Concerned citizens have taken Mangochi Town Council to task over how local revenue is being used as they claim that revenue collected does not match the services being rendered. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday at Mangochi Town Council, Secretary for Mangochi Concerned Citizens Andrew Ngulube said people doing business at the central business […]
A 17 year old man identified as Gift Mwandidi has died after being attacked by a crocodile at Kazembe fishing dock on the banks of Shire River in Mangochi. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida said the incident happened on Wednesday February 22, 2017 when the deceased went to bath in the river. […]
District Commissioner (DC) for Mangochi James Manyetera says the district has received an overwhelming response of youth applications to be admitted into the Mangochi Community Technical College expected to open its doors late next month. Speaking in an interview , Manyetera said government has embarked on a project of constructing community technical colleges across the […]
Mwanza district commissioner Jack Ngulube has been arrested by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) over allegation of fraudulent transactions while at Mangochi District Council. Ngulube was moved from Mangochi to Mwanza in Aprial 2016 in a Local Government Ministry reorganisation that saw a number of DC relocating. He served as Mangochi DC for six months But […]
Member of Parliament for Mangochi Central, Dr. Clement Chiwaya has appealed to residents of Mangochi town to properly coordinate development activities in a bid to sustain such initiatives. He observed that Mangochi has the potential of becoming a big city if people united and coordinated in implementing various development programs as opposed to undertaking sporadic […]
Mangochi First Grade Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered seven drivers to pay K200, 000 fine each or in default serve three years imprisonment with hard labour for careless driving. The offence of intentionally endangering the safety of persons travelling on a public road contravenes with section 237 of the penal code. Before passing the sentence, […]
Outspoken flamboyant Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua has branded UDF Mangochi Central lawmaker and second deputy speaker of parliament Dr Clement Chiwaya a ‘childish bully’ and a dishonourable man for his threats on a fellow Mangochi MP over President Peter Mutharika’s money and power, Nyasa Times can exclusively report. Kalua joined the fray between the two […]
Two prominent Members of Parliament from Mangochi have engaged in a relentless verbal spat over President Peter Mutharika’s money and power following his visit to the Lake District. Mangochi Central MP, and second deputy speaker of Parliament, Dr Clement Chiwaya (UDF) and DPP’s Mangochi North constituency MP, Benedicto Ali Chambo exchanged a vocal outburst over who […]
Communities from Mpundi village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Namabvi in Mangochi have said they have found gold in irrigation farming. The communities have owed their success to Pemphero Community-Based Organization (CBO) for providing them with farm inputs and irrigation materials. “Unlike in the previous years when hunger used to bite us hard […]
Communities from Mpundi village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Namabvi in Mangochi have said they have found gold in irrigation farming. The communities have owed this success story to Pemphero Community-Based Organization (CBO) for providing them with farm inputs and irrigation materials. “Unlike in the previous years when hunger used to bite us […]
Mangochi district commissioner (DC) James Manyetera has urged people in the district to guard against any behaviour which could expose them to contracting HIV. He was speaking at Chimwala Primary School ground on Monday during a sensitisation meeting on the forthcoming construction of the 72- kilometre Mangochi- Liwonde Road. “Much as the road will bring […]
About 19 students from Chowe Community Day Secondary School, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chowe in Mangochi who were on the verge of dropping-out of school due to lack of school fees due to poor family backgrounds, can now afford a smile, thanks to Benaa Association for Culture and Development, a Muslim Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) for coming to […]
Mangochi District Council direct employees from the start of this week staged a sit-in demanding new salaries and arrears dating back to 2014. A visit to the District Commissioner’s offices established that the staff was on strike and were just sitting outside their offices idle or playing bawo and cards among other games. The Civic […]
A fight has ensued between government and communities in the area of Traditional Authority Namwera in the Muslim district of Mangochi following the decision by the State to close down a primary school to enforce learners not to wear Hijab during school days. Meanwhile, communities, through Chidothi and Company lawyers, have obtained a court injunction […]
Independent Member of Parliament for Mangochi North, Benedicto Chambo has joined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) one year after he withdrew his intentions to join United Democratic Front (UDF). Chambo’s move to DPP has also coincided with the decision by the Mangochi Business Committee to support the ruling party. In May 2015, Chambo withdrew […]
Water challenges will now remain history for communities of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chowe in Mangochi, thanks to Benaa Association for Culture and Development, a Muslim Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that supports vulnerable people for drilling 2 boreholes in the area. The organization also donated 50 bags of maize, each weighing 50 kilogrammes and clothes to the elderly […]
Two women in Mangochi have died in separate incidents where one was killed in cold blood while the other committed suicide,Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Rodrick Maida has confirmed. According to Maida, Ajida Yunusu (30) is believed to have been murdered between Mbuzi village and Kambiya hills on her way to buy some accessories. Maida […]
People of Makanjira in Mangochi are expressing concern in the manner chief Makanjira was installed at a ceremony disguised as a Ndamo sya Ayao cultural event to beat a rival family which was fighting for the chieftaincy. Ajibu Ali was installed last Sunday by minister of Local Government Kondwani Nankhumwa at a brief ceremony the […]