Category: Law Enforcement

Use of drums elsewhere outside Malawi * Where do the police officers get those old drums? * Are they the most cost-effective way of stopping cars? * How much does it cost to buy them? * And how do they record those old drums in their accounts — ‘270 old drums for traffic policing’? By Duncan Mlanjira Most police officers at roadblocks, especially those close to police stations, mount drums in the middle of the road to indicate their…

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Iron Lady Martha Chizuma * The MPS was ordered by Mzuzu Senior Magistrate Court on April 7, 2022 following an application by Frighton Mphompho * The MPS is bound by law and committed to comply with court orders * The UDF has distanced itself from Mphompho’s action and has since suspended the party’s District Governor for Chikwawa * Reports indicate that Mphompho acted on behalf comedian-turned political activist, Bon Kalindo By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has…

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Chakaka-Nyirenda at the centre of it  * Why and what was the AG apologizing for — the violation of the rights of Gondwe and PIJ as a media? *Is the apology on the arbitrary detention? Or is it on the part of ignorance on the part of government as stated by Minister of Information? * Is a media house publishing information in the interest of the public illegal? * Is it illegal to access an opinion of the AG…

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Others demand that the best apology from the AG is to resign from his position * What he ordered the police to do was not a blunder but a planned masterpiece to muzzle the press * MISA Malawi’s duty was to caution him and ask him to issue public apology By Duncan Mlanjira MISA Malawi issued a statement on Wednesday indicating that the Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda has apologised for the arbitrary arrest of journalist Gregory Gondwe and…

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Released on police bail on Tuesday * As Gregory narrates his ordeal in which he reveals that Attorney General had already threatened to arrest him * Police read him his Miranda rights as being arrested but PRO Kadadzera contradicts that he was invited for interviews * What the police have done is a direct attack on media freedom as provided under Section 36 of the Malawi Constitution Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira During an interface meeting with media managers last…

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Flood displaced people in Mulanje By Natasha Muthete, MANA Malawi Police Service (MPS) have underscored the need for concerted efforts in dealing with gender-based violence (GBV) in the country’s evacuation camps. Assistant Commisioner of Police, Francis Chisaka — who is deputy director of community policing services and rural police units visited flood survivors at Mitawa Primary School camp in Muloza-Mulanje where he emphasized that any form of abuse to flood survivors is a serious offence as it adds salt…

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