Malawi Police has arrested a man suspected to have brutally murdered his sister Janet Chitedze and had her private parts removed at Shadreck Village, in the areas of Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mchinji. According to the Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer sergeant Moses Kajawa Nyirenda, the suspect Selemani Medson aged 21, was arrested between Namitete […]
Mchinji district is in the headlines again. Barely a week After an 18 years old girl was beaten with hot wire, the Police in central region border district with Zambia are now looking for a 21 year old man suspected of brutal murder of a 17 year old girl, who is also his sister. The […]
Linda Phulani an 18 year old woman who was beaten severely by her husband in Mchinji has revealed her husband John Yasini forced her to join a Satanic cult but she refused. Narrating her ordeal to the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati when she visited her on Friday at Mchinji District […]
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati on Friday visited a woman who was severely beaten by her husband at Mchinji District hospital, reiterating that government would not watch the trend continue but let the arm of law take its course on men who abuse their wives. “I visited Linda Phulani after reading […]
The Mchinji Magistrate court has ordered 18 teenagers who were members of local criminal gang ‘Boko Harama’ and another called ‘Gaza’ to pay a fine of K5, 000 or in default serve a three month jail term for beating, robbing pupils in primary schools in the district. Head teachers for Bua and Kamuzu Primary schools […]
Malawi Police has arrested John Yasini in Mchinji after he battered his 18 year old wife whom he suspected of cheating and inflicted her with grieveous bodly harm and she is battling for her life at the district hospital. The woman Linda Phulani was severely beaten by Yasini with chains and steel rods sustaining deep […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji, a central region district bordering with Zambia, have arrested 17 teenage boys who belong to several local criminal gangs such as ‘Boko Haram’ for beating and robbing pupils in primary schools in the district. The 17 boys (names withheld for legal reasons) with ages ranging from 14 to 16 were arrested […]
Groups of unruly boys have emerged in Malawi central district of Mchinji bordering with Zambia calling themselves Boko Haram, are beating and robbing pupils in primary schools in the district. Boko Haram in an infamous Nigeria’s militant Islamist group which has caused havoc in Africa’s most populous country through a wave of bombings, assassinations and abductions. […]
The Magistrates Court in Mchinji district has convicted and slapped with jail sentence a Ministry of Agriculture officer and village headman who were found guilty of indulging in corrupt practices. The two, Elijah Kabotolo Agricultural Extension Development Officer (AEDO) and Paul Walaza (village headman Kayesa) were arrested by Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) for creating a ghost […]
Mchinji Director of Finance Andrews Mhango was taken to task by the community over K7 million Stadium allocation believed to have been missapropriated causing the delay to the construction works. The stadium which is being constructed in the district will be ready by June 2015, Mchinji District Council Chairman Kennedy Chipanga has disclosed. “We are […]
A 38 year old woman in central region border district of Mchinji has been arrested by police for allegedly killing her husband. Mchinji police spokesperson Moses Nyirenda identified the suspect as Alefa Kaliya of Chanza Village, T/A Malili in Lilongwe district and the victim as Victor Mangani aged 34 of Katawa Village T/A Mduwa in […]
Physically challenged Gilford Jester who was born with no hands has against all odds passed the just released Primary School leaving Certificate of Education examinations at Nkhwazi Primary School in Mchinji district. Jester, who uses legs to write, has been selected to Magawa boarding Secondary School an achievement which he says has proved many people […]
There is an influx of Zambians at Mchinji District Hospital which has triggered drug shortage at the health facility, the Malawi News Agency (Mana) has learnt. Speaking in an interview last week, hospital spokesperson Frank Kaphaso blamed the situation on the silence on the policy of access to medical services by foreigners. Kaphaso said lack […]
Patients are sleeping on empty stomachs at Mchinji District Hospital in Malawi’s central region due to damaged electric pots which the hospital management is failing to repair, Nyasa Times has established. According to hospital member who spoke to Nyasa Times, for some time now food provisions to patients have been a thorn-in-the-flesh because the hospital […]
Police in Malawi central region district of Mchinji bordering with Zambia have arrested 20- year- old Dziwani Phiri from Mwalabo village TA Kalembo in Balaka for enticing a mortuary attendant to give him water used for washing dead bodies. According to Mchinji District Police Prosecution Officer Ornelius Mtopela, the suspect approached the mortuary attendant on […]
Despite persistent calls from government, including President Joyce Banda, to royal families to formulate transparent and proper succession chieftaincy plans, Malawi continues witnessing increased number of wrangles over the same. A recent incident has occurred in the boarder district of Mchinji where two camps have emerged fighting for the Zulu chieftaincy. Reports say Traditional Authority […]
Malawi Police officers at Mkanda Police Unit in Mchinji district are fearing for their lives following persistent threats issued at them by some villagers in the area. The community members are angry with the law enforcers for arresting seven of their relations and friends who were eventually convicted and sentenced by the court to 13 […]
Parents of a 14 year old Emmanuel Malunga from Masautso village, Traditional Authority (TA) Zulu in Mchinji have sounded a save our soul (SOS) to well -wishers for the care of the boy who has had a strange disease for the past four years. The boy fails to sit properly or stay at one place, […]