Month: April 2021 Posts

Cultural practices blamed for high illiteracy rate in Chikwawa

Apr 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chikwawa District Youth Office says cultural practices have contributed to the 42 percent illiteracy rate among girls in the district. District Youth Officer Macnell Shire was speaking at Masanduko Primary School in the district recently… ...

Police arrest mother of missing child with albinism

Apr 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have arrested the mother of a 20-month child with albinism who went missing on March 26 this year. The law enforcers said in a  Facebook post yesterday that the woman identified as Carolyn Sazio,… ...

Electoral stakeholders intensify efforts to ensure peace during by-elections

Mar 29, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Electoral Stakeholders in Chikwawa have intensified efforts to ensure that  no incidence of violence is registered during Tuesday's by-elections and after the polls. This follows reports of some incidence of violence already registered in other… ...

MCP parliamentary candidate survives car accident in Chikwawa

Mar 25, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate for Chikwawa East, Foster Thipiwa, on Wednesday afternoon escaped with minor cuts after a vehicle he was driving overturned three times at a place called Monjo. The accident occurred… ...

MCP candidate in Chikwawa East promises road, police unit

Mar 22, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate for Chikwawa East has mentioned the construction of a police unit and construction of Thabwa-Livunzu-Fatima road as his development priorities for the area if he gets elected in the… ...

Mobile phone network challenges in Chikwawa worry chiefs

Mar 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chiefs at Thelere in Chikwawa say mobile phone network challenges are negatively affecting the economic wellbeing of people in the area. Speaking during an interview on Tuesday, Group Village Headman (GVH) Thelere said such is… ...

UTM supporters back independent candidate in Chikwawa

Mar 09, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

UTM members on Tuesday showed support for independent parliamentary aspirant for Chikwawa East Constituency Phoebe Mtembenuzenu when she was presenting her nomination letters for the upcoming by-elections. The supporters who were clad in UTM party… ...

Former DPP MP withdraws from parliamentary race in Chikwawa

Mar 08, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Former Chikwawa East parliamentarian, Ragson Kamunda Chirwa, who was contesting in the 30 March by-elections on an independent ticket, has withdrawn his candidature and has endorsed Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)s aspirant for the area Ginford… ...

Khumbanyiwa intensifies campaign for re-election

Mar 04, 2021 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Former Parliamentarian for Chikwawa East Constituency Rodrick Khumbanyiwa, whose win in the 2019 elections was nullified by the court, has intensified campaign for the March 30 by-election. Speaking at a rally he held in Group… ...

Deputy Minister Abida Mia secures K68m grant for clinic construction

Feb 25, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Deputy Minister of Lands Honourable Abida Sidik Mia who is also Member of Parliament for Chikwawa Mkombezi constituency has received $90,000 (about K68 million) from the Japanese Embassy to construct a clinic in her constituency.… ...

Illovo donates to Kasinthula isolation center

Feb 12, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Illovo Sugar Malawi has donated assorted items worth K40 million to Kasinthula COVID-19 Isolation Center in Chikwawa. The company made the donation on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 through the Chikwawa district hospital. The donated items… ...

Prosecutors want more than 14 years in prison for rapist

Jan 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The case of convicted rapist, 38-year-old Leonard Kanyama, in Chikwawa has been referred to the Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Blantyre as prosecutors want more than 14 years in prison for the convict. Kanyama was… ...

Man jailed 7 years for attempting to sell son

Dec 30, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to sell his 14-year-old biological son for K4 million. The man has been identified as Kamfosi Nkhanyira. Police prosecutor Sergeant Emmanuel Namarwa… ...

Illovo Sugar Malawi engages community leaders on Gender Based Violence

Dec 30, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Illovo Sugar Malawi in partnership with Red Cross Malawi has called for community leaders in Chikwawa to join the noble cause of eliminating Gender Based Violence among communities in Malawi. Illovo partnered with Red Cross… ...

Youths empowered to demand sexual and reproductive health rights

Dec 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A network of local non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) that has been championing the Get Up, Speak Out (GUSO) Project in Chikwawa says the project has helped to empower the youth in the district to demand for… ...