One can write so many adjectives on the negatives of Head of Malawi Police, Inspector General Peter Mukhito but one thing for sure, he has “a touch of class” in terms of dressing. During a junior officer’s ball on Christmas Eve in the capital Lilongwe, Mukhito and his wife were dressed to thrill and looked […]
The Head of Malawi Police Service, Inspector General Peter Mukhito, has conceded that there have been rampant corruption and human rights abuses by the cops during the year 2011. Mukhito conceded when he hosted a Christmas ball for officers at Area 30 police headquarters in Lilongwe. Brutal Police has been widely accused of killing about 19 people during […]
The trial of five Malawian human rights defenders, Ms Habiba Osman and Messrs Billy Mayaya, Brian Nyasulu, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Comfort Chitseko, has been adjourned to Janury 13 2012 at the Lilongwe Magistrate Court after state prosecutors did not obtain consent from Director of Public Prosecution to proceed witht the case. The activists were […]
Inspector General of Malawi Police, Peter Mukhito, on Friday testified in Lilongwe at an inquiry into the July 20 protetst that left 20 people dead but journalists were barred to cover the proceedings. It was announced that the Inspector General had asked not to give public testimony. He faced scrutiny over the killing of 20 […]
A multi million kwacha fraud investigation at the accounts department of Malawi Police has seen its head Elijah Kachikuwo interdicted and an employee of Malawi Switch Centre Limited (Malswitch) has also been suspended in connection with the same case, it has been reported. Kachikuwo is also chairman of Blue Eagles FC a police sponsored Super League […]
Malawi Members of Parliament have demanded the immediate resignation or suspension of flamboyant Police Chief Peter Mukhito to pave way for independent investigations into the mysterious death of a university student two months. Mukhito is implicated in the death of fourth year engineering student, Robert Chasowa who was found in a pool of blood on […]
Linda Annan talks to Malawian Global Voices Author Steve Sharra. Sharra is a blogger, freelance journalist, lecturer and educational editor. He blogs at Afrika Aphukira. He has published poetry and fiction, radio plays (Malawi Broadcasting Corporation) and a radio short story (BBC); and authored a children’s book, Fleeing the War, which won the 1995 British […]
Nyasa Times Editorial: “Peter Mukhito is the current Inspector General of Police in Malawi. He has gained notoriety for his involvement in interrogating Blessings Chinsinga which began the stand-off for academic freedom in Malawi between Chinsinga and President Bingu wa Mutharika. He was also involved in the investigation in the death of Robert Chasowa.” This […]
Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito’s job hangs in balance following President Bingu wa Mutharika’s decision to replace him, Nyasa Times has leant. According to information sourced by Nyasa Times, Mukhito is expected to lose his job once Mutharika lands in the country any time soon from China where he went two weeks ago. Information […]
As a recently retired civil servant, I was there when we inaugurated the second Bingu wa Mutharika presidency at the Kamuzu Stadium Blantyre in 2009. It was an optimistic event with a sea of blue bunting. Now it is safe to say that only a minority are happy with the way things are going, most […]
Five citizens, who were arrested last Friday when they demonstrated in the capital Lilongwe carrying a banner calling President Bingu wa Mutharika dictator, were granted bail on Wednesday afternoon by Lilongwe Magistrate Court. Billy Mayaya, Comfort Chitseko, Ben Chiza Mkandawire, Brian Nyasulu and Habiba Oman were charged with offences of conducting a demonstration without written […]
Members of the Forum for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) on Friday held a protest demonstration in the capital Lilongwe against what they called dictatorship of Bingu wa Mutharika and were detained. FDD’s Billy Mayaya, Ben Chiza Mkandawire, Brian Nyasulu were in city centre at parliament building carrying placards and read out a statement calling […]
Barely four days after it was revealed that top police brass is involved in the death of the fourth year student at the Malawi Polytechnic, Police on Tuesday morning arrested Duncan Nawoza Phiri who spilled the beans. Armed Police invaded the house of Phiri and picked him amid unclear reasons for their arrest. A police […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has named Catholic Bishop emeritus Felix EugenioMkhori to head the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the death of 19 people killed in cold blood during the July 2o nationwide demonstrations. Mutharika promised to form the commission and also probe into the death of Robert Chasowa, a Polytechnic student, who was murdered […]
“The Info in this publication was put together by an intensive interview with Duncan Phiri in the presence of several Polytechnic lecturers and interviews with several Poly students. Let it be known that if the remaining members of Chasowa’s click are hurt in any way, it is the people implicated inthis document trying to silence […]
After a post-mortem report by local pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala revealed that Robert Chasowa – the fourth year mechanical engineering Polytechnic student found dead on the campus on September 24 – did not commit suicide as claimed by police, blogger Mabvuto Jobani (Jobani is a pseudo) has written a report on Media Institute of Southern […]
Some police officers in Malawi have accused national headquarters for selectively offering K60, 000 to some officers as ‘bonuses’ for ‘controlling’ the situation on July 20, 2011 when Malawians staged mass protests over the deteriorating social, economic, political and governance order. Two police officers in Blantyre confided in Nyasa Times that they were concerned and […]