Prophet tells girl to undress during prayers
You might have heard of prophets of doom, prophets of all sorts and a Malawian prophet has sprung one surprise: a prophet of nakedness. A prophet in Malawi ordered a young girl aged 18 to… ...
Month: October 2018 Posts
Dowa council to raise salaries for employees
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… ...
Govt asked to construct new hospital in Dowa
Inkosi Mponela of Dowa has pleaded with government to build a new Dowa District Hospital in the district. The call has come at an opportune time before President Peter Mutharika after people of the district… ...
Woman, 94, brutally murdered in Dowa
Police in Dowa are hunting for unknown assailants who have murdered a 94-year-old woman at Chilomba village in the area of Senior Chief Msakambewa in the district. According to Dowa police Public Relations Officer Sergeant… ...
Pastor rapes teenage girl
Police in Dowa have arrested a 55-year-old Evangelical Pentecostal Church pastor for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. According to Dowa police station spokesperson Richard Kaponda, the girl has this year sat for Primary School… ...
Cattle thief torched to death in Dowa
Angry villagers in Dowa on Friday torched to death a man believed to have come from Area 25 in Lilongwe for being suspected of stealing cows. The incident happened at Chivala Village, Traditional Authority Mkukula… ...
59 survive road accident in Dowa
At least 59 people survived with injuries when a lorry which they were travelling in overturned on Saturday morning in Dowa. According to Dowa police station spokesperson Richard Kaponda, a Hino Ranger which was being… ...
Alcohol kills man
A 60-year-old man has died in Dowa after drinking kachaso on an empty stomach. Dowa Police Public Relations Officer Richard Mwakayoka Kaponda identified the deceased as Michael Phambala. Kaponda said the incident occurred over the… ...
Govt tells Chinese constructor to involve locals in road project
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has advised the Chinese contractor for the second phase of the K3.4 billion Dowa-Chezi road to involve locals in the project. Mhango said government wants the locals… ...
Dowa council dates HSAs on ‘Ndisakanizeni’ powder
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… ...
FDH teller steals K11.5 million
A teller working for FDH Bank in Dowa is on the run after stealing K11.5 million from the bank. The teller, Joseph Moyo, stole the money on Monday after faking illness. According to… ...
Government accused of sneakily elevating chief
Traditional leaders in Dowa have faulted government for elevating a chief in the district to Sub-Traditional Authority (STA). Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday installed Traditional Authority Chakhaza and elevated… ...
No arrangement yet for refugees to register sim cards
Refugees and asylum seekers residing at Dzaleka in Dowa and Luwani in Mwanza will not register their sim cards in the ongoing registration exercise since they do not have national identity cards. During a sensitization… ...
Dowa chief goes back to school
A Senior Group village head in Dowa has enrolled in Form One, 17 years after dropping out while in Form Two. Senior Group village head woman Jonasi, whose real name is Chifuniro Ndelemani Katsache is… ...
Youth press council over stadium
Youth in Dowa have called on the district’s council to upgrade a community centre ground in the district. The young people say the council has for years failed to build a fence around Dowa community… ...
