Month: February 2017 Posts

Two men nabbed for raping girl

Feb 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 18 &

Police in Chikhwawa district have arrested two men for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl after enticing her with food and money. The two, Innocent Petulo, 34 and Innocent Dunga 18, are reported to have been… ...

Two nabbed for stealing from school

Feb 13, 2017 Luke Bisani 2 &

Police in Chikhwawa have arrested two men suspected to have stolen various items from Dzumira Secondary School in the district. The two, Martin John, 27, and Love Sikutaya, 26, broke into the headmaster’s office and… ...

Government falling to renovate centre for blind children

Feb 11, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 4 &

A child centred non-governmental organization has criticized government for failing to renovate Makande Visually Impaired Resource Centre in Chikhwawa which was gutted down by fire in January 2014. Speaking to Malawi24 in an interview, Country… ...

Malawian health worker caught having sex in hospital

Feb 06, 2017 Bright Malenga 125 &

A health worker at Chikhwawa District Hospital is facing disciplinary action after he was found having sex with a woman while patients were waiting for him, Malawi24 can report. Chikhwawa District Hospital official Moses Jere… ...

Chikhwawa conducts campaign to move people from flood prone areas

Jan 25, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 10 &

Authorities in Chikhwawa have decided to carry out area to area campaign to sensitize communities in flood prone areas to move to safer areas as one way of protecting them from possible floods this year.… ...

People living with HIV cry foul over relief items

Jan 25, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 9 &

Persons living with HIV in Chikhwawa district have faulted traditional leaders for not considering them when it comes to relief food items. The revelations came when the district held World Aids Day commemoration at Tomali… ...

Chikhwawa to hold K3.5 million inter-constituency trophy

Jan 24, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 9 &

Football lovers in Chikhwawa district especially from the two constituencies of Chikhwawa South and Central should expect to have a good time soon as Members of Parliament (MPs) for the two constituencies have planned to… ...

Malawians urged to use toilets properly

Nov 21, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 4 &

Malawians have been urged to start constructing and using toilets properly with the aim of reducing the spread of sanitary diseases. Elizabeth Kwelepeta, chairlady for Water for People in Chikhwawa, made the remarks on Saturday… ...

Man arrested for kidnaping child

Nov 02, 2016 Martha Chikoti 18 &

A 60 year-old man is in Chikhwawa Police custody after he was caught abducting a two year-old girl on Sunday. Police in the district have identified the suspect as Fraction Kathumba. The law enforcers said… ...

Lack of safety homes hampering delivery of justice in Chikwawa

Oct 27, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 3 &

Authorities in Chikwawa have singled out the need for the construction of safety homes in the district as one way of ensuring that victims of various crimes are kept there for a smooth monitoring of… ...

Alcohol continues claiming lives in Malawi

Oct 18, 2016 Bright Malenga 92 &

Two people have died in Chikhwawa for drinking alcohol on an empty stomach, Malawi24 has learnt. The two have been identified as Wyson Phokonyo, 30, from Ntwana village and Martin Mafunga, 29, from Chadula village… ...

K130m embezzled at Chikhwawa council

Oct 15, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 8 &

…ineffective procurement committee faulted Lack of a vibrant internal procurement committee at Chikhwawa district council has been singled out as a huge factor making public officers to connive with communities to embezzle millions of funds… ...

Man stoned to death for skinning child’s skull

May 28, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 465 &

A man in Chikhwawa has been killed after he was found skinning his child’s skull. According to a source, the man wanted to take out the child’s brain in order to sell it. The child… ...

Angry mob damages police station in Chikwawa

May 26, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 106 &

An angry mob in Chikwawa district this morning broke into Makhuwila police station in order to kill a murder suspect. According to Chikwawa police relations officer Sub inspector Mark Mmunama, the incident happened after the… ...

Circumcision gone wrong…boy loses penis in Chikhwawa

May 18, 2016 Kondwan Kamanga 425 &

…Family demands K10 million The Malawi Ministry of Health through Chikhwawa DHO has received a notice of intended suit which is demanding Government through Chikhwawa District Hospital to pay k10million in damages for disfigurement and… ...