gloria Kathonje, aged 23. She said the two are being accused of duping money from […]
Dedza Magistrate court on Friday sentenced Innocent Bwanali to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) after being found guilty in two counts of impersonating and forgery. According to court records, Bwanali forged an identity card for a locally private owned radio station Zodiak Broadcasting Cooperation (ZBS) which he was using as a reporter representing the said […]
A 38-year-old man in Malawi’s southern district of Machinga has started serving a 10-year jail sentence with hard labour after convicted of stealing K5,000 and a motor cycle worth K240, 000 from a local farmer at Mthiniwa village, Traditional Authority Nyambi in the district. In her submission police prosecutor, Inspector Gladys Jentala, told the Liwonde […]