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Youths cautioned on advocating for tabling of Termination of Pregnancy Bill

April 3, 2021

Senior Chief Kunthembwe (right) and some of the delegates at the meeting * If well advocated, the TOP Bill will contribute to its successful implementation * Thereby winning the fight against teen maternal mortality rate in the country * Many factors have led high teen mortality rate and dropping out of schools due to pregnancies By Steven Mkweteza, Contributor While appreciating that youths have a critical role to play in advocating for the tabling and passing of the Termination…

Malawian women living in Seattle raise K1.45 for Chikondi Kazembe specialised breast cancer treatment in India

April 2, 2021

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Emmanuel Mulele presents the dummy cheque to Chikondi on behalf of MSA Women of Substance * MSA Women of Substance’s objective is to assist underprivileged women and girls in Malawi * Being so young in her 20’s, we decided to assist her so that she can have long life to assist others in future * “Words fail me. I thank these women with all my heart and I know I will go into Easter very happy” * Amkango Fitness…

When a nation is in denial….

March 31, 2021

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By Cedrick Ngalande At the end of his four-decade illustrious career, Bill Moyers produced a documentary titled ‘Buying the War’. It is a fascinating documentary. If you have not seen it, look it up on YouTube. The documentary is about the second Gulf War. It talks about how the George W Bush administration was intent on ousting Saddam Hussein by ‘falsely’ claiming that he had weapons of mass destruction. Although there were so many glaring loopholes in that argument,…

DPP’s Mcheka Chilenje, Kasaila lose to MCP in Nsanje by-elections

March 31, 2021

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Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Easter Mcheka Chilenje * Independent candidate wins Zomba Changalume constituency * DPP retains Livirivi ward in Balaka West Constituency By MEC Stringers & MANA Unofficial results for Nsanje Central and North consitituencies have indicated that Democratic Progressive Party’s political gurus, Esther Mcheka Chilenje and Francis Kasaila have lost their seats to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidates in Tuesday’s by-elections. MCP’s Enock Chizuzu has taken Nsanje North with 9,856 beating Mcheka Chilenje who amassed 8,081 votes while…

National Bank Capital Markets donates air conditioning to Chiradzulu Hospital’s surgical theatre

March 30, 2021

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NBM Capital Markets Fund Manager, Elton Masibawo making symbolic presentation of the air conditioning * Staff were using a fan during surgery * Two other theatres not functioning * Hospital facing numerous challenges By Duncan Mlanjira National Bank (NBM) Capital Markets, a subsidiary of National Bank of Malawi, have come to the rescue of Chiradzulu District Hospital by donating an air conditioning machine for its surgical theatre. In his vote of thanks at the presentation ceremony on Tuesday, the…

Suspected UTM Party supporters attack fellow Tonse Alliance MCP officials in Karonga

March 29, 2021

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A damaged UTM vehicle used as an ambulance * They smashed a vehicle car which had a public address system * Also stole a laptop and two microphones * Karonga Police on the ground investigating the matter * Electoral stakeholders in Chikwawa intensfy efforts to ensure peaceful by elections By Jordan Simeon-Phiri & Elijah Phompho, MEC Stringers With just a day to go before people go to the polls in Karonga North West Constituency, UTM Party supporters are reported…

Bushiri’s daughter succumbs to lung illness

March 29, 2021

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Israella, gone too soon * “If she had not been blocked the first time she needed to travel to Kenya, she wouldn’t have passed on” * “It is very disheartening and sad that my daughter has become a victim of the persecutions that we are facing from South Africa” Maravi Express Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has announced the death of his daughter Israella from lung illness that needed medical attention in Kenya last month. Initially, the Bushiris arrangement to have…

Water and sanitation network petitions Parliament for government to institute a stand-alone Ministry for water, sanitation and hygiene

March 27, 2021

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The petitioners at Parliament on Friday * The WaSH sector has not been given the kind of prioritization it deserves by the government * Its funding be increased to 10% of the national budget and or towards 1.5% of the GDP * Ministries of Health and Gender should stop running health facilities and CCBCs respectively that do not have WaSH facilities * Government should fully establish a National Water Resources Authority * And an independent regulator for water supply…

Interest Rate Capping Bill back in Parliament; this time moved by DPP MP Namalomba

March 26, 2021

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MP Shadric Namalomba * Was first moved by MCP’s Dowa West Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi in 2018 * Namalomba pledges to tackle some of the weaknesses of the previous Bill * And to give direction to what this particular Bill will focus on * The Bill has since been referred to Parliamentary Business Committee By Duncan Mlanjira The Interest Rate Capping Bill which courted controversy when it was moved by then then opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator for Dowa West,…

Ombudsman exposes recruitment irregularities at Central Medical Stores Trust

March 26, 2021

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Ombudsman hopes will bring sanity and orderliness in the way parastatals handle their recruitment matters * Former President Peter Mutharika, Office of the President and Cabinet at the centre of it all * The employment contract of Rex Kuyeli never legally existed * I, therefore, nullify the purported three-year contract that was granted to him on 10th October, 2019 * If he has any claim it should be channeled to the former President who illegally appointed him By Duncan…