A 35-year-old man has died after collapsing mid-session with a sex worker at a lodge in Rumphi — in a tragic case that has stunned the local community. Timothy Mkandawire breathed his last yesterday (Monday) after things took a horrifying turn during his visit to the guest house, according to Rumphi Police spokesperson Noel Kamchenga. […]
Smallholder farmers in Rumphi have hailed the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) for introducing crop diversification and modern farming technologies, which they say have improved food security and household livelihoods. One of the farmers who embraced the initiative, 54-year-old Albert Mfune of Yaparaka Village, Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe, said he followed training from the […]
A Malawian MP used his time on the floor of parliament to deliver an extraordinary rundown of his own personal spending on public infrastructure — insisting he had been forced to dig into his own pocket “on behalf of government” to tackle poverty in his constituency. Dr Matthews Mtumbuka, MP for Rumphi Central and deputy […]
Four Members of Parliament from Rumphi District in northern Malawi have pooled K10.5 million of their own constituency funds to renovate the mortuary at Rumphi District Hospital, after months of breakdowns left the vast majority of its units out of action. The initiative, led by Rumphi Central MP Dr Mathews Mtumbuka, comes after nine of […]
Malawi Police in Rumphi are looking for a motorcyclist who hit to death a 46-year-old man at Chitokoto Trading Centre in Mzimba. The development occurred on Saturday evening. Police identified the deceased as Renard Phiri of Mweula Village, in the area of Traditional Authority Kapoloma in Machinga district. It said unknown motorcyclist hit the pedestrian […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church has received rapturous praise from Malawians on social media for his “philanthropist” conduct when he took his time off on Tuesday and officially handed over to government Vwaza Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) he built for the community in Rumphi district. The school—which has a running Form 1 and Form […]
A court in Rumphi has sentenced a father to four years imprisonment with hard labour for extreme disciplinary action against his little son. Thirty-year-old Griffin Mhango will spend the next four years in jail for burning a hand of his son after he was caught stealing relish. Rumphi First Grade Magistrate’s Court sentenced Kaunda for […]
Development for Action for Marginalised Rural Areas organisation has donated assorted medical equipment worth K10 million to Jalawe Health Centre in Rumphi. The donation included washing machine, oxygen concentrator, wheel chairs, delivery beds, mattresses and steriliser. In an interview on Saturday, the organisation’s board chairperson Duncan Mkandawire said they wanted to enhance the facility’s health […]
About 45000 people of Rumphi West stand to benefit from electricity supply following the switching on of Thazima under the extended Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (Marep) phase 8 power line. Minister of Energy, Atupele Austin Muluzi switched on Thazima Power Line on Monday at Ghazima Primary School in ghe area of Chief Chikulamayembe in thes […]
Despite government declaration to halt all public gatherings including sporting activities in a quest to prevent coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Livingstonia area in Rumphi is having weekly football action. Football matches are taking place with hundreds of spectators in a bonanza which is said to be sponsored by Minister of Health, Jappie Mhango. The winning team […]
Health authorities in Rumphi have expressed dissatisfaction with the upward trend of teenage pregnancies which they say if left unchecked would lead to high maternal mortality rate in the district. Rumphi District Hospital Safe Motherhood Coordinator, Gracious Mtonga expressed the sentiments on the sidelines of an interface meeting between young people and duty bearers on […]
Rumphi District Animal Health and Livestock Development Office has imposed a ban on slaughtering and movement of pigs and pig products following an African- Swine-Fever outbreak in the district. The district’s animal health and livestock development officer Harvey Kumwenda said the disease has no vaccine and cure; hence, the ban. “We learnt about the outbreak […]
Rumphi District Forestry department impounded 106 bags of charcoal in the wee hours of Thursday at Rumphi Boma, which were being ferried from Engucwini in Inkosi Mtwalo in Mzimba District. District forestry officer, Gift Nyirenda, said the department received a tip-off about a vehicle carrying bags of charcoal from Engucwini to Mzuzu via Rumphi. “We […]
Irate villagers in Rumphi stoned Hewe Police Station and injured an officer after the law enforcers arrested a witchdoctor and parents of a child who went missing in 2012. Rumphi Police Publicist, Henry Mnjere, said police arrested the parents ad the witchdoctor for accusing an elderly person of being behind the child’s diapperance. He said […]
Malawians are in state of shock and disbelief after news broke out that renowned South African based prophet Shepherd Bushiri, silently, built a modern secondary school in his village in Rumphi, and on Friday, he sent his team to officially hand it over to government. Bushiri’s move has shocked many as they could hardly believe […]
Rumphi District Council says delay in disbursement of funds under Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and other funding windows at district level is said to have negatively affected the completion of projects in the district. The council’s chairperson Richard Chibambo said most of the development initiatives which the council embarked on have not been completed due […]
People in Rumphi were on Friday holding peaceful demonstrations demanding the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah for allegedly mishandling the May 21 Tripartite Elections, having postponed them yesterday. Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) officials in the district, organisers of the demonstrations say the protests were postponed on Thursday because it was market […]
Rumphi First Grade Magistrate’s Court HAS sentenced a 45-year-old, Baleke Kayira to five years and six months imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for illegal possession of six live ammunitions and a portion of eland meat without a permit. The convict was arrested on June 8, 2019 at Gamba area in Chitipa district during a police […]