Richard Jimu, Author at Malawi 24

Deputy Speakers challenge illegal allowances accusations

Feb 20, 2016 14

Malawi parliament's First Deputy Speaker Esther Chilenje and Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya have denied accusation of swindling money through house allowances from the government, Malawi24 has learnt. According to an initial investigation, the two, were… ...

Malawi Crisis: Illovo sugar sales go down by 40 percent

Feb 19, 2016 196

At a time when Malawi's economy continues to stumble, Illovo Sugar Malawi limited has disclosed that its sugar sales in the country have been hit hard to the extent of slipping to 40 percent. The… ...

Malawi Prison band fails to win Grammy’s Best World Music Album

Feb 16, 2016 7

Angelique Kidjo from Benin beat Malawi's Zomba Prison band to win the Grammy for Best World Music Album on Monday. The Malawian band got nominated courtesy of the album titled “I Have No Everything Here” which… ...

Govt targets thousands in vaccination drive against Cholera

Feb 14, 2016 2

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will vaccinate people living in areas around Lake Chirwa in order to curb Cholera outbreaks in Machinga, Zomba and Phalombe. The vaccination exercise will be carried out in collaboration with… ...

Third Eye raps Goodall

Feb 12, 2016 119

Rapper cum activist Third Eye has hit out at Malawi Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, for embarrassing the country over a recent donation by Egypt intended to help curb the maize crisis. The hip hop artist… ...

‘Give us condoms’ : Flood victims in Malawi tell government

Feb 12, 2016 371

Victims of the floods that occurred in Karonga district on Monday have asked the Malawi government and other stakeholders to give them condoms. The victims want condoms in order to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS… ...

‘Peter Mutharika has run out of ideas’

Feb 08, 2016 200

Malawi President, Peter Mutharika has been asked to seek views from technocrats in the country in a bid to help him with ideas that can bail the country out of the current woes instead of… ...

Corruption rears its head at PVHO

Feb 07, 2016 24

Drivers at Plant and Vehicle Hire Organization (PVHO) are using government plants and vehicles for personal businesses, denying the organisation some much needed revenue, Malawi24 has learnt. Yesterday, two drivers based at Mzuzu PVHO were… ...

Maize, drugs shortage irks CCJP

Feb 06, 2016 58

One of the country’s influential organizations has expressed concern that the Peter Mutharika administration is making little effort in ensuring that lives of Malawians are not at risk. The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace… ...

Guards cause mayhem at KCN

Feb 02, 2016 2

Security officers working for S.K Security Guards stormed Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) Lilongwe campus on Monday demanding that the college to pay a debt it owes the guards’ security firm. Malawi24 understands that the… ...

War within: Khumbo Kachali youths stop Uladi’s rally in Mzuzu

Feb 01, 2016 81

At a time when dust is refusing to settle within Malawi’s ex-ruling People's Party, appointed President, Uladi Mussa, was on Sunday stopped from holding a rally in Mzuzu by an irate Khumbo Kachali faction, Malawi24… ...

Mutharika orders arrests on murders of the elderly in Neno

Jan 28, 2016 132

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has condemned the murder of four senior citizens by a mob in Neno. In a statement signed by his press officer, Gerald Viola, the president says he is saddened by the… ...

‘No arrests on homosexuals in Malawi’ Justice Minister says

Jan 21, 2016 1,632

Malawi’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has revealed that there will be no arrests or prosecutions on homosexuals saying the laws on the same are currently being reviewed. His sentiments have come… ...

Magufuli dares Mutharika: TZ threatens to arrest Malawians using the Lake

Jan 21, 2016 684

...Mutharika insists Tanzania should forget Lake Malawi ...Magufuli bulldozes claim over Lake Malawi government says it is waiting for Tanzania’s response on a diplomatic cable Lilongwe sent to Dodoma protesting the latter’s decision to issue… ...

Revealed: MCP planning a coup against Chakwera

Jan 19, 2016 195

...accused of taking the party ‘as his’ Days after he got criticized by some party officials for apologizing for the atrocities that the party’s father, late Hastings Kamuzu Banda did to Malawians, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader,… ...