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Whistleblowers vindicated on suspected fraudulent business face of Techno Brain as World Bank bans the Kenyan firm

October 17, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira Despite continuous exposure by the media through prominent members of the public on the suspicious business countenance of Kenyan firm, Techno Brain, — over the past two years — the previous government administration still insisted on doing business with the foreign company. Today, the whistleblowers have been vindicated as the World Bank Group has banned this IT-services company and its parent company, United Arab Emirates-based Techno Brain Global FZ-LLC for 28 months in connection with collusive…

NOCMA should get lions share in fuel importation—Parliamentary Committee

October 17, 2020

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By Gladys Kamakanda, MANA Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate change has recommended that the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) should be getting the lions share in fuel importation as it is a Malawian company. The Parliamentary Committee’s chairperson, Welani Chilenga made the remarks Friday in Lilongwe when the committee toured the Lilongwe Strategic Fuel Reserves in readiness for NOCMA’s plans to start bringing fuel by rail from Nacala port. He said NOCMA was doing a tremendous…

First Lady talks tough on protection of girl child rights to education

October 17, 2020

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By Lusayo Singogo, MANA First Lady, Madam Monica Chakwera on Friday urged all stakeholders to stand and protect the girl child by giving her equal opportunities to education for her to have a brighter future. During the commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child held at Mitondo Primary School in Lilongwe District the First Lady said it was disheartening that Malawi was ranked number seven on countries with high cases of child marriages. She urged all Malawians…

DPP’s Mzomera Ngwira to appeal his 4-year prison sentence for abuse of office

October 17, 2020

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By Aliko Munde, MANA Victor Gondwe, defence lawyer for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Regional Governor for the North, Rev. Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has hinted that he has been instructed to appeal the four-year imprisonment sentence he was given after being found guilty of abuse of public office. Gondwe, of John Tennyson and Associates, said his client instructed him to appeal for both the conviction and the sentencing. “We are not satisfied with the sentence and even the conviction of…

Fire destroys medical supplies at Nkhotakota District Hospital’s pharmacy

October 17, 2020

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By Stanley Nkhondoyachepa, MANA Fire has destroyed a good number of medical supplies including some drugs that were saved but were rendered useless due to exposure to intense heat. According to the hospital’s spokesperson, Garry Chilinga, the fire — whose cause has not been established — started at around 5am on Friday and when in-patient guardians saw smoke billowing from the facility, alerted medical staff and helped put off the fire using water fetched in buckets. He said services…

WaterAid advocates for increased national budgetary allocations on sanitation and hygiene

October 16, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA WaterAid has challenged governments in southern Africa region to seriously consider sanitation and hygiene as a priority by increasing national budgetary allocations towards this sector. WaterAid’s regional director for southern Africa, Robert Kampala said this Wednesday during southern Africa regional senior editor’s webinar meeting on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), a service that remains a fundamental human right to the citizenry of these countries. He noted that most governments in the region are providing…

Women job seekers turning Labour Office premises into commercial sex spots

October 16, 2020

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By Leah Msuku, MANA Lilongwe District Council has ordered female job seekers that converge at the Labour Office to vacate the premises, alleging that they have turned the place into commercial sex agreement spots. Lilongwe District Commissioner, Lawford Palani said the women’s conduct of turning the place into a sex pick-up point is tarnishing the image of the Council. Addressing management team, Palani said what is happening is totally unacceptable and called upon the relevant authorities to take action…

Government re-allocates funding for MEC’s constituency demarcation process to other needs

October 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Apparently, without consulting Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) itself, the Government had withheld its budget allocation for the demarcation of the country’s political constituencies — thinking MEC was not ready to immediately carry out the process. This was disclosed by MEC chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Friday during a caucus MEC had with the Board of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) — which was organised to update pertinent…

Current laws governing Malawi elections are in need of serious reforms—MEC chair Kachale

October 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale has observed that Malawi’s current laws governing elections are in need of serious reforms but at the moment the by-elections have to be carried out with the legal tools that have been amended through recent court processes. Speaking at a caucus MEC organised with the Board of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Friday, Kachale said all the legal…

HRDC petitions Finance Ministry to explain status of K6bln owed to defunct MSB bank

October 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Continuing with its corruption and fraud whistleblowing campaign, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has written the Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu to present a report to the nation on the status of toxic loans that “some politically connected individuals and companies owes the now defunct Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) that totals to a whopping MK6 billion. The HRDC petition, issued on September 12, informs the Minister that Government sold MSB to FDH Bank and at the…