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MEC sensitizes chiefs on the voter process

October 28, 2019

Erah Pinifolo, MEC Stringer The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has applauded the crucial role traditional leaders play in sensitizing their subjects on issues that affect and also work for them, hence saw the need to civic educate them on the voting process. MEC Commissioner Reverend Clifford Baloyi said this during a sensitization meeting with the traditional leaders in Matenje Ward in Kasungu North West Constituency where it is expected to hold by-elections on November 5. Commissioner Baloyi said they…

What’s behind Moscow’s push into Africa?

October 28, 2019

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By BBC Russia hosted a major summit for dozens of African leaders last week, an indication of its growing role as a key player in the region. The Soviet Union used to have a major presence on the continent but its economic and political clout waned in the post-Cold-War period. President Vladimir Putin says the strengthening of ties with African countries is one of Russia’s foreign policy priorities. So just how important is Russia’s role in Africa now? It’s…

Angry mob kill suspected cattle rustler in Dowa

October 27, 2019

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By Maravi Express An angry mob at Mitembo Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mkukula in Dowa District have killed a suspected cattle rustler in the wee hours of Saturday, October 26. A report by Dowa Police public relations officer, Sub Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, indicate that Amon Phiri from Mitembo Village discovered that unknown criminals have opened his cattle kraal and stole one big ox. Phiri then alerted neighbours and made a follow up and they found the…

Concerned young citizens leader swiftly responds to replace QECH’s broken down oxygen cyclinder

October 27, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Pemphero Mphande, leader of the Citizens of Progressive Action, has swiftly mobilized people to raise funds to replace a broken down oxygen cyclinder for the paedriatic emergency unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Mphande said he had gone to Queens to check on a friend, Daniel Mumba, a Paedriatic Emergency Nurse Specialist, who had asked him to make a courtesy call to appreciate the challenges they face only to discover the medical personnel there…

‘The evil that men do lives after them: The good is oft interred with their bones’ — the case of Kamuzu Banda

October 26, 2019

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Here is an address given by Professor Emeritus George Shepperson, C.B.E. after the annual lunch of the Friends of Malawi, East of England, at the Haycock Hotel, Wansford, UK on May 27, 1998): “It seems to me that anyone who partakes of a formal lunch, especially when properly lubricated, is entitled to expect of the post-luncheon speaker a little humour from time to time. I am afraid that I am going to disappoint you. “Any humour which emerges in my…

Malawi elected 2nd vice-chairperson of AU Specialised Technical Committee on ICT

October 26, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi has replaced South Africa as the 2nd Vice-Chairperson of the Africa Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Communication and Information Technology (ICT) during the third Ordinary Session held from October 22-25 in Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Minister of Information, ICT and Cvic Education, Mark Botomani, represented the Malawi at the conference which called on all AU member countries to build consensus on integrated connectivity roadmap, establish a continental cyber security…

Kamuzu Academy Alumni asks for independent commission of inquiry into alleged sexual assault on Msundwe women

October 25, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association have asked the authorities to appoint an independent commission of inquiry in the investigation of alleged sexual and physical assault by a group of uniformed Police personnel innocent women and girls of Msundwe, M’bwatalika and Mpingu. In a press statement, the Alumni — while applauding the authorities following the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry by the Police to look into their own conduct — strongly feel that there is need for…

FINCOOP SACCO on its way to full recovery; Posting surpluses on monthly basis

October 24, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira FINCOOP was the biggest Savings & Credit Cooperatives (SACCO) in Malawi around 2010 in terms of membership, which was over 40,000 then and assets of over K600 million, but due to high delinquency through agricultural loans, FINCOOP almost collapsed with members going down to less than 6,000 and assets written off to almost half. However, through the network of SACCOs under Malawi Union of Savings & Credit Cooperatives (MUSCCO), FINCOOP was given a stabilisation fund to…

Russia should do what history failed, Peter Mutharika tells the Russia-Africa Economic Summit

October 24, 2019

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Malawi President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika On Thursday 24th October 2019 addressed the Russia-Africa Economic Summit in Sochi; Russia. Speaking before fellow heads of states and government, President Mutharika said time has come for Russia to do what history has failed to do over the years, marking a new birth for African. Mutharika told delegates to the Russia-Africa summit that Africans deserve dignity and respect which has the been denied to them by some of its friends, who have…

Airlink plane crash lands at Likoma Airport

October 24, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira An Airlink Cessna C210 aircraft carrying 2 passengers from Lilongwe overshot the runway at Likoma Island at around 10:30am on Thursday but both passengers, Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) officials and the pilot did not sustain any serious injuries. A swift response in a form of a press statement from Airlink says the pilot was taken to the Likoma Island St. Peter’s Hospital for medical assessment after experiencing a minor head abrasion and has since been discharged….