Kasungu Archives

MEC support staff arrested for stealing electoral equipment

Dec 15, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a 23-year-old Biometric Voter Registration Kit (BVRK) operator for stealing registration equipment. The operator stole a power bank worth K35,000. Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza confirmed… ...

Man kills Gule wamkulu in self-defence

Dec 14, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested a man aged 23 for killing another man who was in Gule wamkulu regalia. The murdered man has been identified as Ganizani Soko. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Chifisi… ...

Hyena kills Malawi girl, 2

Nov 26, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A hyena on Saturday killed a two-year-old girl at her parents’ tobacco field in Kasungu. The incident happened at Mseu in the area of Traditional Authority Njombwa in the district. Deputy Public Relations Officer Harry… ...

Girl, 10, dies in road accident

Nov 13, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 10-year-old girl has died after being hit by a motor vehicle in Kasungu district. The accident occurred at Bua Trading Centre near Kanganjobvu Primary School along Kasungu- Lilongwe M1 road at around 8am over… ...

Girl, 3, dies in house

Nov 04, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A three-year-old child died on Wednesday in Kasungu following a house fire. The incident occurred at Goliati village in the district at around 3pm when the girl was sleeping. Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer Harry… ...

Thugs rob priest in Kasungu

Sep 15, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are hunting for six people who broke into the house of a Catholic Church priest and stole K800,000 and a laptop. The robbery occurred during the night of Monday around 01:30 hours… ...

Man kills brother

Sep 13, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested 23-year-old man for killing his brother. Kasungu Police Public Relations officer Harry Namwaza said the incident occurred during the night of September 8 at around 3pm at Katandika village in… ...

Two boys drown in stream

Sep 01, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Two boys aged 16 and 15 have died after drowning in a stream in Kasungu district. Police have identified the two as Joshua Banda and Gerald Manda. Kasungu Police spokesperson Namwaza said the incident occurred… ...

Man gets five years for trafficking 19 people

Aug 28, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to five years in prison with hard labour (IHL) for trafficking 19 persons. The court heard that the convict Nika Nthara trafficked 19 persons… ...

Sex worker nabbed for raping 12-year- old boy

May 23, 2018 Martha Chikoti 5 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested a 40-year-old sex worker operating within Kasungu boma for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. Confirming on this, Kasungu Deputy Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza identified the suspect as Mercy Kadosa.… ...

Police assaulted sex worker who helped them catch thief

May 21, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 6 &

Police in Kasungu assaulted a sex worker with a panga knife after she helped them arrest a notorious criminal. The sex worker Chimwemwe Chariwa told the local media that the law enforcers physically assaulted her… ...

DPP govt asked to walk the talk

May 11, 2018 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Kasungu North West Parliamentarian Bauden Mtonga has asked the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government to go back to its manifesto and make sure it fulfils its promises. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Member of Parliament… ...

18-year-old man nabbed for raping granny

May 07, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu have arrested an 18-year-old man for raping a 73-year-old woman in Kasungu. Kasungu Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza said this happened at Jalang'ombe village, Traditional Authority Mwase in the… ...

Kasungu municipal angers learners

Apr 23, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Angry students from Chankhanga Primary School in Kasungu this morning stormed the district’s municipal offices in protest against the council’s decision to sell a football ground that belong to the school. Reports show that the… ...

Body found buried in bush

Apr 16, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are hunting for criminals who murdered a man and buried him in a bush. The man who is yet to be identified and is believed to be between 20 and 30 years… ...