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Leader of Opposition George Chaponda demands prompt action to end “prolonged passport crisis”

June 8, 2024

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* We cannot sit and watch when students are losing scholarship opportunities * When patients seeking medical attention outside are failing to travel and others die * The government must not pretend not to have seen the problems when the entourage of the First Lady failed to travel due to the same crisis By Duncan Mlanjira Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, George Chaponda, of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says he “is deeply concerned about the prolonged passport…

High Court rules that appointment of Kalumo as Immigration Department’s director general was illegal and unconstitutional

June 6, 2024

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Brigadier General Kalumo (retired) * The appointment was non-consequential and of no effect as it is illegal and unconstitutional * It is the responsibility of Minister of Homeland Security to make the appointment and not through directive from President Lazarus Chakwera By Duncan Mlanjira The High Court has today, June 6, ruled that the post of Brigadier General Charles Kalumo (retired) as Director General of the Department of Immigration & Citizenship Services is non-consequential and of no effect as…

President Chakwera boosts fight against vandalism of ESCOM infrastructure by assent to Electricity (Amendment) Act

June 6, 2024

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* Fines increased for illegal connections and meter tampering to K100 million * Whereas the maximum jail term for such offences is 10 years * The Act covers offences committed by the on ESCOM members of staff, former employees and the public By Peter Kanjere, ESCOM PRO The legal battle against theft, tampering, and vandalism of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited infrastructure has received a big push following President Lazarus Chakwera’s assenting to the Electricity (Amendment)…

Concerns raised over careless of disposal of garbage at Karonga main market

June 6, 2024

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State of affairs at Karonga market * We have been approaching the Council authorities on this issue but our concerns have been falling on deaf ears * The smell is unbearable creating potential environment for break out of diseases such as cholera * The waste attracts flies which eventually land on fresh vegetables, fish and meat By George Mponda, MANA Piles of garbage at Karonga main market of which traders and customers are forced to bear its stench emanating…

Malawi geared towards growing its economy—Chilima

June 6, 2024

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* The central strategy to this vision is our acknowledgment of Malawi’s abundant natural resources * Rich cultural heritage and the vibrant energy of our youthful population comprising 80% of the population By Andrew Mkonda, MANA in Seoul,South Korea Vice-President Saulos Chilima says Malawi aspires to undergo a profound transformation aimed at emerging as an inclusive, prosperous and self-reliant industrialized upper-middle-income nation by the year 2063. Chilima made the sentiments yesterday in Seoul during the Korea-Africa Business Summit which…

Closing of airports and borders as industrial strike is tantamount to mutiny by national security officers

June 6, 2024

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Immigration staff are in conflict with Brigadier General Charles Kalumo (rtd) * Picketing at any apparatus of the Department of Immigration & Citizenship Services is an affront to national security of the Republic of Malawi * Upon arrest and conviction by a court of law, there is a punishment of several years’ imprisonment By Duncan Mlanjira Ministry of Homeland Affairs has warned officers of the Department of Immigration & Citizenship Services that the alleged industrial action of closing airports and borders…

China Railway Signal to build robust electrified railway network in Malawi and operate it to recover what the company invested

June 5, 2024

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* The project will be co-financed by the Chinese company and a sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates * The two entities will form the build-operate-transfer (BOT), which they will run for 30 years * And thereafter or even earlier, the Ministry of Transport & Public Works will take over * The ambitious five-year project will extend the network from Lilongwe to Mbeya in Tanzania as the Northern Region corridor By Duncan Mlanjira The robust electrified railway…

Chilima spearheads Malawi’s interest at Korea-Africa Summit

June 4, 2024

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* Held talks with former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who now heads the Global Green Growth Institute * An intergovernmental organisation supporting and promoting sustainable economic growth in developing countries * Chilima appealed to organisations to consider assisting and working with Malawi to fight effects of climate change, arguing that global warming is a threat to food security By Andrew Mkonda, MANA in Seoul, South Korea Ahead of the official opening of the Korea-Africa Summit in Seoul, South…

‘Street-connected mothers and children facing many serious socio-economic challenges’

June 4, 2024

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* The are exposed to various life challenges such as social rejection and the mothers were mostly victims of sexual crimes * We are implementing various interventions to address these challenges that street-connected mothers and children face * One of the interventions is to unite or reintegrating them to their families—Blantyre District Social Welfare Office By Memory Khutuliwa, MANA Limited access to health care, homelessness, poverty and family breakdown are major factors that drive mothers and children into streets…

SRWB needs K500m to construct a new water intake pump house at Liwonde’s Kamuzu Barrage to address flood-induced challenges

June 2, 2024

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Rising water of the Shire River in Liwonde * The opening of the water exit gates at the barrage would further affect their operations and even other institutions downstream * Thus the need of the half a billion kwacha to maintain its pumping system at Liwonde barrage, owing to rising water levels in Shire River Maravi Express Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) needs K500m to construct a new water intake pump house at Kamuzu Barrage in Liwonde, the Board’s…