Month: February 2017 Posts

No important files were lost in Chaponda’s office fire – ACB

Feb 17, 2017 Russell Kondowe 190 &

The fire that gutted the offices of Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda did not destroy any files that might be used to investigate him, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)  has said. In an interview with the… ...

ATI shows APM is delivering on campaign promises – Analyst

Feb 17, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 36 &

President Peter Mutharika's signing of the long awaited Access to Information (ATI) Bill into law shows that his government is committed to its campaign promises, a political analyst has said. The Access to Information Bill… ...

Nasaf Party resurrects under Laudon Malingamoyo

Feb 17, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 13 &

Late James Nyondo’s National Salvation Front (Nasaf) is now under new leadership and the party has revealed plans to change Malawi for the better. Nasaf was once led by Nyondo who died in 2015 and… ...

Activist says hypocrisy derailing tabling of abortion bill

Feb 17, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 20 &

A gender rights activist has expressed dissatisfaction over Parliament’s failure to table and discuss the Termination of Pregnancy bill. Gender activist Emma Kaliya said Members of Parliament (MPs) had agreed to  one thing during the… ...

First Lady urges women to utilise cancer screening services

Feb 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Malawi First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika has urged Malawian women to periodically go for cancer screening to save their lives. Speaking in Lilongwe where she participated in a monthly meeting of the Lilongwe chapter of… ...

Nkhotakota registers 15 sudden deaths in two months

Feb 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 2 &

Nkhotakota Police say they have recorded 15 sudden deaths in the past two months. According to Police, from December 2016 to January this year they have registered 15 deaths with many of them caused by… ...

Fake doctor arrested

Feb 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 20 &

Police in Chikhwawa are keeping in custody a 46-year-old man for operating a clinic and practising medicine without a license. The suspect, John Mathews, was arrested on 8th February this year on suspicion that he… ...