Month: April 2017 Posts

Police impound 16 vehicles

Apr 23, 2017 Bright Malenga 20 &

Police in Dowa district have impounded sixteen motor vehicles in a traffic check that they conducted. Dowa Police Spokesperson Richard Kaponda has said that the vehicles are not fit to be on the roads and… ...

8 years for raping, impregnating granddaughter

Apr 18, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

Dowa first grade magistrate court has sentenced Wilson Banda, 52, to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter. The court through Police Prosecutor Sergeant Agnes Mphinga heard that this… ...

Teenage woman commits suicide in Dowa

Apr 04, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 19-year-old woman has committed suicide by hanging herself to the roof of her bedroom at Chidoola village in the area of Traditional Authority Mponela in Dowa. Mponela Police Spokesperson Kondwani Kandiado has identified the… ...

Women arrested for selling Kachasu

Apr 02, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Police in Dowa district have arrested 10 women for brewing kachasu and selling it. The police have also banned the women’s association which they formed to help them in their business of selling and brewing… ...

Man brutally murdered over K1500

Apr 01, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

Police in Mponela-Dowa are keeping in custody two men of the same village for murdering Kapiza Shawa, 62, over money amounting to K1500. Mponela police spokesperson Kondwani Kandiado identified the two suspects as Alfred Banda,… ...

Two die in separate accidents in Dowa

Mar 22, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Two people died on Sunday in separate road accidents that occurred in Dowa district. The first victim is a 36-year-old man who was hit by a car while the other one, a 44-year-old man, died… ...

Teenage boy drowns in dam

Mar 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 16-year old boy has died after drowning in a dam while swimming with his friends in Dowa district. The incident occurred on Friday at Kanyenje dam near Kanyenje primary school in the area of… ...