April 2020 – Page 12 – Maravi Express – Your Kind of News. Clear and accurate.

COVID-19: Nurses suspend boycott from unsafe working environment

April 12, 2020

Maravi Express National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has advised its membership that after consultation with the Ministry of Health and Population, it has decided to suspend the boycott from unsafe working environment the body institute on April 7. A statement from NONM president, Shouts Galang’anda Simeza said the organisation has since received information and confirmations from various health facilities that personal protection equipment (PPEs) have been duly delivered and that some facilities will be…

NRB sets up national ID registration equipment at registration centres

April 12, 2020

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By Jordan Simeon-Phiri & Elijah Phompho, MEC Stringers National Registration Bureau (NRB) has finally heeded the call that the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament made a week ago to have national ID registration centres closer to people to enable them to register. During a visit by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah SC at Mitole Primary School in Chikwawa North Constituency where she inspected voter registration exercise, it transpired that the absence of NRB services was preventing people without…

COVID-19: Civil Society Education Coalition encourages parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners

April 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As schools are on forced holidays in observance of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures specifically to limit social gatherings that the State President directed last month, Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has been on an awareness campaign to impress on parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners. The campaign, using mobile public address system, has been carried out in five districts — Mzuzu, Mzimba, Dowa, Mangochi and has just been concluded in Blantyre this…

Bloodsucking is but just a myth: Police strongly warn vigilantes against mob justice

April 11, 2020

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Malawi News Agency Police in Mchinji District have said the blood sucking myth making rounds in the district still remains an allegation, following its extensive investigation to determine if indeed anyone had ever fallen victim to such claims. A press release made available Saturday, Mchinji Police Station public relations officer (PRO) Kondwani Kandiado said they are still investigating the issue and lamented cases of innocent people in the district being tortured and wounded on the pretext that they are…

Kuyokwa and 183 others petition High Court to declare all MPs deemed as not duly elected

April 11, 2020

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Maravi Express Frank Kuyokwa and 183 others have taken Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to the High Court demanding all Members of Parliament elected during the May 2019 tripartite elections be deemed not to have been duly elected. The application also demands that all seats of the Legislators in the Malawi Parliament be declared vacant and that the fresh presidential elections ordered to be conducted by the High Court of Malawi sitting as a Constitutional Court be conducted concurrently with…

Former Cameroon star Sampson Che denies claims Schafer shaped Eto’o

April 11, 2020

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By Angu Lesley, kick442 Former Cameroon international Sampson Che has expressed his disapproval of the comments made by German coach, Winfried Schafer about the career of Cameroon football legend Samuel Etoo Fils. The 70-year-old German managed the Indomitable between 2001-2004, winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) crown in style in 2002 and guided Cameroon to the final of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. Schafer arrived in Cameroon in November 2001 as replacement for Pierre LeChantre, who had claimed…

Yaya Toure picks Eto’o ahead of Drogba in his all time best 5

April 11, 2020

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By Muambo Edward, kick442.com Speaking to fans on FIFA’s social media account, former Côte d’Ivoire international midfielder Yaya Toure named his best five teammates of all times and his compatriot Didier Drogba is not among them. Toure, who spent three years at the Camp Nou, from 2007 to 2010 after joining Barcelona from AS Monaco, when asked by one of the fans to name the best five players he has shared a team with, the Ivorian named five of…

FIFA president Infantino ready to help clubs in financial difficulties

April 11, 2020

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By Muambo Edward & Angu Lesley, kick442.com World football governing body’s president Gianni Infantino has opened the door for some financial assistance to clubs heavily affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, Speaking in an interview to UOL Esporte, in Brazil, the FIFA boss promised that a fund will be launched that will come to the assistance of clubs that will be badly hit financially as a result of suspension of games due to the Coronavirus pandemic. “We are currently doing…

African community targeted in China virus crackdown

April 11, 2020

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24matins.uk Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials. Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least…

Reserve Bank announces additional measures with regard to preventing the spread of the Coronavirus

April 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has announced additional measures in response to some of the directives made by President Peter Mutharika on April 4, with regard to preventing the spread of the Coronavirus and mitigating the effects thereof. RBM, which is the Registrar of Financial Institutions, has agreed with the Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) that the commercial banks: (i) Immediately provide a three-month moratorium on interest and principal repayments for loans by borrowers; (ii) Restructure and refinance or…