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Norway partners ILO to improve working conditions in Malawi’s tobacco industry

December 10, 2020

Unacceptable habit of a mother carrying her baby on her back while working in tobacco fields in Kasungu.—Picture by ILO By Duncan Mlanjira The Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Tuesday signed a partnership agreement for a new development cooperation project to improve working conditions and access to rights in Malawi’s tobacco sector. A statement from the Norwegian Embassy in Lilongwe and the ILO says the overall objective of the new project is to support…

Malawi Health Equity Network working with mother care groups to promote child immunization

December 10, 2020

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Mother Care Groups in Mchinji Maravi Express Malawi Health Equity Network (MEHN) is working with mother care groups in various districts in Malawi to encourage women to send their children for immunization and also to clear the misconceptions and myths in rural areas that immunization is evil. The initiative follows countrywide concerns of such myths and misconceptions in most villages and MEHN also corroborates with traditional leaders to encourage people — such as those that belong to the Zion…

NICO Pension rewards long serving staff; ‘Back bone of a company is human resource’

December 9, 2020

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15 years and counting for Tione Moyo (right) By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Pension has rewarded three of its long serving members of staff in recognition that their dedication to work has contributed to the company providing value added services to its clients. The staff were awarded with a framed certificate of long service and cash prizes at a ceremony held on Wednesday at NICO Group’s head office in Chibisa House in Blantyre. NICO Pension’s General Manager, Gerald Chima took…

Failure rate for smokers trying to quit is very high—Malawi’s internal medicine specialist Dr. Kayange

December 8, 2020

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Maravi Express The failure rate for smokers trying to quit smoking is very high and that some smokers fail to quit even faced with a life threatening disease, says Malawi’s internal medicine specialist Dr. Noel Kayange. Kayange, who runs a private medical practice in Blantyre, told Face of Malawi that e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapy products are definitely better options and less risk. E-cigarettes, a new innovation by tobacco products manufacturers that heat but does not burn, are only…

Public outrage follows collapse due to rains of newly-constructed road at Chapananga Bridge

December 8, 2020

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* Road and bridge by Plem Construction reportedly cost K8 billion * Vice-President Chilima calls for high standard roads By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Stanley Nkhondoyachepa, MANA The public voiced out their outrage over a post on Facebook of a road stretch just meters away before Chapananga Bridge in Chikwawa collapsed due to rains, just 18 months after been commissioned. The post by social critic, Onjezani Kenani indicated that the road and bridge was constructed by Plem Construction…

Two arrested for defilement; One involves pastor in Thyolo

December 8, 2020

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* Pastor’s case is a love affair with under-aged girl between 2014 and 2019 * Impregnated her but denied the responsibility of assisting the girl and child * Lilongwe man defiled a mentally challenged under-aged girl since 2019 * Medical examination reveal the girl tested HIV positive By Daniel Sapuli & Blessings Kapina, MANA A church pastor in Thyolo and a Lilongwe-based man have been arrested for defilement as sexual defilement cases continue to rise. Police in Thyolo are…

Quadriyyah Muslim Ulama Council asks Parliament to pass Termination of Pregnancy Bill

December 8, 2020

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By Steven Godfrey Mkweteza Three groupings, led by the Quadriyyah Muslim Ulama Council of Malawi, have joined forces asking Members of Parliament to table and pass the Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Bill once it is brought back into the august House. At a joint press briefing held in Zomba on Monday, Quadriyyah Muslim Ulama Council vice-chairman, Sheikh Jim Suleimana said the Muslim groupings said the MPs should consider the Bill as a human rights piece of legislation aimed at…

Kamowa leads Southern Region Chess for Dec. 24 national championship

December 8, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira James Kamowa carries the hopes of the Southern Region Chess League (SRCL) ahead of the Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) national championship after winning the qualifiers played over the weekend at Country Club Limbe. From 7 rounds played of 60 minutes, Kamowa amassed 6 points while Joseph Nyambalo was the runner-up with 5.5 points. Eight players — Precious Kamwendo, Ishmael Harrison, Stanley Biyasi, Amos Chigowo, John Mkumba, Francisco Mwangupili, Ryan MacJessie and Chiletso Chipanga — shared…

Blantyre Round Table provides ICT lab at Mpemba Reformatory Centre

December 6, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre Round Table took its tradition of treating juvenile kids at Mpemba Reformatory Centre further by providing an information & communication technology (ICT) lab. This was on top of the charitable organisation’s annual camaraderie visit to the centre of treating the kids there to a coach ride to Chichiri Shopping Mall for an ice cream treat before going back for a Christmas lunch. They then presents various gifts before having a football game with the the…

Ndirande Malabada MP Mkumba joins march against sexual defilement

December 6, 2020

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* ‘These acts are heinous and must be condemned in strongly terms’ * ‘Report any sort of violence against children and young women to the police’ * ‘Those who are caught must be given stiffer punishment in order to deter others’ By Duncan Mlanjira United Democrat Front (UDF) Member of Parliament for Ndirande Malabada, Ismail Rizzq Mkumba on Saturday joined the nationwide condemnation of the rising cases of sexual defilement by joining a demonstration march in his constituency. Mkumba…