Month: August 2017 Posts

Bangladeshi national murdered by Indian co-worker

Aug 11, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 50 &

A 35-year-old Bangladeshi national who was a financial controller at S and Z Company in Lilongwe was on Wednesday murdered in his office by an 18-year-old Indian colleague. According to the Malawi Police Service, the… ...

MRA impounds Kwezy buses

Aug 11, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 48 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on Thursday seized four buses belonging to Kwezy Buses over fraud. The tax collection body said the owner of the buses, Benson Vitsitsi, presented false documents during clearance of the… ...

Cashgate Returns: Malawi’s financial management system remains rotten

Aug 11, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 82 &

…Parliament failed to account for over K11million used on prepaid airtime units An audit report by the Malawi Auditor General on the government accounts offers a chilling account of the financial management system that has… ...

K196 million cashgate at Chilima’s office

Aug 11, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 371 &

An audit inspection of the financial records of the Office of the Vice President has revealed K196 million cashgate at the Office of the Malawi Vice President, Saulos Chilima. “An examination of payment vouchers and… ...

PAC meets Chakwera

Aug 11, 2017 Bright Malenga 58 &

Public Affairs Committee (PAC) met Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera in a meeting where future elections featured highly. Of utmost importance to the two parties was a discussion on the implementation of 50+1… ...

MHC under fire over Area 18 sewer spill

Aug 11, 2017 Luke Bisani 13 &

Malawi's Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change has given Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) four days to fix all broken sewer pipes in Area 18 in the capital, Lilongwe. According to the committee,… ...

Understaffing in rural hospitals worries MHEN

Aug 11, 2017 Luke Bisani 3 &

Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has expressed worry over understaffing in hospitals that are in rural areas of the country as people fail to access medical treatment. The sentiments follow reports of Ng'onga Health Centre… ...