Malawi Police in Rumphi are investigating one of their officers who is alleged to have defiled a 12 year old girl in Livingstonia in the district. Rumphi Police Station Officer, Senior Superintendent, Charles Mpezeni, confirmed the development in an interview with Malawi News Agency. He identified the policeman being investigated as Constable Clever Mtengerenji who […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, Tuesday expressed disappointment with the poor quality of construction work being done on the nearly K400 million sports stadium in Rumphi District. Nankhumwa registered his dissatisfaction on Tuesday during his tour of Local Development Fund (LDF) projects. In Rumphi he toured the sports stadium which is […]
Several residents are feared to be homeless and to have lost personal property around Rumphi Boma to massive floods that battered the district following two and half hours of rains that poured down on Friday. According to residents in the five villages of Mputa, Jeyeka, Malima, Zikome and Mkhwema, houses have been destroyed and people’s […]
Rumphi district, in the northern region, has been highly rated for population density, life expectancy and literacy outperforming any other district in the country – data shows. According to statistical data published by the Africa Development Bank Group and available on http://malawi.opendataforafrica.org/, Rumphi has a satisfactory life expectancy where males can live up to 53 […]
Malawi Police Service have justified the arrest of late Tasokwa Msiska’s children and cleared Minister of Information, Jappie Mhango of any wrong doing. Three of late Msiska’s sons, Harris, Christopher and Adrian were arrested on November 10, 2015 hours after the burial of their father- a former Rumphi North Parliamentarian. Reports claim that Mhango- a […]
Hundreds of people have marched in the northern region district of Rumphi to protest against the starvation of patients in Malawi’s public hospitals. The peaceful protestors clad in black attire, organised by the district’s civil society network, blamed government for what they called “death of healthcare system.” The protesters were also angry at what they […]
Minister of Information Jappie Mhango on Tuesday came under severe attack from mourners at the funeral of former Rumphi east MP Tasoka Msiska that he had to flee the place. Mhango confirmed the incident, saying he sped off in a haste. Sources at the funeral ceremony said that all was peaceful until an overzelous Democratic […]
Nyika Progressive Secondary School, a private school in Rumphi, has called on her alumni for financial support citing a horde of financial challenges the school if facing. The school has since setup a committee which is working towards organizing a fundraiser at the institution on November 6 next month. One of the school’s directors Chidumba Mkandawire told Nyasa […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has unveiled lawyer Charles Mhango as its preferred candidate to contest in Rumphi central constituency in 2019 parliamentary elections and challenge holder of the seat, Aford’s president Enock Chihana. Mhango was introduced to the people in Rumphi by DPP regional governor for the noth, Kenneth Sanga. Sanga said Mhango […]
United States of America Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer handed over a library building constructed courtesy of the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund through to Bolero Secondary School on July 14, in the area of Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe, Rumphi District. This library will be used by over 750 students every year. Handing over the library block, the Chief of Mission said, “The U.S. Embassy is happy to help empower students by improving […]
People of Rumphi North Constituency have named Jappie Mhango, MP for the area and Minister of Defence, as the “best MP ever” since the dawn of democracy in Malawi. Mhango has during the few years he has been MP for the area devoted his time to development projects and inculcating harmony among the people. Recently, […]
The construction of the long neglected 80km Njakwa-Livingstonia-Chitimba Road which will be pre-financed by Mota-Engil to the tune of $80 million will be constructed in three years, Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila has said. Kasaila said government has entered into a public-private partnership which will see Mota-Engil pay the full costs to […]
Roscher Youth Development Centre, a nongovernmental organisation based in Rumphi, has appealed to stakeholders in the country’s soccer to invest in capacity building of personnel that are involved in grass-root soccer. Executive Director of the organisation, Moir Walita, made the appeal during the week-end coaching clinic for thirty grass root soccer referees drawn from the […]
Early marriages continue to impact negatively on education of girls despite efforts by government and different stakeholders to try to stump it out. At a meeting organized for traditional leaders on Monday by Rumphi District Council in conjunction with Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO), early marriages was an issue the local leaders felt was refusing […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of the Tumbuka tribe of the Nkhamanga Kingdom in Rumphi District has endorsed President Joyce Banda’s pairing with Trade Minister Sosten Gwengwe in May 20 elections, saying she will be offered a new contract as Head of State and Government. Chikulamayembe said Wednesday the choice of Gwengwe as Banda’s running mate was […]
Six female students at Rumphi Secondary School have been sent home awaiting their verdict from the Ministry of Education for allegedly bullying form 1 students by striping them off in the presence of fellow students. Of the six suspended students, five are Form 4s, while the other is in Form 3, according to the school’s […]
As part of mother’s day commemorations, Nation Publications Limited (NPL) has this year mobilized donations of hospital equipment and items worth over K20 million, towards safe motherhood work in Rumphi District. The donations were presented to the district’s government officials on Saturday in Rumphi during the company’s annual Mother’s Day Fun Run which was launched in 2005. […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of the Tumbuka tribe has declared that President Joyce Banda will be offered a new contract as Head of State and Government at the elections next year. He was speaking at a Development rally that President Banda addressed at Bumba Model School Ground in Rumphi Central Constituency after she distributed cows to […]