Councillors in the country’s biggest district want government to split Mzimba, saying the Northern Region district is being denied development because of its vastness. M’mbelwa District Council development committee chairperson Fumu Mdolo, who is also Kasito East Ward councillor, said they will petition government this month on their calls. The councillors are advocating for splitting […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church International (ECG) received another commendation in Malawi Parliament for his relief support to people affected by hunger in the country. Recently, Member of Parliament for Karonga central, Frank Mwenifumbo told the House his appreciation to Bushiri for his maize distribution. And adding his voice of appreciation to the […]
Inkosi Kampingo Sibande of Mzimba has vowed to fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child labour which have been on the rise in his area. The influential chief made the remarks on Thursday at his Eswazini headquarters during a day long sensitization meeting organized by Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) with support from the NGO Genger […]
Minister of Information Jappie Mhango has swung swiftly to put down politically damaging reports that a man died of hunger in Mzimba last week. In a statement, Mhango said the reports were untrue because when the man’s body was discovered on January, it was in severe decomposed state therefore medical personnel could not determine the […]
An 18 year old man is battling for his life at Mzimba District Hospital after he was intentionally thrown into boiling traditional beer porridge. Mzimba police spokesman Lingson Kangaudzu alleged 20 year old Khumbo Shaba forcibly carried Gondwe and threw him into the boiling hot beer porridge after the two had picked a quarrel at […]
Inkosi ya Makosi M’belwa V of Mzimba has urged his subjects “to slow down on child bearing” saying the rate at which the country’s population is growing is alarming. M’belwa made the call at his Edingeni headquarters recently on the sidelines of a visit by Global Hope Mobilization which is running campaigns throughout the country […]
Officials from Mbelwa District Council of Mzimba say they are set to collect a record K500 million revenue from per year after Jenda Rural Growth Centre comes into operational. Thomas Chirwa, the district commissioner for Mzimba said this when Local Development Fund Committee visited the rural growth centre which is under construction with funds from […]
Barely a month after a rainstorm destroyed school infrastructure and people’s houses at Kafukule in Mzimba, about 50 households are homeless after another rainstorm destroyed their houses in areas of traditional authorities Mzukuzuku and Mzikubola in the district Monday evening. Desk Officer for Disaster Risk Management for M’mbelwa District Council, Thomas Munthali, said about 33 […]
People of Mzimba will soon have potable water after parliament unanimously approved a K22 billion loan for a comprehensive water and sanitation project. This means the government will now borrow K11 billion from OPEC European Bank repayable in 20 years and another K11 billion from the African Development Fund repayable in 40 years with a […]
Chrissy Phiri, 35 from Solomon Village in Traditional Authority Khosolo was saved by a hairs’ breadth, if not was for her mothers’ intervention totravel from Mzimba to Simulemba in Kasungu to take her to hospital. Chrissy’s husband, JumasonPhiri,a relatively wellto do tobacco farmer based in Kasungu, never wanted her wife to go for testing after […]
An irate mob in the northern region district of Mzimba has burned to ashes a Toyota starlet which was allegedly being used by three suspected goat thieves around Mterela location in the area of Inkosi Chindi in the district. According to an officer at Euthini police unit Sub inspector Isaac Imedi two of the men […]
Member of Parliament for Mzimba Solola Jacob Hara has launched football and net ball trophies worth K1.5 million with the aim of keeping the youths away from immoral behaviors. Speaking on Sunday during the launch of the trophies, Hara of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said many youths in the constituency which covers Mzimba business area have no […]
Malawi Police Service in Mzimba are keeping in custody Madaliso Kumwenda aged 20 from Traditional Authority Chindi in the district for allegedly shooting and subsequently killing John Nyirenda with no apparent reasons. Nyirenda, aged 69 was from Kadudu in the same district. Mzimba Police Public relations officer, Gabriel Chiona has confirmed with Nyasa Times about the […]
A ten year old girl at Makantha village in the Inkosi Kampingo Sibade area, northern district of Mzimba was sexually assaulted and murdered in sickening attack earlier this week after a day missing from her home. According to Gabriel Chiona, Mzimba Police Public Relations Officer, the girl was sexually violated as she returned home from school […]
A Mzimba man, aged 31, Clayton Mnyenyembe, from Kampingo Sibande on Friday committed suicide by shooting himself following a quarrel with his wife over claims that she was cheating. Mzimba Police Public Relations officer Gabriel Chiona confirmed to Nyasa Times about the incident. Sergeant Chiona said: “Clayton Munyenyembe decided to shoot himself dead following an […]
A defaced black Rhodesian metal identity card states his date of birth as June 6, 1902, meaning he has officially lived for a century and stolen a further 13 years from another century. Gifted with longer life, he remembers only visiting the hospital once in his entire life — two years ago at the age […]
Police in Malawi’s northern district of Mzimba have mounted a hunt for a 31-year -old woman identified as Mary Moyo who is alleged to have killed her six-months-old baby by dumping him together with his four brothers in a deep well to die there. Mzimba Police Public Relations Officer, Constable Gabriel Chiwona says the woman, […]
A Zambian national Isaac Nyirongo has been arrested by police in Mzimba for being alleged to have been in the gang of five people who attacked and removed the private parts of Kumbukani Kumwenda in Edingeni in traditional authority Mmbelwa last Thursday. According to Mzimba police station officer, Assistant Commissioner of police Luis Chigadula another […]