Month: October 2018 Posts

Dowa council to raise salaries for employees

Oct 01, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Dowa District Council has promised to increase salaries for its direct staff by 10 percent. This is a welcome development to the council's junior staff who at one time sealed off the District Commissioner's… ...

Dowa to introduce e-ticketing system for collecting market fees

Jun 24, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Dowa District Council is expected to be the first council in Malawi to introduce the electronic ticketing system of collecting market fees. The system will be piloted in Dowa boma and Mponela markets starting on… ...

Dowa council dates HSAs on ‘Ndisakanizeni’ powder

May 25, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa District Council has assured Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) and Agricultural extension workers who will be working in the micronutrient Ndisakanizeni powder government program that they will be given full support in order to… ...

Mponela market operating without public toilet

Apr 03, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Traditional Authority Mponela and Dowa District Council vice chairperson Georgina Chunga have pleaded with the Dowa District Council to build a public toilet at Mponela trading centre's main market. Chief Mponela and Councillor Chunga, who… ...

Dowa council approves DDF budget

Mar 24, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Dowa district council has approved District Development Fund (DDF) allocation of K205 million for proposed projects in the district. It was recommended that DDF for 2018 /19 be used for the projects as prioritised… ...

Chief slams social cash transfer

Mar 15, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

Senior Chief Msakambewa has described the K2,600 given to poor households per month through the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) as a mockery to the Dowa people. Chief Msakambewa said people of Dowa have for… ...

NGO calls for rumble surfaces at Mponela trading centre

Feb 21, 2018 Bright Malenga 3 &

The Roads Authority (RA) and Dowa District Council have been urged to construct rumble surfaces at Mponela trading centre on the Kasungu to Lilongwe M1 road. A non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the district has said… ...