The parliamentary committee members on government assurance and public reforms on Wednesday visited the Decent and Affordable Housing Programme (DAHSP) beneficiaries in Mchinji to familiarise themselves with the programme. Speaking after the tour at Chimbadzo village in Traditional Authority Zulu, Chairperson of the committee Harry Mkandawire called on district councils to ensure that they closely […]
There has been an increase in enrollment of learners living with disabilities and special needs in primary schools in Mchinji courtesy of the Federation for Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) inclusive education project. Through the project which is piloted in nine schools in the district, learners with different impairments such as mobility problem, the deaf, […]
Malawi’s leading telecommunications company Artel on Friday opened an Express Shop in Mchinji district. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Customer Experience Director Sibusiso Nyasulu said as a caring brand Airtel believe that customers deserve the best from the company and plans to continue to furnish subscribers with competitive solution, products and services. “2014 was a […]
There was heated debate during the first full Mchinji District Council meeting this year on which projects needed to be approved by the council. Members of the council who included councillors, Members of Parliament (MPs) and Traditional Authorities (T/As) could not agree on where to allocate part of the money in this year’s K193 million […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji a preliminary medical report on a mother who brutally killed her three children in cold blood is insane. Mchinji police publicist Moses Nyirenda said on Monday Violet Elijah was taken to Mchinji District Hospital for mental tests and it was discovered she is mentally ill. “We now want to send her […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji have arrested a 38 year old woman suspected to have brutally murdered her three sons on Wednesday, hitting each one of them with a hoe handle. Mchinji police spokesperson Moses Nyirenda said Violet Tilire Phiri had a mental problem. Nyirenda said Tilire Phiri took her three children Chisomo, 10, Limbani 8 and Richard 4 […]
Police in Mchinji have arrested three men for allegedly murdering 96-year-old Tsekwe Kwachera and dumping him in a well. Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer Moses Nyirenda told Malawi News Agency (Mana) Thursday that the three committed the alleged offense on December 5, 2015. Nyirenda said prime suspect Lyson Phiri, 23, is said to have beaten […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has called for multi-sectoral efforts in ensuring that community based child care centres have adequate resources to enable children have access to education at an early age. Project officer for CSEC Aerahnive Jamali made the call on Monday when the project donated various learning and playing materials to Tomasi […]
A woman in Mchinji has abandoned her five children within the ages of 14 to 4 living them destitute and her where about is not yet known. The woman Stella Banda, who is a witch doctor popularly known as Dr Patuma, left the kids who were born from different fathers with their step father a […]
The latest Malawian fake doctor, Blessings Chisale, has strated serving a seven-year jail term after he was sentenced by the Mchinji First Grade Magistrate Court. Chisale, real name Veriano Fungulani, was arrested last week at Mchinji district hospital where he posed as a medical doctor and was charged with an offence of impersonating public officers, which is […]
Nation Publications Limited (NPL) on Saturday organised a Mother’s Day Fun Run in Mchinji where they partnered with several organisations in donating various maternal and neonatal health care equipment worth K30 Million to Mchinji District Hospital aimed at promoting safe motherhood. The Mother’s Day Fun run Project an annual event, was launched with an aim […]
A 32-year-old police officer in central region border district of Mchinji on Thursday committed suicide while on duty as he shot himself dead leaving a suicide note. Confirming the development, Mchinji police public relations officer Sub- Inspector Moses Kajawa Nyirenda, identified the deceased as Constable Allan Chione, who was on duty on that particular day […]
The so called Zikwanje-gang of robbers who have been terrorising Mchinji District has been arrested on Thursday after a police operation. Mchinji Police Spokesperson Sub Inspector Moses Kajawa Nyirenda said people in the district have been living in fear because of the gang which was threatening lives. Kajawa Nyirenda confirmed that Abraham Mwale aged 39 […]
A disgraced husband John Yasini has been jailed for 13 and half years with hard labour by Mchinji Magistrate Court for beating his 18 year old wife Linda Phulani who sustained serious injuries on allegation that she was cheating on him. Police prosecutor Humphrey Makhalira told the court on Tuesday that in April this year […]
Mchinji Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered 49 male students from Mchinji Secondary School to pay a fine of K45,000 each or in default serve a 42 month jail term for vandalising property at the school worth K3 million. Police prosecutor Humphrey Makhalira told the court that the students all in Form three, burned the deputy […]
Two police officers, constable Moses Chikopa and detective Henry Mwanza, have been arrested in Malawi’s central region district of Mchinji for allegedly stealing about MK1.2million from a Zambian trader Mrs. Grace Nyirongo last Friday. The cops allegedly solicited the money to save her from being arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns. Mchinji police station public relations […]
Medson Selemani who murdered his cousin Janet Chitedze and mutilated her private parts at Shadreck Village in Mchinji district says he was told he would be K14 Million richer by a Mozambizan witch doctor. Selemani who was on the run, was arrested by Mchinji Police at Namitete in Lilongwe on Saturday. He told Mana that […]
As Malawi is still remembering a teen girl who was brutally murdered by her cousin and had her private parts removed in Mchinji, police in the central region border district with Zambia are now hunting for Gift Mayibegi suspected of killing his fiancé on the night of Sunday the 3rd May 2015. Mchinji police spokesman […]