Manchester Police partners with Malawi Police on child protection 

High level UK Great Manchester Police delegation is in the country to train Malawi Police officer on child protection issues. Former Manchester  Police chief, Sir Peter Fahy,  is leading a 14 member delegation who jetted in the country on Sunday. Speaking soon after after opening the training at Linde Motel in Mponela Dowa,  Sir Fahy , who […]

Malawi Police IG absence raises health questions

Inspector General of Malawi Police Lexten Kachama on Friday conspicously missed at senior officers end of year party at police headquarters in Lilongwe raising questions on his health. This came barely days after the social media was awash with speculations that he was admitted to a South African hospital with an undisclosed disease. The Facebook […]

Reshuffle in Malawi Police: Spokesman Gondwa fired

Inspector General of Malawi Police Lexten Kachama has redeployed some of his senior officers from all the regions, including police headquarters in Area 30, Lilongwe and replaced Press and Public Relation Officer. Nicholas Gondwa who was police spokesman has been fired  from his post and  has been transferred at Area  30  transferred to Mponela. The new […]

Shake up in Malawi Police: Deputy IG fired, CID head Mtekama demoted

Information reaching Nyasa Times indicates Deputy Inspector General (IG) of Police responsible for operations Finley Binali has been fired. Binali was one the two deputy inspector generals of police which president Joyce Banda’s administration appointed soon after Banda elevated commissioner Loti Dzonzi to the position of Inspector General of Police. Police sources said this is […]

Chingwalu new police spokesman replaces Mwaluka

Malawi Police has replaced former spokesman Willie Mwaluka with Davie Chingwalu who was police public relations officer for the south. Mwaluka is now head of training according to senior police sources who spoke to Nyasa Times. Many journalists in the country have welcomed Chingwalu, saying he deserves the post as he is accessible. “I am […]

Police officers cry foul over ‘blood bonuses’

Some police officers in Malawi have accused national headquarters for selectively offering K60, 000 to some officers as ‘bonuses’ for ‘controlling’ the situation on July 20, 2011 when Malawians staged mass protests over the deteriorating social, economic, political and governance order. Two police officers in Blantyre confided in Nyasa Times that they were concerned and […]