Mchinji Archives

Woman scalds girl, 4, with cooking oil

Mar 30, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Police in Mchinji have arrested 28-year-old Selina Twaibu for scalding her late sister's 4-year-old daughter. The suspect is a small scale business lady who sells "zitumbuwa" at Mkanda trading centre and has five children in… ...

Police officer rapes teenager

Mar 23, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

Police in Mchinji have arrested a 41-year-old police officer for raping a 14-year-old Standard Five girl. Mchinji police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino has confirmed the arrest of Sergeant Leonard Maluwa of Chimwankango police unit in the… ...

Man steals 3-year-old child

Nov 15, 2017 Bright Malenga 18 &

A 35-year-old man in Mchinji is in police custody for stealing a three-year-old girl. Mchinji police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino told Malawi24 that on November 8 this year, the child Rose Gositino together with her fellow… ...

Sex leads to school vandalism

Nov 11, 2017 Bright Malenga 4 &

Police in Mchinji have arrested three villagers for damaging school property. The three damaged the property in retaliation after management of the school cautioned a student involved in a sexual affair with one of the… ...

Police officers warned against demanding bail fee

Oct 31, 2017 Martha Chikoti 85 &

Malawi Police Service says it will not tolerate any police officer found demanding money from suspects in the name of bail which is for free. Central Region Commissioner of Police John Nyondo made the remarks… ...

Chimunthu Banda survives car crash

Oct 20, 2017 Russell Kondowe 64 &

Former Speaker of Malawi Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda on Friday escaped death in a car crash in Mchinji. The car Banda was driving, a Toyota Prado, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle… ...

Human trafficker gets 116 year jail term

Oct 13, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Mchinji first grade magistrate court has sentenced a man to 116 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for trafficking eleven people to Mozambique. The convict Stanley Matiya is reported to have trafficked 8 adults… ...