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President Mutharika to launch massive Shire Valley Transformation Project

March 9, 2020

By Solister Mogha, MANA President Peter Mutharika on Sunday unveiled plans to launch a massive Shire Valley Transformation Project touted to be the biggest irrigation initiative in the southern Africa region. Speaking at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre during a joint Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) rally, Mutharika said once completed, the project would produce more than enough food and that depending on rain-fed agriculture would be a thing of the past. He said all…

Warrant of arrest on Mtambo, Trapence, Sembereka is for intention to seal State Residences

March 9, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The warrant of arrest that the Malawi Police Service (MPS) have obtained on the three leaders of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Timothy Mtambo, Gift Trapence and Rev. MacDonald Sembereka is relation to HRDC’s intention to seal State Residences. So far MPS has arrested Trapence and Rev. Sembeleka while Mtambo, according to the police, is on the run. The three suspects will be brought before the court of law to be dealt with in accordance…

DPP candidate Kambiri declared winner of Liwawadzi Ward by-election

March 7, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, Pharaoh Kambiri has been declared by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) as the winner of the Liwawadzi Ward in Balaka North Constituency, beating five other contestants. Kambiri earned 2,615 votes; independents Precious Khwiyao Chintengo and Obedi Peter got 665 and 632 votes respectively; Ronald Pias Mphepo of People’s Party had 537 votes; Mervin Makwinja of Freedom Party had 101 votes while Harris Mhere of Mbakuwaku Movement for Development won…

Jeffrey applauds Mangochi people for peaceful demos

March 5, 2020

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By Kondwani Magombo, MANA Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General, Grezelder Jeffrey, Wednesday thanked people of Mangochi for holding peaceful demonstrations in protest to the February 3 Constitutional Court ruling of May 2019 election case. The peaceful joint march with the United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters started from Mpondasi to Mangochi Town Council where they submitted a petition to the authorities of Mangochi district and town councils. Thousands of DPP and UDF supporters turned up, clad in their…

Malawi troops protect demonstrators in rare African exception

March 4, 2020

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By Jack McBrams, AFP In a continent where armies often prop up governments, crush dissent and interfere in mainstream politics, Malawi in southern Africa has been an exception for decades. From Sudan to Zimbabwe to Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau, the military has had a long track record of being state flunkeys, breaching the neutral role it is supposed to maintain. But Malawi, which was ruled with an iron fist by founding president Kamuzu Banda since independence from Britain…

MEC approves 6 candidates, rejects two for Liwawadzi Ward by election

March 3, 2020

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Maravi Express After receiving eight nomination papers from aspiring candidates on February 10 for Liwawadzi Ward in Balaka North Constituency, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has approved six and rejected two. The rejected two are Abraham Makhaula and Master Fundi. Makhaula, who wished to contest as a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate, was rejected because he presented in adequate nominators — 9 instead of 10 and had no political party endorsement. Fundi was to contest for the United Democratic…

South African expert concludes 1st phase of lifesaving skills training for Nkhata Bay youths

February 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira South African lifesaving examiner, Deon Woodley has successfully concluded what he described as the first phase of imparting lifeguard and rescue skills to local youths of Nkhoma Bay District in the drive to prevent and stop drowning along the shores of Lake Malawi. Woodley arrived in the country on Monday, February 17 and proceeded to travel to Nkhata Bay the following on day with Lytton Mabeti, a qualified lifeguard by professional and swimming instructor at St….

National Planning Commission to officially launch consultation processes for developing the successor to Vision 2020

February 20, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira National Planning Commission has come up with a successor to Vision 2020, which will define the common aspirations of all Malawians moving forward and is expected to be officially launched by President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika on February 28 at the COMESA International Conference Centre in Blantyre. A statement from National Planning Commission, whose Director General is Dr. Thomas Chataghalala Munthali, says the Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament and His Honour the Chief Justice, representing the…

MEC’s auditors fined K3.8m by Malawi Chartered Accountants Institute for serious misconduct in the May 21 elections

February 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAM) has found BDO Chartered Accountants (Malawi) guilty of four counts of serious misconduct in its operations as the retained auditor in the Tripartite Elections held on 21 May, 2019 and has since been fined with K3.8 million. In the verdict released on February 17, ICAM had been investigating the conduct of BDO Chartered Accountants (Malawi) during the controversial elections following the allegations of professional misconduct that ICAM received from Malawi Congress Party and a Concerned Citizen. The charges…

Teenager who starred in movie about a Ugandan chess prodigy dies of brain tumour

February 17, 2020

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By Al Jazeera Nikita Pearl Waligwa, a Ugandan child actress who starred in a Disney movie on the extraordinary life of a local chess prodigy, has died at the age of 15. Gayaza High School reported that the teenage star of the movie, ‘Queen of Katwe’ died of brain tumour. Waligwa, who played the role of Gloria, a younger friend of the main character in the 2016 film, was “a darling to many”, the secondary school wrote on Twitter. “No words…