Construction workers have ended their two-week strike at the Nkhata Bay Market and resumed work after resolving their grievances with the employer. It is alleged that China Gansu Engineering Corporation Limited did not pay the workers since the start of construction works on July 30 this year. In an interview on Thursday, a foreman Wilton […]
Malawi Congress Party Nkhata Bay South Member of Parliament (MP) Ken Zikhale Ng’oa, led a team of Nkhatabay Chiefs to pay their courtesy call to President Lazarus Chakwera at the Kamuzu Palace e in Lilongwe on Tuesday where they pledged their support to the new Head of State. Speaking on behalf the chiefs, Chief Fukamapiri, thanked God for […]
Member of Parliament for Nkhata Bay Central, Simon Vuwa Kaunda Saturday held a rally in his constituency to enhance the alliance between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) members in the district. This follows an agreement DPP and UDF leaders, President Peter Mutharika and Atupele Muluzi respectively, made to enter into an […]
Nkhata Bay acting nutrition HIV and Aids officer Joshua Nyirenda has expressed concern over the increasing number of anti-retroviral therapy (ARV) defaulters in the district. He said this on Friday at Chihame II Ground in group village head Mchingalombo in Traditional Authority Kabunduli during the commemoration of the district’s World Aids Day under the theme […]
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Esther Majaza, has installed Malani Phiri as Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkumbira and elevated group village heads (GVH) Thula and Chipimbininga to sub-traditional authorities in Nkhata Bay District. Malani Phiri has acted as T/A Mkumbira since the death of his predecessor Senior Chief Mkumbira in 2018. The combined […]
Chiefs in Nkhata Bay have pledged total support to former President and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda in her quest to achieve sustainable social economic development for the country. The chiefs had invited Banda to a consultative meeting at Mpamba, in the area of Traditional Authority, T/A Timbiri, in Nkhata Bay on Tuesday. Banda […]
Nkhata Bay based business man on Sunday morning accidentally shot three people over land dispute. The businessman, Haroon Karim is said to have bought a piece of land where he built a cottage from Evason Chirwa family at Jiriki Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Malanda in Nkhatabay District. According to Police Publicist […]
Three men, who hired a taxi on Friday from Mzuzu to Nkhata Bay, were arrested at Sanga after they failed to hijack the car they hired. Confirming the arrest on Saturday, Nkhata Bay Police spokesperson Cecelia Mfune identified the suspects as Good Wells, 31, James Alick, 18, and James Kasiya, 19. “The three suspects found […]
Nkhatabay First Grade Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced two men who were working for Makuzi beach as watchmen to five years imprisonment for breaking into the beach’s bar where they stole beer amounting to K202,400.00 Police prosecutor, Keston Chiona told the court that the two, 30-year-old Daton Chirwa and Weedman Chipilara 43 years old […]
Nkhata Bay Central MP Ralph Mhone has accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top leadership of stopping him from attending the official opening of new Nkhata Bay Hospital. Mhone said this on Wednesday in parliament when he was contributing to the K1.1 trillion national budget debate. “This country is a democratic country, we fought […]
Cases of diseases that come as a result of poor sanitation and hygiene are expected to improve at Pundu Primary School in Nkhatabay following the construction of K2 million toilets at the school by Robson Zgambo, one of the winners of TNM’s Ufulu@50 Promotion. Zgambo is among 50 TNM customers that won a total of […]
Malawi Police in Nkhata Bay have confirmed death of two men who reportedly quarreled over a bottle of beer. Nkhata Bay Police publicist Sergeant Ignatius Esau identified the deceased as Raban Mkandawire and Wanangwa Kaunda. According to Esau, Mkandawire had been trying to play “peacemaker” role between Mike Mwalwali, 45, and Wanangwa Kaunda, 37, who […]
John Jacob Kazawala Chunda, a survivor of the March, 1959 massacre that saw over fifty one Malawians shot dead by British forces in Nkhata Bay, has written the British government demanding a €100 million (about K65 billion) compensation for the atrocities the colonial master inflicted on them. Chunda, who said he intends to share the […]
Nkhata Bay District Commissioner Fred Movete and four others have agreed to respect a Mzuzu High Court ruling ordering them to immediately reinstate Chief Makhambira in Nkhata Bay District. They also agreed to allow Chief Makhambira to exercise his powers until the Court’s determination of the substantive matter. In their consent, which is contained in […]
Nkhatabay District Assembly on Sunday temporally closed the main market after chiefs mobilized vendors no to pay daily market fees due to poor sanitation. In a phone interview with this reporter, James Msuku who plies his trade at the market said the refusal to pay market fees started on Saturday and after assembly officials failed […]
Nkhata Bay District Commissioner Fred Movete and four others face imprisonment for an unspecified length for wilfully disobeying a Mzuzu High Court order to immediately reinstate Chief Makhambira in Nkhata Bay District in September 2013. Court documents NyasaTimes has seen show that Chief Mkhambira has filed for a motion for committal for contempt of court […]
Huge turn up in registration centers in the Malawi’s lakeshore Nkhatabay district has forced officials demanding more staff to contain the situation. A visit by Nyasa Times to some of the registration centres in the district revealed some people going home without being registered due to long queues, and the registration officers could work until 7pm instead of […]
A K107 million debt to suppliers and workers has left Nkhata Bay district hospital in a mess, crippling its smooth running as stakeholders are now reluctant to provide their services, Nyasa Times has learnt. For over a week now, the lakeshore district hospital has failed to provide food to patients. “They are only offering water,” a guardian […]