Three people have been killed in Phalombe following lightning strikes while attending to a funeral, and others have since been hospitalized, police confirmed. The incident happened on the night of Tuesday 3rd November 2015 following heavy rain and thunder. Phalombe police publicist, August Nkhwazi said it was during the rains when lightning struck at unsuspecting […]
Police in Phalombe district are keeping in custody two Ministry of Health employees for stealing hospital solar panels. Police arrested a Medical Assistant, Edison Nkhonjera, 33, and Edward Buleya 38, on Sunday 25th October, 2015. The two, who are staff at Gogo Nazombe Health Centre in the district, have since been charged with Theft by […]
Police in Phalombe district have arrested a 25-year-old man, Siston Mophiwa for allegedly sexually abusing his neighbour’s daughter. The suspects, according to police, committed the offence on Saturday morning at Mahoria village in the district. Mophiwa is said to have taken advantage of the 3-year-old girl while her mother was at the market selling tomatoes. ”The […]
An angry mob in Chiringa in Phalombe district on Wednesday assaulted a mentally challenged person who later died while receiving medical attention. The deceased has been identified as Boniface Palapasa, 51, from Phodogoma village, T/A Nazombe in the district. According to police, an angry mob attacked Palapasa after he had grievously injured another person with a stone. […]
A 32-year-old man, Francis Kamoto is under police custody Police in Phalombe district for allegedly killing his brother, removed his private parts and offered them for sale. Kamoto is alleged to have killed his brother, Enock Waheya, 28, on 21 August, 2015 and removed his private parts. He was arrested on Wednesday this week. Phalombe […]
Two people died on Wednesday afternoon in a fatal road accident in Phalombe district, police have confirmed. The accident occurred along the Phalombe-Migowi road at Njuma Village at about 13:30pm. According to Phalombe police Publicist, August Nkhwazi, the accident occured after the driver of Mazda pick up Registration Number TO 609 belonging to Welch Contractors in Lilongwe lost […]
Two men have been arrested in Phalombe district for allegedly being found in possession of Indian hemp and medical drugs without license respectively. Police arrested Wilson Kalinde, 53, and a 34 year-old Romson Gologolo on Tuesday while acting on a tip off from members of the public. Phalombe Police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi said Kalinde […]
People of Phalombe District, sick and tired of being taken for a ride by successive Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) governments despite supporting the party in large numbers, have petitioned President Peter Mutharika over government’s inability to roll out the district hospital project years after it started “receiving funding” in the national budget. As recently noted […]
A 40-years-old woman has been arrested in Phalombe district for allegedly exhuming bones of an albino who died three years ago. Magret Gelezi who was arrested on Thursday, is said to have committed the offence together with her son, Goodson Salure who is currently on the run. Phalombe police publicist, Augustus Nkhwazi told Nyasa Times that […]
Malawi Police in southern district of Phalombe have expressed worry over increased cases of defilement in this year’s second quarter in the district. According to Phalombe Police Station, 10 defilement cases have been reported at the station in this second quarter (April, May and June 2015) compared to seven cases reported during the same period […]
A 35-years-old man is in police custody for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old school girl in Phalombe district. John Msangwe a guard at Thuchila Estate is said to have sexually assaulted the girl on Thursday morning after he promised to buy her bread and sugarcane. ”The girl was sent back from school for being late and on her […]
The Phalombe First Grade Magistrate Court has slapped a 26 year-old man with a 14 year jail term for armed robbery and acts intending to cause grievous harm contrary to Sections 301 and 235 of the Penal Code, respectively. The convict, Jonathan Makuluni, who hails from Traditional Authority (T/A) Nsamala’s area in Balaka and based […]
Malawi Police in southern district of Phalombe hunting for unknown assailants who hacked a 20 year old man to death and extracted the brain from the skull. The deceased, identified as Sani Aubi, from Khanaja village Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkhumba in the district, met his fate Monday night. According to Aubi’s grandfather, 66 year-old Jonathan Masulani 66, […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe district on Friday arrested a 48 year-old man for allegedly beating his wife to death. According to police, the man, identified as Ganizani Salondwa beat his wife Esther Salimu 26, to death with a wooden brick mould (Chikombole) on suspicion that she was cheating on him. Pholombe police publicist, Augustus Nkhwazi […]
The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal accident at Nalingula village in Phalombe. on Friday night (13th February 2015) which claimed the life of a five year-old girl has been released on bail. The deceased, Beatrice Malefula who hailed from Nalingula village T/A Kaduya in the district met her fate around 1900hours at Nalingula […]
Over 6,000 people directly affected by floods in the area of traditional authority Kaduya in Malawi’s southern district of Phalombe on Sunday received packs of relief items from a local charity Asian Muslims Relief Aid (Amra) as part of the organisation’s effort to alleviate the suffering of flood victims in most parts of the country. The […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday visited district to inspect damage caused by flooding over the past week as rescue and relief efforts continue in the surrounding villages. The road to the district is lined with barely-standing houses and dry river banks that have been significantly eroded by the floods. Mutharika, who last week declared a […]
The Malawi government in collaboration with the United Nations and other partners, including Non-Governmental Organisations launched a two year project aimed at building the resilience of vulnerable communities to recurrent climatic shocks and enhancing their productivity to achieve food and nutrition security. The launch took place on Monday at Lihaka Primary School in Phalombe district […]