February 2020 – Page 5 – Maravi Express – Your Kind of News. Clear and accurate.

Kagame speaks out on ministers who resigned

February 17, 2020

By Edmund Kagire, ktpress.rw Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has spoken out for the first time about 3 ministers who recently resigned from their positions, attributing their actions to misconduct and bad behaviors which should be unheard of from leaders. Speaking at the opening of 17th National Leadership Retreat, Umwiherero, Kagame blamed fellow leaders for condoning bad behaviors from other leaders which they are aware of but take no action whatsoever. On the case of Evode Uwizeyimana, the former Minister…

FAM EGM endorses names of judicial bodies members

February 17, 2020

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By Maravi Express Football Association of Malawi (FAM) held a successiful extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) where, among other issues, the delegates endorsed the names of the members of its judicial bodies as proposed by the FAM Executive Committee. The bodies include the Disciplinary, Appeals, Ethics, Club Licensing First Instance, Club Licensing Appeals and Ethics Committees. The EGM, held at the Chatonda Lodge in Chintcheche, Nkhata Bay on Saturday, the delegates discussed all agenda items that were shelved during the…

Charcoal vendors need to be empowered with alternative source of economic livelihood

February 12, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Most parts of the country, especially the rural areas, are bare of trees because they are being rampantly cut down and converted into charcoal wood fuel and to curb this social ill, there a need to find alternative ways to economically empower people who depend on this thriving charcoal business. This was said by non-governmental organization (NGO), Go Green’s national coordinator Lawrence Kafere at a tree planting exercise it organised in conjunction with Electricity Supply Commission…

South Africa, world commemorate 30th Anniversary of Mandela’s release

February 11, 2020

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SAnews.gov.za Many people across the globe on Tuesday remembering the day in which former President Nelson Mandela raised his fist in the air as he made his way out of the Victor Verster prison, in a move that would alter the history of South Africa. Tuesday, the world vividly remembers the iconic photograph of a grey haired Mandela dressed in a dark suit, crisp white shirt and tie, arm-in-arm with Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as they emerged from the Paarl…

Brazil legend Pele ’embarrassed’ to leave house because of ill health

February 11, 2020

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By BBC Legendary Brazil forward Pele is reluctant to leave his house because he cannot walk unaided, his son has said. The three-time World Cup winner, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was taken to hospital with a urinary infection last year. Pele, 79, has had problems with his hip for some time and now needs a frame to walk, with many of his recent public appearances in a wheelchair. “He is very sheepish, reclusive,” his…

Mchacha apologises for using vulgar and offensive language to insult The Nation’s journalist Kabango

February 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter has said Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Honourable Charles Mchacha has apologised for using vulgar and offensive language to insult Nation Publications Limited (NPL) journalist Bobby Kabango. Mchacha was at the centre of controversy on social media last week following his use of the offensive and vulgar language to insult the Kabango, who was simply investigating the sale of government land at Kanjedza Forest in Limbe,…

Prophet Bushiri pledges to sell 50kg bag of maize at K5,000

February 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira South Africa-based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, has pledged to be selling maize at K5,000 per 50kg bag as one of his ways to alleviate his compatriots economic challenges they face in the rural areas. In a statement he made on Zodiak Broadcasting Station on Tuesday, Bushiri said the exercise will start with markets in Ntcheu, then Salima, Chikwawa, Karonga, Chitipa and Phalombe. “We will make sure that we reach every…

Government says thin plastic ban still in force

February 11, 2020

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By Glory Msowoya, MANA Government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining has developed a strategy which will guide the implementation of a ban on thin plastics which will require about US$302,072 (an equivalent of K225 million). In August last year, Supreme Court of Appeal gave government an order to implement the ban following an appeal by the plastics industry on grounds that they were not properly consulted on the implications of the ban and the harm…

Oman’s senior journalist Dr Ahmed Siddiqui pleads for more women’s empowerment

February 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Express’ foreign correspondent, Dr. Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui, believes that governments of the world need to cut down spending on weapons of mass destruction but instead they channel such resources in providing healthcare and medicines, especially for women and children. Dr Ahmed Siddiqui said this when he was interviewed by renowned British radio host Adam Cole, for The Radio Oman FM English, as a recognition of this senior journalist and political analyst’s tenacious coverage of cancer associated…

Sultanate of Oman shows solidarity with Capital of Palestine Al Quds by issuing a postal stamp

February 11, 2020

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By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui The Sultanate of Oman’s Oman Post has launched a new stamp, Al Quds – Capital of Palestine, which is seen as a show of solidarity with Palestine and a homage to one of the Arab and Islamic world’s most sacred cities. This is as per the collaboration with the Arab Permanent Postal Commission, established by the Arab League in 1954. The stamp represents the Arab world’s support for the Palestinian cause. The stamp available…