Malawi Police on Monday arrested a business woman at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in the capital Lilongwe for attempting to externalise $40 500 (about K31 million) which she had concealed in her knickers. According to police spokesperson at KIA, Sapulani Chitonde Lee, the 35-year-woman is Dalitso Chimbuli who hails from Kafanikhale Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) […]
A 33-year-old Malawian woman was on Friday March 24, 2017 was arrested at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) for attempting to externalize foreign currency. KIA Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sapulani Chitonde said the money in the suspect’s possession were 20, 600 Rands which after exchanging them in local currency would be about K1 million. Chitonde identified […]
Opposition members of parliament on Tuesday took the government to task for paying US$48000 airport lift for Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, a lift which never came. This was brought to the House by Chitipa South MP Welani Chilenga. He said the government has been paying for the new lift since 2014 up to last […]
President Peter Mutharika has expressed hopes of an upward spiral in the country’s economy and tourism industry when the face lift of Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) gets completed. The first citizen expressed the optimism at KIA on Friday, after the ground breaking ceremony which officially marked commencement of the expansion project of the international airport. […]
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) Police says it intercepted two giraffe curios stuffed with Indian Hemp (Chamba) addressed to a recipient in Ukraine. Public Relation Officer for KIA Police, Sgt. Sapulain Chitonde, confirmed the development saying the consignment was sent to Air cargo Offices by one, Robert Ng’ombe, through Limbe Post Office and that the concealed […]
A Kamuzu International Airport police officer is back in police custody for allegedly breaking into the airport bar and stealing nine bottles of spirit beer. Chrispine Moyo, a police constable at the airport, had been on the job barely weeks following his suspension from duty on breaking and theft crimes. Sources at the airport said […]
A Chinese man, who attempted to smuggle ivory to China through Ethiopian Airways., has been arrested at the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe. Nan Zhuang, a 31-year-old Chinese national was intercepted at the airport allegedly being in possession of ivory weighing 114 grammes and valued at MK159, 000. KIA police spokesperson, Sgt. Sapulain Chitonde, said […]
A 38 year-old Malawian businessman of Indian Origin has been arrested for attempting to externalize foreign currency amounting to about K504 million. Police officers at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA ) arrested Iqbar Sodagar Moinuddian Mohmad after being found in possession of US$622,820, 2,015 British Pounds and 15,860 Euros. Sergeant Suplain Chitonde disclosed that Mohmad was […]
The Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) Police have trained 22 new police officers to beef up the team managing aviation security at the airport. KIA Police spokesperson Sgt. Sapulain Chitonde said the training ran from from 8 – 24 December, 2016. Chitonde said the officers had learnt what aviation was all about and how to conduct […]
UN secretary general Ban Ki- Moon was in Malawi on Sunday night when his plane had an emergency landing at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe when it reportedly run out of fuel. Ban was on his way to South Africa. President Peter Mutharika swiftly sent agriculture minister George Chaponda and scores of police […]
Fire has gutted a shuttle bus belonging to the State owned Lilongwe Handling Company(LIHACO) at the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in the capital Lilongwe. The incident happened Wednesday at around 8 o’clock in the evening. Senior officials, at Lilongwe Handling Company, have confirmed about the incident . There have been no reports of any injuries. All passengers […]
United States (US) deputy chief of mission in Malawi Michael Gonzales has wrapped up his tour of duty in Lilongwe after the end of his three-year diplomatic term but his embassy said he “was not arrested” on departure as reported only confirming his luggage was detained . Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe […]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Principal Secretary Dalitso Kabambe has told parliament that from July 1 this year passengers eligible to use Very Important Person (VIP) lounges at Chileka and Kamuzu International airports will now have to pay to access the facilities. Kabambe said this when he had an audience with the International […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has disclosed that there will funds in the national budget for a new international airport for Blantyre-Chileka and that Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe will have its terminal refurbished. Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Alfred Mtilatils warned that delays to address aviation safety issues could put the country’s airports […]
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Malawi’s major international airport, being blacklisted international airlines over aviation safety issues with South African Airways (SAA) cancelling flights on Friday. SAA advised its customers that its flights to and from Lilongwe Kamuzu International Airport were cancelled due to the change of category status and resultant conditions at the airport “which […]
Minister of Transport Francis Kasaila has said President Peter Mutharika has been briefed on the incident where a man managed to board a plane grounded on the runway at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Malawi’s major international airport, and spent the whole night in the plane without being detected. Kasaila said government was working on getting […]
Malawi Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe on Thursday foiled an attempt by a Chinese national to illegally externalise foreign exchange worth K4.2 million to China. KIA Police spokesperson Sapulain Chitonde told Malawi News Agency (Mana) the suspect, Liqiong Chen, was scheduled to travel to China on flight number SA171 through South Africa […]
Kamuzu International Airport police have arrested a 35 year old man on allegations that he was externalising about K4 million. Airport police spokesperson Sapulani Chitonde alleged Lufeyo Chitukula was caught red handed with SA Rand 90200 which is about K4 million in his hand luggage as he was about to board a plane. “We asked […]