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Malawi amongst African countries to benefit from the UK-Africa Investment

January 25, 2020

| Business, International, National, News

By Duncan Mlanjira In a communique from the UK-Africa Investment Summit, Malawi has been mentioned to be amongst African countries to benefit from the support of the UK Government. Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika attended the Africa Investment Summit, which was opened by UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on January 20. The communique said Summit agreed new lasting partnerships between the UK and African countries to deliver more investment, jobs and growth. It said the Summit demonstrated that…

Grace Mugabe faces arrest on illegal land deals

January 23, 2020

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| International, News

By Daniel Nemukuyu, The Herald At least 132 people, including former First Lady Grace Mugabe and other political heavyweights, face arrest for allegedly selling State land, corruptly allocating themselves face fraud, abuse of cooperative funds and criminal abuse of office. This follows an audit report into Harare land sales by the commission of Inquiry led by Justice Tendai Uchena that traced land transfers in urban areas since 2005. Others stand accused of selling cooperative stands without authority…

Kenyan farmers worried as locust swarms invade parts of Mwingi

January 23, 2020

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By Kitavi Mutua, The Nation Residents of Mwingi North in Kitui County in Kenya are a worried lot after swarms of locusts invaded their farms. The affected areas are Tseikuru, Kyuso, Mivukoni and Katse in the vast constituency where farmers’ efforts to harvest their maize and green grams have been disrupted. According to County chief officer for water, Kioko Kiilu, the locusts were first sighted on Tuesday morning moving from the northern side of Tharaka-Nithi and Meru counties….

Oman Nursing Association General Assembly Meeting to be held on 14 March 2020 in Muscat

January 23, 2020

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By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui The Oman Nursing Association (ONA)’s general assembly meeting will be held at 10am on Saturday March 12, 2020 at the National Cardiac Centre of the Royal Hospital conference hall in Muscat. ONA’s president Abdallah bin Ahmed Al Rubaeiy, disclosed this to Maravi Express on Wednesday. The agenda for the general assembly meeting is as follows: *The report of the Board of Directors on the work done in the past year and the draft…

HIDCO running a promotion to enable its members to buy plots for building their houses with attractive conditions

January 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Housing Investment and Development Cooperative (HIDCO) is running another promotion but this time it is offering loans to its members to buy plots to build their houses. HIDCO has acquired land behind Chitedze Research Station in Lilongwe and is selling to its fully-paid up members plots of 40 by 30 at only K1.8 million. Through the promotion, ‘Kugula Ma Plot Mofewa”, a member that applies for loan to buy a plot or plots and will…

ACB’s Director Matemba shocked with court order to release Mpinganjira

January 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Reyneck Matemba has asked the judiciary to do some soul searching amongst themselves on rulings that some of its members have issued in the past in relation to the case in which Zomba Magistrate Court had judged that the warrant of arrest issued for businessman and banker, Thomson Mpinganjira done on January 21 by the Magistrate Court sitting in Lilongwe be canceled forthwith and also orders for his immediate release from…

Mulanje primary school learners tasked to spy on each other for possible teenage love affairs

January 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Early child marriages are rampant in Mulanje and that has prompted Plan International Malawi have set up strong campaign strategies to put a stop to the malpractice using traditional leaders, community volunteers and Timveni community radio. On top of that, primary school learners have also been engaged to check on each other’s signs of teenage love affairs and report to their parents, teachers, traditional leaders and community volunteers. On Monday, Plan International Malawi engaged the…

CSTU disassociates itself from civil servants’ intended country-wide strike

January 23, 2020

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Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) has disassociated itself from reports that is asking civil servants to assemble as country-wide demonstrations at Capital Hill Freedom Park in Lilongwe, Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu, Blantyre government offices and all district councils across the country. Civil servants, especially teachers, are frustrated because they haven’t been paid their December salaries and through social media some are asking for this demonstrations. But in a circular signed by its president Josephy Mdambo and secretary…

College of Medicine Associate Professor challenges Dzamalala’s autopsy results of Termik in late Kottana’s body system

January 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In an affidavit filed at the High Court, Associate Professor of Pathology, Dr. Steve Kamiza is challenging the forensic autopsy done by expert Dr. Charles Dzamalala that concluded that 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga of Lilongwe did not die after being bitten by a snake but rather from acute poisoning after consuming Termik. Dr. Kamiza, who is a Fellow of Pathologists from University of Michigan in the USA and University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa,…

Zomba Magistrate Court orders for immediate release of Mpinganjira from custody

January 23, 2020

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| National, News, Politics

By Duncan Mlanjira Zomba Magistrate Court has judged that the warrant of arrest issued for businessman and banker, Thomson Mpinganjira done on January 21 by the Magistrate Court sitting in Lilongwe be canceled forthwith and also orders for his immediate release from custody. The judgement made on Wednesday night hours after Mpinganjira’s arrest by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), says cites sections 18 and 42 of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and section 96 of the Criminal…