Malawi Police in Phalombe have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly impregnating his two step-daughters in a roll. The victims subsequently gave birth to twin boys and a girl. The suspect, Robert Misokwe hails from Sakwedwa village T/A Kaduya in the district. Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi disclosed that Misokwe impregnated the two […]
Health minister Peter Kumpalume had tough time in parliament when opposition legislatures from the north and centre took him to task over failure by government to start construction of Phalombe District Hospital. “Is Phalombe district in Malawi?” asked Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua rhetorically. He pressed the calm and composed Kumpalume to explain how the […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district have launched a manhunt after a four hour-old baby girl was on Monday stolen at Phalombe health centre. According to the mother of the baby, Tressa Mukoko Kasowa, 18, of Mateyu village, T/A Kaduya in Phalombe, the baby was delivered earlier same day at around 4pm in the maternity ward at the health centre. […]
Workers at Phalombe District Council have closed their offices and barricaded the entry with dustbins and branches of trees as they demanded a three month salary which they had not been paid. Officials from the council were forced to stay in their homes as the angry direct workers for the council caused commotion. Apart from […]
Maurice Nkawihe – Nyasa Times Malawi Police in Phalombe district are keeping custody a 22-year-old Stephen Jamson, a teacher Chilingwe Primary School for defiling a 13-year-old standard seven girl. The girl (name withheld) is a pupil at Lujeri Primary School. Mulanje police publicist Gresham Ngwira disclosed in an interview that Jamson had been making sexual […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district are keeping in custody a 33-year-old Word Alive Ministries International pastor, Moses Sauti Phiri for allegedly duping a ward councillor K15,000.00 through tricks. Phiri posing as a State House Official, obtained money amounting to MK150, 000.00 from Promise Maliwata, 35, councillor for Swang’oma ward, police have disclosed. The suspect, according […]
Four elderly persons in Phalombe are in police custody over allegations that they killed a 21 year old man through magic. Phalombe police station officer in charge William Kadzayekha confirmed the arrest of the four whom he refused to identify, saying they were whisked away after a mob wanted to administer mob justice on them. […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe on Monday 25th January, 2016 arrested a 22-year-old medical assistant for allegedly stealing government drugs worthy over MK 841, 500.00. The suspect Chimwemwe Maurisu of Mphonde village T/A Ngabu in Chikwawa was working under Phalombe District Health Office as a Medical Assistant at Kalinde Health Centre. According to Phalombe police Public […]
The Zomba Principal Resident Magistrate Court seating at Phalombe on Thursday convicted four people who were found in possession of human bones suspected to be of a person living with albinism. Phalombe police arrested the four- a woman and three men- on Monday night of 4th January, 2016 following a tip-off from a businessman the suspects […]
Police in Phalombe district are keeping in custody four people for being found with human bones suspected to be of a person with albinism. The four- a woman and three men- were arrested on Monday (4th January, 2016) night following a tip-off from a businessman the suspected had approached to sell the bones. One of the arrested […]
Police in Phalombe have arrested a ward councillor for allegedly stealing 30 bags of cement meant for a development project in the district. William Kadzayekha, a senior police officer at Phalombe Poice Station confirmed the arrest of Kaledza Mawere, councillor for Khongoni ward and Edward Maluwa, a foreman for a bridge project. “Members of the […]
Government has warned of a cholera outbreak in Phalombe following the rise in cases of districts that surround Lake Chirwa. Ministry of Health spokesman Adrian Chikumbe said there is severe sanitation around Lake Chirwa. He said this has led to the rise of cholera cases in Machinga which now stands at 95 and 29 in […]
Malawi police in Phalombe district on Wednesday afternoon intercepted four girls who were being trafficked to Mozambique for Labour and prostitution exploitation. The police have since arrested two Mozambicans for human trafficking offences. Police, acting on a tip-off, intercepted the girls at Phalombe trading centre as they were being ferried in a minibus registration number […]
About 233 families have been left destitute after a violent rainstorm destroyed their houses in Phalombe district, police have confirmed. On Tuesday December 15th, the district experienced a downpour accompanied by strong winds, leaving over one thousand people homeless. About 12 people including children were injured by the violent rainstorm which affected families from the […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district have finally arrested a 29-year-old man, Lawo Sambani accused of masterminding the brutal attack on a 17-year-old boy with albinism last month. Sambani’s capture comes barely a week after the arrest of his accomplices Kingstone Mtiye, Mose Phillipo and Aubrey Maudedi. The three confessed to the law-enforcers to have brutally […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district have managed to arrest three men who have since confessed to have brutally hacked a 17-year-old boy with albinism last month. Police have arrested Kingstone Mtiye,40, Mose Phillipo, 25, and 26-year-old Aubrey Maudedi who, on the night of Sunday 29th November, nearly killed Alfred Chikalo with intent to sell his […]
Irate people in Phalombe district on Thursday took the law in their own hand and torched to death a 28-year-old woman, Idesi Malikebu on suspicion that she had a hand in a death of her boyfriend. Malikebu, according to Phalombe police, was, on Tuesday (December 1st), suspected to have conspired with another man only identified as Mankhanamba to kill […]
A 17-year-old boy with albinism is currently in pain at Holly Family Mission Hospital after he was brutally hacked by unknown assailants in Phalombe district. The victim, Alfred Chikalo of Mnasi village T/A Mkhumba, Phalombe was rescued from the attack by well wishers on the night of Sunday 29th November, 2015, police have disclosed. The […]