Tag archives: Phalombe

Phalombe hospital construction starts, Mutharika lays foundation stone:  Contractor  given 18-month deadline

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The construction of the long-awaited $22 million  Phalombe district hospital  has started with President Peter Mutharika laying a foundation stone commissioning construction works at Migowi in the district and the  Kuwaiti building contractor has been given  10 months deadline to complete the project. President Mutharika said his government understands the importance of health services hence […]

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Mutharika officially opens Phalombe TTC co-funded by British aid money: DfID for adequate qualified teachers across Malawi

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday officially opened Phalombe Teacher Training College (TTC) which is co-funded by  United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID). DFID provided 3.9bn kwacha  (£4.2m) of UK aid for Phalombe TTC, to help address Malawi’s current and future need for qualified teachers. “The opening of this Teacher Training College should serve […]

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Court hands Phalombe hospital worker 5 years prison sentence for drug theft

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Phalombe Second Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 30-year-old hospital janitor to five years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for theft. The court slapped Omali Maiteni with jail term for stealing medical supplies at Phalombe Health Centre. Police arrested Maiteni on May 20th this year on his way to Mulanje district, following a […]

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Phalombe District Council, CSOs sign MoU to improve service delivery

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Phalombe District Council and civil society organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve service delivery in the district. The MoU, which has taken eight years to develop, is expected to solve coordination challenges in development activities, among others, between the two sides. Speaking during the signing ceremony, the council’s director […]

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Phalombe Hospital: Malawi govt asked to account for money on stalled project

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi government has been asked to account for the money  borrowed for the construction of the long-awaited Phalombe District Hospital. The hospital is being constructed with resources financed under Loan No 594/3 from Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the Saudi Fund but the project  has been a bone of contention since […]

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DC tells Phalombe youths not to bank on white collar jobs

By Nyasa Times Reporter

 The District Commissioner (DC) for Phalombe, Harry Phiri on Thursday advised youths in the district to stop relying on formal employment but venture into entrepreneurship saying there is not enough room to employ everyone in the formal sector. The DC’s remarks come at a time government through the Ministry of Labor, Youth, Sports and Manpower […]

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Mother gang up with son to kill hubby: Malawi Police arrest her, son on the run

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Police in Phalombe district have arrested a 25-year-old woman who ganged up with her son to beat up her husband who eventually died. Police have identified the woman as Esnath Chinangwa and the deceased as Wilford Chinangwa,45, from Ndalama village, T/A Chiwalo in the district. Meanwhile the 16-year-old son Samson Maliro is on the […]

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Two men get lengthy jail terms for sex crimes in Phalombe

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Phalombe First Grade Magistrate Court on has convicted and sentenced two men to 90 and 114 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) respectively on separate defilement charges. The court jailed 24-year-old Frank Kanyamule of Mukhota village, T/A Mkhumba in Phalombe district for defiling a standard four 15-year-old pupil. Kanyamule is said to have committed […]

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ACB lifts restriction on Phalombe Hospital equipment procurement: Never rules out corruption

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has lifted the restriction order it issued in February this year stopping the Ministry of Health from effecting any contract to supply equipment for the construction of new Phalombe District Hospital. ACB issued the order on 16th February following reports that procurement procedures were flouted. The hospital is being constructed with resources […]

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Court fines Phalombe Village Headman 1 Kwacha for demanding sex using relief food 

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Phalombe First Grade Magistrates Court has fined K1 (One Kwacha) a village headman in the district for demanding sexual favours from women in exchange of relief food. A 35-year-old village headman Filisa was arrested on Thursday March 9th, 2017 for abusing his powers by demanding sex from some of the beneficiaries of relief food distributed […]

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Fatal accident claims a boy’s life in Phalombe

By Nyasa Times Reporter

A nine-year old boy has died after being hit by a vehicle in Phalombe district on Saturday afternoon, police have confirmed. The deceased identified as David Goodwin was pronounced dead upon arrival at Phalombe Health Centre after being hit by a vehicle at Kamwendo Trading Centre in Mulanje district. According to Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Augustus […]

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Councilors in Phalombe begging for bicycles from United Purpose NGO

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Phalombe Ward Councilors over the weekend begged Non-governmental Organizations in the district to provide them with push bikes for easy transportation if they were to deliver effectively. The Councilors made the call barely a day after United Purpose (an NGO formerly known as Concern Universal) provided bicycles to all Traditional Authorities in the district as […]

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Sexual offences, rape figures decrease in Phalombe – Malawi Police

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Law enforcers in Phalombe district has seen a decrease in sexual offences crimes,  with the district registering 40 cases in 2016 comparing to 46 in 2015.  Police records indicate that out of the 40 cases reported during 2016, defilements were 36, two cases were rape cases, one incest case and indecent assault.  “During the year […]

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Three killed in Phalombe fatal road accident

By Nyasa Times Reporter

A fatal accident has claimed lives of three people in Phalombe district, police have confirmed. The accident involved a motor vehicle registration number NN 4777/NN 8633 Toyota Hino truck driven by Dyson Chiwaula, 40 years. He had two passengers on board identified as Fanuel Patrick 32 years old, and Nelson Nachuma, 22. Phalombe police Public […]

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2 Phalombe pedestrians killed in hit and run crash

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Two people have been killed in hit-and-run accidents in Phalombe district over the Christmas period, police have confirmed. The two have been killed in separate incidents. On Christmas eve (December 24) a 46-year-old man identified as Paul Katunga died after he was hit by an unknown motor vehicle at Miseu Four Trading centre in the […]

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Malawi Health Equity Network slams govt over stalled Phalombe Hospital

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Malawi Health Equity Network (MEHN) has slammed government for  stalled construction of the long-awaited Phalombe District Hospital. On October 14 2015 President Peter Mutharika  assured that construction of the long-awaited district hospital would start “within two to three months” but up to now the project which was supposed to commence 15 years ago is […]

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8 Malawi children intercepted en route to Mozambique for labour exploitation

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Police in Phalombe has confirmed they intercepted eight boys who were traveling to Mozambique for labour exploitation. The eight whose ages range from 14 to 19 years old were riding in their bicycles, police have said. Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Augustus Nkhwazi told Nyasa Times that it was members of community policing around Mitekete […]

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