The UK’s ambassador to Malawi has praised environmental conservation initiatives in Mmbelwa Kingdom, Mzimba district, during a visit to the Royal Palace at eDingeni. Her Excellency Leigh Stubblefield met King Mmbelwa V on Saturday, where she commended the monarch for guiding his subjects in protecting forest cover in the district. “The area looks beautiful with […]
The Ngoni king has told rebel villagers to forget splitting Mzimba into two – insisting it’s a rubbish idea that won’t fix a thing. Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa dropped the bombshell at the district’s massive Umthetho cultural bash, hitting back hard at a growing campaign – led by Samuel Lwara – demanding the district be […]
Health Secretary has praised Mzimba District Hospital for maintaining unusually high standards of cleanliness, describing it as a model facility in a system where sanitation often falls short. During a visit on Wednesday, Dr Dan Namarika said the hospital’s condition showed how basic hygiene can reduce infections and improve patient care, even amid wider pressures […]
Young people in Kafukule constituency are threatening legal action to halt a government recruitment process they say has been manipulated by a traditional leader to punish communities whose village headmen fell out of his favour. The dispute centres on the recruitment of officers to support the implementation of Malawi’s reformed Constituency Development Fund — a […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba are keeping in custody a 36-year-old man, Moses Phiri of Andileya Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) M’mbelwa for allegedly being found with a human female private part. Deputy Spokesperson for Mzimba Police, Sub Inspector John Nyirongo said Police officers arrested Phiri on Wednesday following a tip off from […]
Winrock International has trained 20 Mzimba District Child Labour Committee (DCLC) members on child labour prevention and response against the vice whose rate of prevalence nationally is pegged at 38 per cent, according to 2015 National Child Labour Survey. The three-day trainer of trainers (TOT) which ended Friday in Mzuzu comes ahead of rolling out […]
Patients in need of X-ray services at Mzimba District Hospital have expressed concern over faulty machine at the health facility saying its expensive travelling to Mzuzu Central Hospital to access the service. Emily Mkandawire from Euthini who was referred to Mzimba District Hospital from Mzambazi Mission Hospital said she was disappointed after arriving at the […]
Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) has donated various school items worth K40 million to a rural Majiga Primary School in Mpherembe in Mzimba District as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The school items included 130 desks, two toilet blocks and washing facilities for both boys and girls, writing materials, books […]
Mzimba District Education Network has said special needs learners are facing financial challenges in the district. The network’s chairperson Teckson Amadu said this on Monday at Mzimba Boma during a meeting with stakeholders on special needs education. He cited inadequate government funding as a major factor contributing to low quality of special needs education in […]
Stakeholders in Mzimba feel child marriages have no space in the district and a taskforce has been mandated to withdraw all under aged girls from such marriages to allow the girls and boys to go back to school. This is being implemented where Khosolo Women’s Forum in Traditional Authority Khonsolo in Mzimba Khosolo in partnership […]
Ministry of Health assistant director of clinical services Hastings Chiumia has expressed satisfaction with rehabilitation works at old Mzimba District Hospital which will be turned into a Covid-19 treatment centre. The rehabilitation works are being done by Malawi Red Cross Society (MRC). Chiumia expressed satisfaction with the quality of the structure, saying the treatement centre […]
FDH Bank plc has donated K2 million to Friends of Embangweni Hospital in Mzimba to help with the acquisition of Personal protective Equipment (PPE) for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Making the donation in Blantyre Thursday, FDH Bank plc Head of Personal and Business banking Kawawa Msapato said the Covid-19 pandemic has brought various […]
Zhejiang Communications Construction Company and Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) have donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to Mzimba Police Station to support its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Presenting the items on Friday, the company’s health, safety and human resource manager Liu Fei said they gave the police the PPE in recognition of their support […]
Tovwirane, a local non-governmental organisation, has embarked on a capacity building initiative of Area and Village Development Committees (ADCs/VDCs) in the district through a 10 month Engagement and Accountability (E4A) Project. The project which is funded to tune of K29 million by USAID/UKAID through Local Government Accountability Programme (LGAP) aims at empowering the committees to […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) senior officials had a tough time selling President Peter Mutharika’s candidacy in Mzimba on Tuesday following the party’s unfinished projects in the district. The DPP, led by its vice president for the North Goodall Gondwe, Regional governor for the North Mzomera Ngwira, and party guru Leston Mulli, embarked on […]
M’mbelwa District Council disaster desk officer, George Gopani has revealed that the local council will train 120 community members on COVID-19 prevention and management skills. He made the remarks Thursday after orientation of District Civil Protection Committee (DCPC) Education cluster with funding from NORAD via Save the Children and CCAP Synod of Livingstonia. Gopani said […]
M’mbelwa District Council plans to put a quarantine facility at Mqocha, on the borderswith Zambia, as part of the district’s Coronavirus (Covid-19) reposnse. M’mbelwa District Council acting district commissioner, Precious Kantsitsi said this on Tuesday in Mzimba during interaction meeting on Covid-19 with Chasefu District Council officials from Zambia. “We really need to put institutional […]
The ‘Kingdom’ of Mzimba has lost district commissioner (DC) Thomas Chirwa who has died, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has confirmed. M’mbelwa District Council director of planning and development Precious Kamstitsi, who was acting as DC during Chirwa’s illness, said Chirwa died on Wednesday at at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre where he […]