Two people have died and several others injured in Monkey bay where a vehicle belonging to Traditional Authority Nankumba has also been damaged by irate villages at Masasa in the lakeshore district of Mangochi. Monkey Bay police has confirmed the development but could not give further details saying that they should be contacted later. Masasa is […]
Malawi Police in late shore tourism eastern district of Mangochi have gone flat out impounding unroadworthy bicycles, saying the action is done as one way of reducing road traffic accidents on the roads especially those in the town’s streets and its peripherals. At least 82 bicycles have been impounded this week within the lake shore […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youths on Saturday cheered the sick and distributed various food items worth K754, 000 at Mangochi District Hospital. The patients and hospital authorities expressed gratitude to the MCP for the donation. MCP Director of Youth Lobin Lowe said the youths decided to visit the hospital after noting that various challenges […]
Over 100 babIes were born on Christmas in health facilities in Malawi and First Lady Gertrude Mutharika on Christmas Day cheered mothers and Christmass babies in the maternity ward of Mangochi District Hospital. At least there were 165 babies born at the hospital between December 20 and December 25, with 24 born on the eve […]
The highly rated new regimen of life prolonging Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in Malawi has started showing its side effects with men developing breasts in the eastern district of Mangochi. Malawi switched from the old Stavudine (D4 T) based ARVs to the new WHO recommended Tenofovir based regimen 5A last year, which was hailed to have […]
Shocked with the growing number of children dropping out of school,Traditional leaders in Mangochi have joined the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) in an initiative aimed at getting the children back to school. Speaking during the launch of the campaign on Thursday, Chairperson for the campaign Traditional Authority Chowe said the campaign, expected to last […]
The ambulance which was donated by former President Joyce Banda to Katuli Health Centre in Mangochi district has raised sparks as some chiefs have asked government to intervene since the ambulance is just staying idle. The ambulance was donated by Banda in April but despite the clinic facing challenges in ferrying patients to the district […]
A 65-year-old ‘clinician’ is in police custody in the lakeshore district of Mangochi for causing death of a person at his clinic. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Inspector Thomeck Nyaude identified the suspect in an interview with Nyasa Times as Jailosi Amili of Mponela Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Makanjila in the district. He said the suspect, […]
People in Malawi’s lake shore district of Mangochi are up in arms against a US$50 million hotel and golf course project which multinational company Mota Engil plans in the area. The communities mainly around Monkey Bay, a lake shore town and a proposed area of the project, are fearing that almost 20,000 people will be […]
Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) president Chauluka Muwake has vowed he would never work in the lakeshore district of Mangochi after his property removed from his official residence by irate community members. Muwake, who is also primary education adviser (PEA) for Masongola Education Zone in Namwera, is of, among other things, allowing double shift […]
The negligence to construct toilets has left communities in the lakeshore areas of Mangochi with no option but resorting to open defecation with most of them using plastic bags as latrines. Many households in the district especially in Fort Maguire area in the T/A Makanjira do not have toilets with health authorities raising alarm of […]
Commotion ensued on Friday morning when communities from Masongola Zone in Namwela, Mangochi stormed District Education Manager’s office (Demo) demanding the transfer of Primary Education Advisor (PEA), Muwake Chauluka. The angry communities stoned Demo’s building, smashing windows as well as destroying Chauluka’s house property. They also injured Principal accountant who was later rushed to Mangochi […]
Malawi Police have transferred 42 people from Mangochi to Zomba Maximum Prison arrested on Friday last week for violence in protest against the May 20 Tripartite Elections impasse in the district. Mangochi Police spokesperson Roderick Maida confirmed that the suspects are being remanded at Zomba Maximum Prison waiting to be charged with inciting violence offences […]
One person is reported dead and several people are being treated at Mangochi District Hospital with multiple injuries following demonstrations that started Friday morning as the country nervously awaited the release of results from last week’s disputed presidential vote. Police officer Elijah Kachikuwo said: “In the ensuing fracas one person has been shot dead as […]
There is high tension with reports of riots in Malawi’s volatile lakeshore district of Mangochi where party supporters are demonstrating for a ballot recount and not results to be announced from the chaotic polls. If results are announced Friday, it is widely believed that Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will be the winner. […]
Reports of political violence allegedly perpetrated by members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) continue to cause fear among members of other parties in the Eastern Region, especially in Mangochi. A member of the civil society in Mangochi told Nyasa Times in an interview on Sunday that militant UDF supporters stormed ESCOM offices recently […]
There was drama at Mangochi Police Station on Thursday when Members of the Muslim Community stormed the establishment to have a person arrested for being suspected to be behind the assault of People’s Party (PP) Provincial Chairperson for the Eastern Region Samson Msosa released. Msosa was earlier in the week attacked by some people he […]
In the previous week Atupele Muluzi and Joyce Banda, respectively took their respective election campaigns to Mangochi, a traditional stronghold of Mr Muluzi’s United Democratic Front. It is yet to be seen how Mrs Banda’s People’s Party (PP) will do in the district given that this PP’s first electoral contest in the district. What surprised […]