Technology firm SPARC Systems has donated computers to schools and a police station in Karonga and repaired critical equipment at Kaporo Rural Hospital in a fresh push to support education, public service delivery and healthcare in the district. During a visit to Kaporo and surrounding communities, the company donated seven desktop computer sets to Mwenitete […]
In a sudden twist of events, the UTM Party regional treasurer (N) Lusubilo Kamwambi, young brother to the fallen Member of Parliament for Karonga Northwest constituency James Kamwambi has dumped the party and swiftly defected to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in readiness for the forthcoming by-election slated for March 30, 2021. In his resignation […]
Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) worth K12 million in Karonga District but expressd worry with lack of a testing and isolation centre at Songwe Border post in Karonga. The donation came as a way of complementing government effort in making sure that citizens in the country are protected by […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said the political violence in the run up to the November 10, 2020 by-elections un Karonga Central, perpetrated by some members of his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party of Vice-President Saulos Chilima, was “unacceptable” and “a disgrace” to the Tonse Alliance government. Speaking on Tuesday at Karonga Community Ground […]
Residents in Karonga on Tuesday woke up in shock after the district council demolished shops belonging to vendors plying their trade in undesignated trading areas. Steve Simsokwe, chairperson of Karonga district council said the operation is in preparation for the council to become a municipality. He said the council is working with the police to […]
Lack of clean and potable water in some schools in Karonga has been singled out as one of the challenges leaners and teachers are facing in the fight against Covid-19 in the district. Mwenitete Zone primary education advisor (PEA) Edger Jabu said this Tuesday when the National Presidential Taskforce Team on Covid-19 inspected some schools, […]
UTM Party candidate in the Karonga Central Constituency by-elections Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has conceded defeat and withdrawn a case against the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which declared Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Leonard Mwalwanda the winner. Mwenifumbo complained that the by-election was marred with several irregularities and claimed that Mwalwanda was not a registered voter […]
Malawi Police Service firearm, K2C, 16IPN from Ipyana Police Mobile Service camp in Karonga has been found in the hands of three suspected thugs in the district, Nyasa Times has learnt. According to the district police report, the riffle was under Sergeant Raphael Silvester who was assigned for other duties from 5pm to 6am with […]
Karonga district council has introduced a K1,000 fee for disinfectant for all vehicles entering the country through Songwe border and US$50 for each person entering Malawi for covid-19 test. The District Commissioner (DC), Paul Kalilombe says in a memo to all government offices in the district that the council has introduced the fees in a […]
Malawi Police have arrested two people are suspects in the murder of two Chinese in their shop at Karonga Boma last week. National Police headquarters spokesperson James Kadadzera said the two suspects were arrested on Monday after some investigations. The two are a 48-year-old Stambuli Saidi of Malema 1 village and 29-year-old Jimmy James Nyirenda […]
Fresh from Karonga central tight parliamentary by-election race, Frank Mwenifumbo on Thursday held what a called “thank you” whistle stop tour in the constituency. Speaking at Mwenilondo, Mwenifumbo told the people that has filed a legal action against the winner, the Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) Leonard Mwalwanda. “I know that our opponents are provoking us […]
Karonga Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a man to 14 years imprisonment for defiling a girl four times his age. State prosecutor Wilfred Khuniwa told the court that in September the convict, aged 28, called the seven-year-old into his house where he defiled her. In mitigation, the man asked for leniency, saying he was an orphan. […]
Voting is underway in the by-elections in Lilongwe North West with mixed fortunes while there is voter high turn out in Karonga Central Constituencies. In Lilongwe North West Constituency contenders for the seat are; Mphatso Boti of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Blessings Bokola candidate for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Njelengo Cristopher Nolex for Mbakuwaku Movement […]
With just hours to go before campaign period ends for the November 10 by-election in Karonga Central Constituency, on Friday the five candidates busied themselves selling their manifestos to electorates in a bid to convince them for the august house job. Mlare was the hot spot with the UTM party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]
UTM Party Parliamentary candidate for the forth coming by-election in Karonga Central Constituency Frank Mwenifumbohas taken a swipe at electoral stakeholders for threatening to put to halt a parliamentary by-election scheduled for Tuesday, November 10 due to escalating cases of political violence based on false intel-information. Mwenifumbo said this on Thursday at his round off […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it could call off the by-election in Karonga Central if the violent incidents that have characterized campaign period, there, persist. MEC chairperson Chifundo Kachale has since condemned sporadic incidents of violence involving supporters of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM, whose leaders are President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka has strongly condemned the escalating political tension and violence that has rocked Karonga Central Constituency politics during the ongoing campaign ahead of the November 10 by-election. The stern warning comes at a time when the constituency has already registered eight serious cases of assault and unlawful […]
The five candidates in Karonga Central Constituency have reaffirmed their commitment to promote amid escalating political violence cases ahead of the November 10 parliamentray by-election. The candidates made the pledge on Saturday during the the last multiparty liaison committee (MPLC) meeting at Chiwondo Teachers’ Development Centre (TDC) that sought to find long lasting solutions to […]