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Karonga, Chitipa chiefs challenge court’s ruling on Kyungu’s supremacy

Jan 25, 2019 0

Chiefs from Karonga and Chitipa districts have vowed to challenge a court ruling which says that the law recognises Paramount Chief Kyungu as leader of Karonga only. The traditional leaders say they will continue recognising… ...

UTM drums up support for Karonga Central shadow MP

Jan 22, 2019 0

UTM members invaded Katili in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu in Karonga Central constituency on Sunday to sell their candidate Florence Nthakomwa as the 2019 tripartite race is heating up. Speaking to a sizeable… ...

UTM members defect to DPP

Jan 20, 2019 0

Two weeks after the Karonga North constituency UTM campaign director Ishmael Pembamoto defected to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and promised to bring more members to the ruling party, he lived up to his promise Saturday… ...

Karonga Council urged to embrace gender responsive budget

Jan 15, 2019 0

Karonga District Council and civil society organizations (CSOs) have been challenged to economically empower women through formulation of budgets that are gender responsive. Justice and Peace (JP) of Karonga Diocese made the call Friday at… ...

Mlare Health Centre reopens in temporary building

Jan 15, 2019 0

Community members around Mlare health centre can now afford a smile following the reopening of the health facility that was closed in December last year due to poor sanitation at the facility. The consensus to… ...

Voter verification team donates to inmates

Jan 12, 2019 0

A Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) operations team that was doing the voter verification exercise in Karonga decided to leave a mark in the district. Led by their team leader who is also the senior electoral… ...

MEC not worried by poor turnout for voter verification

Jan 09, 2019 0

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it is not concerned by the poor turnout of registrants for voter verification exercise because many people are using the SMS verification system. MEC Chairperson Justice Dr. Jane Ansah… ...