Category: Law Enforcement

* The public asking why the Police are not enhancing street patrols just like they do with breathalyzers at selected places throughout the night * Because obviously these acts of vandalism take place at night when the streets are quiet * The situation also poses a security concern in that streets are quiet at night and lack of lights and road signs, exposing road users to danger Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira People caught and found guilty of vandalising Electricity…

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* Found in possession of over 40 bags of stolen copper wires, amounting to approximately 18 tonnes * Which are being suspected to have been stolen from various sites of the power utility company * The Chinese national was buying copper at K15,000 per kilogramme,” and with over 16 tonnes of copper wire confiscated, the financial loss to ESCOM is substantial Maravi Express A Chinese national has been arrested by the Police in Lilongwe today alongside three Malawian accomplices…

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* After CFTC received a complaint that it was excluding liability for defective goods; misleading conduct and unconscionable conduct * Paramount Holdings was found to have already been fined by Malawi Bureau of Standards for supplying substandard fertilizer * As CFTC orders 3 companies to pay fines as a percentage of their total annual revenue as provided under the amended CFT Act By Duncan Mlanjira Paramount Holdings Ltd, which was contracted by the Ministry of Agriculture through the Mega…

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* The system that provides for driver licences, certificate of fitness (COF), insurance, car plate registration among others * It developed a technical error since January 6, 2025 and nature of the problem requires more time to resolve than earlier estimated By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Traffic Information System (MalTIS) at the Directorate of Road Traffic & Safety Services (DRTSS) developed a technical error since January 6, 2025, rendering the DRTSS and its agencies to fail provide all services…

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* This follows the intention to award a contract to a Ghanaian IT firm to supply and integrated system to track misinformation and disinformation trends — at a cost of over US$1.5 million * This is a normal regulatory system that a number of the regulators do use — the system does Trend Analysis. * It compiles reports on trends; it doesn’t stop or pinpoint who is doing misinformation — it’s an analysis tool on trends * There is…

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