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Rwandan genocide fugitive Kayishema was issued Malawian passport under the watch of Uladi Mussa as Home Affairs Minister in 2007

June 5, 2023

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* Mussa served as Home Affairs Minister & Internal Security from 2005 to November 2007 * Fulgence Kayishema acquired the Malawian passport in July 2007 By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawian passport, which Fulgence Kayishema — one of the fugitives most wanted for crimes they committed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda — used to evade capture was issued under the watch of Uladi Mussa in July 2007 when he was Minister of Home Affairs & Internal…

Rwandan genocide fugitive Kayishema used Malawian passport to elude capture now arrested in South Africa

June 4, 2023

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Kayishema in court in South Africa (above) and his face on Malawian passport * Whilst in Eswatini, Kayishema began using a Malawian identity under the name Positani Chikuse * To regularly cross into South Africa and on December 21, 1999, he claimed asylum in Cape Town as a Burundian national, using the alias Fulgence Dende-Minani * Between 1999 and the present, he primarily resided in South Africa and in early 2000, he was granted a temporary residence permit By…

Malawi Police strongly warns public against harboring refugees as at it orders them to return to Dzaleka

June 4, 2023

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* The asylum seekers are being assisted by Malawians to desert Dzaleka camp * It is a crime to interfere with security agencies by harboring the returning refugees * Anyone found assisting them will be arrested and prosecuted By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Police Service has issued a strong statement ordering all refugees that were relocated to Dzaleka Refugee Camp to return immediately after taking note that they are going back to the cities and towns to continue doing business…

11 people arrested for possession of scrap metal suspected to have been vandalised from Limbe-Sandama railway line

June 1, 2023

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* Masambanjati Police Post were tipped off by a well-wisher that motor vehicle registration number PE 2443 was transporting metal scraps * An adhoc road block was set up along Makwasa-Masambanjati-Thekerani road and intercepted the said motor vehicle * Loaded with metal scraps as well as five gas cylinders which are believed to have been used in the commissioning of the crime By Aubrey Kashoni, MANA Police in Thyolo are keeping in custody a driver and 10 others for…

Ministry of Trade & Industry suspends exportation of scrap metal

May 28, 2023

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* All licences which were issued before this notice stand revoked and no export of scrap metal shall be entertained * There is empirical evidence that those involved in the malpractice, sell the materials as scrap metal * To fulfil their business requirements which is not in tandem with our national development agenda By Duncan Mlanjira Following the increased vandalism of infrastructure for Electricity Supply Corporationof Malawi (ESCOM); waterboards, telecommunication and the railway Ministry of Trade & Industry —…

Russia honours Zikhale Ng’oma’s presentation on cyber crime

May 26, 2023

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The Minister addressing the delegates in Moscow * I am personally impressed with your understanding of issues related to cyber crime—Igor N. Zubov, State Secretary * A special meeting between Zubov and the Minister was arranged to discuss issues for the benefit of Russia and Malawi By Chrispine Lwanja, in Moscow A presentation on cyber crime by Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security, Kenneth Zikhale Ng’oma at the 11th edition of the international meeting of high-ranking officials responsible for security…

MBS manipulated vehicle licence plates standards to frustrate specific importer, Bulldog

May 25, 2023

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Plates being supplied by MOVESA that are non-compliant * The case has even attracted the attention of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport * After also undergoing court processes and an investigation from Competition & Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) * Which fined MBS together with the Road Traffic Directorate for engaging in the anticompetitive conducts * When they granted waiver to private firm MOVESA, as sole importer, yet this supplier’s plates had failed to meet specific standards By Duncan Mlanjira…

Malawi Parliament endorses government’s enforcement of relocation of refugees to Dzaleka Camp

May 22, 2023

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* We have noted that the action by government follows the behavior of some refugees * Whose conduct in living and doing business outside designated refugee camps without any permit is inconsistent with the law * That regulates refugees and asylum seekers in this country By Duncan Mlanjira In its constitutional mandate to provide oversight on the actions of the Executive Arm of Government, Malawi Parliament has endorsed the decision which the Ministry of Homeland & Security to enforce…

CFTC alerts financial service providers of complaints being received from consumers

May 20, 2023

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The few who honoured the invite together with some members of the media * Suspected collusive conduct, through uniform pricing of interest rates * Non-disclosure of material information especially when marketing loan packages * Where the terms & conditions are indicated that they shall apply but are usually in very unreadable small print fonts * Frequent inaccessibility of e-financial services that include poor access to ATMs and electronic payments services due to network problems By Duncan Mlanjira In its…

MBS Director General in sync with Parliamentary Committee to address concerns over monopoly of importation of vehicle number plates

May 12, 2023

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* It was all about miscommunication — I am in touch with the Chair of the Committee * And the matter is receiving required attention for redress By Duncan Mlanjira Newly-appointed Director General for Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Dr. Bernard Thole has clarified that the reports on some media platforms that he was deemed to have snubbed summons to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Transport & Public Infrastructure has been reported out of context. Some media platforms,…