Month: November 2020 Posts

Tobacco Commission director fired for being appointed illegally

Nov 10, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Tobacco Commission (TC) Director of Human Resources and Administration has been fired because she was appointed without following procedures. In a letter dated November 9 and addressed to the Director Emily Banda Egolet, TC board… ...

Chilima urges Ombudsman to continue representing interests of Malawians

Aug 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has urged the Office of the Ombudsman to continue addressing complaints of maladministration and violation of human rights. Chilima made the remarks in Lilongwe on Wednesday when he met Ombudsman Martha… ...

Mtekama’s death shocks Malawians

Aug 05, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawians have expressed shock at the death of Head of the Criminal Investigation Department in the Malawi Police Service, Bob Mtekama. Mtekama, whose rank was Deputy Commissioner of Police, died on Tuesday at Adventist Hospital… ...

Presidential elections case interpreters recognized

Dec 21, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Office of the Ombudsman has given the Ombudsman Excellence award to the interpreters in the presidential elections case. Five interpreters from the Judiciary have received the award which is given to public officers who… ...

Office of Ombudsman awarded for performing well

Dec 21, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Office of the Ombudsman has been awarded for being the overall best performing public institution in the 2018/2019 financial year. The Overall Public Service Best Performer award was given on Thursday in Lilongwe at… ...

Perpetrators of rape are not being held accountable – Chizuma  

Dec 10, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ombudsman Martha Chizuma says the country has a huge problem when it comes to putting into practice legal frameworks related to gender based violence which gives a chance for perpetrators of rape to get away.… ...

Man jailed 14 years after girl dreams he raped her

Sep 17, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

A man from Rumphi is serving a 14-year-old jail sentence at Mzuzu Prison after he was convicted of rape based on a girl’s dream. According to Ombudsman Martha Chizuma who visited the prison on Sunday,… ...

Queen Elizabeth Hospital told to replace old water pipes

Aug 30, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ombudsman has ordered the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital to replace outdated water pipes at the facility saying they are contributing to infections. The Office of the Ombudsman said this in an investigation report titled… ...

Removal of uteruses a national tragedy requiring serious interventions – Ombudsman

Aug 24, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ombudsman Martha Chizuma says government’s failure to provide basic health care has led to 160 cases of removal of uteruses from women which is  a national tragedy requiring serious interventions. Chizuma’s office on Thursday released… ...

Court convicts two principal secretaries

Jul 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has convicted two principal secretaries of contempt of court as the sale of tractors bought using a $50 million (about K37 billion) loan continues to haunt government. Judge Charles Mkandawire… ...

Govt has abandoned street children – Ombudsman

Mar 23, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Investigations by the Office of the Ombudsman have established that government has abandoned street children and that civil servants demand allowances to follow up on cases involving street kids. A report from the probe titled… ...