Angry villagers from Chivala Village in Traditional Authority Kapondo in Mchinji on Tuesday burned huts belonging to ex-tenants who settled at Rusa Tobacco Estate 69 in the district, formerly belonging to Press Agriculture. The villagers torched four huts that led to the destruction of household supplies that included flour, maize, clothes and other items that […]
Malawi and Zambia have established a new border post in Mchinji to curb the number of Malawians travelling to Zambia without travel documents. The new border post has been established at Mkanda/Gubudu as immigration officials who graced the launch of the border post said at least 150 people went into Zambia without travel documents. The […]
Mchinji Social Welfare Officer, Rodwell Chunga, says the central region border district with Zambia continues to grapple with child abuse issues as his office is registering two cases every week involving defilement and child marriages. Chunga said the cases are not reducing in the district despite several interventions being taken to address the same. He […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji have arrested two people on allegations that they wanted to bewitch a person over chieftaincy wrangles. Police spokesperson in Mchinji Kaitano Lubrino identified the suspects in the witchcraft case as Alexander Mickson, 27 and Andrew Patrick Dewu who are accused of planning to bewitch Lonzo Zimba over chieftaincy of Delu. Lubrino said a witchdoctor […]
Malawi Police in central region district of Mchinji bordering with Zambia have arrested a 28-year-old woman, Sellina Twaibu, for allegedly scalding and seriously wounding her late sister’s daughter. The incident has occurred at a time government and its various stakeholders are making tireless efforts to fight child abuse and violence amongst the country’s communities. The […]
Mchinji District Hospital on Thursday last week burnt expired drugs worth K28 million which it received from donors and purchased from the Central Medical Stores Trust. The ceremony, which took place at the hospital’s dumping site, was witnessed by officials from the district hospital, district council, Treasury, Police and Pharmacy and Poisons Board, among other […]
Malawian billionaire business tycoon, Simbi Phiri has undertaken another ‘humanitarian’ construction project in Mchinji to provide decent houses and accommodation for the people of Lumbe Village for free after constructing and furnishing a primary school, including building teachers’ houses in his home village of Chembe in Traditional Authority Mazengera in Lilongwe. Lumbe Village in Traditional Authority […]
Mchinji district hospital has refuted reports circulating on online news outelt that one of the hospital’s clinicians, Macpherson Thole has been suspended by the District Health Officer (DHO) for disclosing that a Catholic priest from Kachebere Seminary is receiving treatment at the hospital for a sexually transmitted infection. The story which had gone viral on […]
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Community Energy Malawi has bailed out thousands of households in Mchinji district—Central Malawi—Nyasa Times has learnt. The people range from ordinary people to struggling, in terms of the Malawi economy. In Malawi, an average person gets about less than a dollar a day. And, Morton Kaunda, Project Manager for Community […]
The First Grade Magistrate court in Mchinji on Friday slapped 42 year old Boston William with 14 years imprisonment with hard labor after finding him guilty of defiling an 11 year old girl. The judgment has come following his arrest by the district police on July 6 after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint that […]
For the first time in 41 years, communities of Eliza Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlonyeni in Mchinji have accessed tap water, thanks to Zachie Mwale’s invention. The invention, a “black wing windmill”, pumps water from the ground into a 1 000ml water tank connected to a tap that is now serving the community. “I […]
One of the quadruplets delivered by 24 year old Falesi Develias at Mchinji district hospital died in the early hours of Tuesday, a hospital nurse said. According to a Nurse Midwife Technician at the hospital, Shalom Ngwira, the baby who was together with other three babies kept in a nursery had fever and she was […]
Mchinji District Forest Office this week impounded a Malawi Housing Cooperation (MHC) maintenance vehicle (tanker) for dumping sewage in Mchinji Forest Reserve. The MHC maintenance vehicle registration number 3 SC 183 was seen by one of the district’s forest guards who reported the matter to the district office. Deputy Director of Forest responsible for Central […]
As one way of demonstrating commitment to charity work during the Christmas festive season, Campus Lodge staff has donated assorted items to Mchinji District Hospital worth K350 000 in the pediatric ward. One of the staff members at the lodge, Carlo Mbewe, said the decision for the initiative was reached in order to help the […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji have condemned the conduct by some community members who have maliciously damaged school property at Magawa Secondary School. The community members are suspected to be villagers from the area of Senior Group Village Headman Kamwendo in the district. The blame came amidst an emergency meeting which Mchinji Police Station organized following […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has called on traditional, religious and communities in Mchinji to work together and develop by-laws aimed at keeping girls in school. She made the call at Pitala in Senior Chief Mkanda on Saturday when she officially launched Keep Girls in Schools By-Laws for Mkanda area in the District. Madam Mutharika noted […]
Mchinji District Commissioner (DC) Rosemary Nawasha has expressed concern over persistent land disputes the district is currently registering. Nawasha said women account for 80 per cent of Malawi’s food producing population, but they often do not have access to land as compared to men. She therefore asked chiefs in the district to use justice in […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi says if resources from donor partners are used efficiently and for intended purposes, it could help improve the health sector in the country. He was speaking after touring Mchinji District Hospital on Tuesday to appreciate the Results Based Financing [RBF] maternal and neonatal health programme. The Results Based […]