Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has criticized the Malawi Police Service for alleged abandonment of its core duty and responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Malawians in preference to cashing in on poor citizens in the name of enforcing Covid-19 preventive measures. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa has observed that […]
Homeland Security minister Nicholas Dausi says state security agents are disarming ‘Nsundwe Forces’ in Lilongwe after they stoned to death a police officer. “They are a threat to peace and democracy. They a vigilante group who call themselves Nsundwe Forces or Nsundwe Barracks,” said Dausi. At least one police officer was killed and two others […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has quashed a decision by Inspector General of police, Rodney Jose, to institute a commission of inquiry that would find out circumstances that led to the mysterious death of Buleya Lule–a suspect in the missing of a boy with albinism–arguing the Malawi Police Service (MPS) has no moral ground. […]
Police in Mchinji are keeping in custody Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard Maluwa, 41, of Chimwamkango Police Unit for allegedly defiling a fourteen year old girl. District Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Kaitano Lubrino, confirmed to Malawi News Agency (Mana) Friday, saying the arrest was made on Thursday, 22 March, 2018. Kaitano said the mother to the […]
It is with great pleasure and profound happiness that I stand here this morning to celebrate the 93rd anniversary of the Malawi Police Service with you all.May I from the outset take this opportunity to wish all the officers of the Malawi Police Service and their families a happy National Police Day. Coincidentally, today we […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are disturbed on why defilement cases are still on the increase in the district despite stiffer sentences the courts are imposing on offenders. Child Protection Officer for Balaka Police Station Sergeant Elias Sungani says said in the past 6 months the district has registered 11 defilement cases as […]
Police has said Mzuzu city People’s Party (PP) parliamentary aspirant Bennex Mwamlima is not involved in the killing of a man at the Hilltop Gardens in the city. Romours were rife in Mzuzu since Friday last week that Mwamlima using his vehicle at night hit and killed a man before he single handedly took him […]
A man in the mid 20’s suspected to be a thief was caught on Tuesday in the female hostels of the the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, and received “mob justice.” The suspected thief is said to have gone to the Kapeni hostel at around six in the morning of 14 […]
The remarks made by Dr. Andrew Mwaba – the AfDB Resident Representative – at the opening of the Bi-Annual 2012 Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS) Review at Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe on May 8, 2012 cannot go without comment. Before doing that it is in order to acknowledge support rendered by the CABS […]
Anthony Kasunda, the chairperson of the Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi), is said to be receiving threats from unknown people over the chapter’s stance on the Malawi government’s repeated attacks on the media. Kasunda has been receiving threats since Sunday, barely two days after the chapter’s reaction to the statement […]
Police in Lilongwe have arrested a gang that had been undressing women wearing trousers, mini-skirts and leggings. Regional police spokesman John Namalenga said at least 15 people have been arrested and would be charged with conduct likely to cause breach of peaceand theft. “We have arrested 15 thugs who we suspect were behind the stripping […]
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the July 20 anti- government protests on Tuesday failed to get an explanation from Police Officers in Karonga as to why people burnt a Pick up vehicle belonging to ceremonial Chief Karonga of Karonga. The Chief’s vehicle, a Hyundai donated to him, courtesy of wellwisher in Karonga was less than […]
Business in Lilongwe Old Town came to a standstill on Thursday following a fracas that ensued between riot police and vendors, leaving several people injured and some shops looted over the disagreements of the locality of the traders. Trouble begun in the morning when Lilongwe City Assembly workers, under police guard, started to clean up the […]
There is something wrong with DPP Ministers, MPs or their wives as many of them court bad publicity because of their deviant or un-honourable behaviour. Examples are many but recent ones involve one Yunus Mussa who paid a whooping MK200,000 for a ‘one night stand’, Rumphi North MP Tasokwa Msiska , who had a scuffle […]
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 […]
Freedom of expression continues to be trampled upon by the Mutharika regime as actor Thlupego Chisiza son of late theatre maestro Dunduzu Chisiza Jr was arrested Sunday for staging a play critical of the government. The play SEMO which was co-written by slain student activist Robert Chasowa lampoons the DPP led governments handling of the […]
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 […]
The human rights situation in Malawi is degenerating rapidly. This year has seen the government, headed by President Bingu wa Mutharika, become an authoritarian regime openly resistant to criticism and human rights governance. In particular, Mutharika has cracked down on protestors, civil society, human rights defenders, academics and the media – allegedly because he does […]