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Nyasa Bullets, Wanderers avoid each other in FDH Bank quartefinals; Have chances of clashing in the semis
August 10, 2022
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Nkunika and Justice Alide conducting the draw * Changalume Barracks vs Extreme FC as Match 1 * Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves vs Blue Eagles in Match 2 * With winner Match 1 meeting winner Match 2 in semis By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Malawi’s football heavyweights and old rivals, Nyasa Big Bullets and Mighty Mukuru Wanderers have avoided each other for this year’s FDH Bank quarterfinals but have chances of meeting in the semifinals should they both progress. The…

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Mponda, Police primary schools complete list of qualified teams for the K20m FDH Bank Inter-City Mayors’ Championship
August 10, 2022
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Champions Mponda Primary School * Mponda beat Prison Primary School 1-0 while Police outclassed Thundu 21-7 * They join Lilongwe City champions Kamuzu Barracks and Ngwenya 2 and St Peter’s Catholic Lupaso from Mzuzu Maravi Express Mponda and Police primary schools have defended FDH Bank Zomba Mayor’s Trophy in football and netball respectively, complete list of qualified teams for the K20 million FDH Bank Inter-City Championship to be played early September. Mponda join Lilongwe City champions Kamuzu Barracks and…

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ESCOM slowly dying; Parliament needs to approve raising consumers’ power tariff—CEO Kamkwamba Kumwenda
August 9, 2022
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Kumwenda with some members of his management team at the press conference  * EGENCO and the IPPs charge K140 per kilowatt/hr, yet ESCOM charge the same kilowatt/hr at K104 from the consumer * MERA should Parliament to increase power tariff to over K140 per kilowatt/hr * Or ESCOM faces a bleak future since it will forever be making losses to the extent that it shall even fail to pay its staff’s salaries By Duncan Mlanjira Since Electricity Supply Corporation…

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Malawian UK Nurses Association holds fundraiser towards supporting health inequalities in both Malawi and UK
August 9, 2022
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* To assist towards refurbishment of 1A male surgical ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital * The ward is congested, as it is designed to accommodate 45 patients but instead admits 120 patients By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian UK Nurses Association (MUNA), an embodiment of like-minded Malawian physicians based in the UK, held their first-ever fundraising event on Saturday, August 6 in Maidstone, to address one of its objective of addressing health inequalities they have invested interest back home and their…

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MACRA in the process of developing E-waste strategy to protect environment and citizens’ health
August 9, 2022
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* E-waste includes fridges, TVs, fluorescent lamps, large telecommunication equipment, mobile phones, computers * Some discarded equipment contain some high levels of contaminants, which can harm people and the environment By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is in the process of developing an E-waste strategy to address issues of management involving any electrical and electronic equipment that is discarded or is intended to be discarded or is required to be discarded after use. Such include temperature equipment…

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NBM Development Bank disburses over K3.5 billion to local SME’s since its 4 years of existence
August 9, 2022
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* Over a billion went to business owned by women while close to K500 million towards youth entrepreneurs By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Development Bank has managed to disburse over K3.5 billion to both startup businesses and Small & Medium Entrepreneurs (SME’s) within 4 years since it was establishment in 2019. The first privately-owned NBM subsidiary — which is mainly aimed at providing long term funding to SME’s — says out of the said…

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MACRA engages ICT industry to discuss regulatory issues and innovative ideas pertinent to growth of the sector
August 9, 2022
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Minister of Information & Digitalisation, Gospel Kazako * At first-of-its-kind ‘MACRA Open Day’ held on Monday launched by Minister of Information Kazako * Second session tomorrow at BICC in Lilongwe and in Mzuzu on Friday at Grand Palace Hotel * All public institutions such as MACRA must always accountable to the public—Kazako By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has established the first-of-its-kind, ‘MACRA Open Day’, as a hub where where every year it will be engaging its…

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Criminalization same-sex relationships by consensual partners attracting homophobic violence and arbitrary arrests
August 7, 2022
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Nyasa Rainbow Alliance’s Eric Sambisa George Kachimanga at the press conference * As Nyasa Rainbow Alliance reveals abuses perpetrated by some Malawi Police officers * Include unlawful detention, extortion, threats of disclosure of confidential information, denial of legal protection and physical violence in detention By Duncan Mlanjira In asking the Malawi Government to repeal laws that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, Nyasa Rainbow Alliance (NRA) has revealed that there have been persistent reports of human rights violations of…

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Government asked to repeal laws that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults
August 7, 2022
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Nyasa Rainbow Alliance’s Eric Sambisa George Kachimanga at the press conference * Malawi is a secular state which cannot use religious doctrine as a yardstick for interpreting the Constitution * We reject any attempt by our authorities to impose religious doctrine in a bid to limit the enjoyment of human rights by its citizens * On account that Malawi has a liberal constitution which guarantees its citizens the enjoyment of human rights * It would be out of order…

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CAMA asks SPC to account on effectiveness and gains made on Chakwera’s cost cutting measures in public service
August 7, 2022
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Zamba, appointed as SPC in June * The report could be provided against each austerity measure wherever possible * How many parastatals have made significant savings with these measures * Size of delegations travelled and how many Ministers have travelled during the past three months By Duncan Mlanjira Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) has written Secretary to the President & Cabinet (SPC), Collen Zamba to brief Malawians on the effectiveness and gains made from the austerity measures that President…

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