Month: September 2018 Posts

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… ...