Dowa Archives

Dowa rape case: Police set up task team

Oct 31, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has set up an independent task team to investigate the rape of a teenager in police custody. According to MPS spokesperson James Kadadzera, the Inspector General of Police has set… ...

Dowa DC worried over briefcase NGOs

Oct 31, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

District Commissioner for Dowa, Alex Mdooko, has expressed concern over increasing number of ineffective Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Dowa saying their projects do not benefit people in the district. Mdooko said the organisations are good… ...

Prophet tells girl to undress during prayers

Oct 22, 2018 Richard Jimu 1 &

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… ...

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… ...

Govt asked to construct new hospital in Dowa

Aug 23, 2018 Mercy Kawenga 0 &

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

Jul 23, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

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

Jul 23, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

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… ...