Mchinji Archives

Six arrested for setting ablaze houses over land dispute

Nov 25, 2016 Bright Malenga 0 &

Six members of the same family are in police custody in Mchinji district after they set ablaze five houses belonging to fellow villagers following a dispute over land. Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer Kaitano Lubrino… ...

72 learners involved in road accident: two seriously injured

Nov 24, 2016 Bright Malenga 1 &

Two school learners of Kaigwazanga primary school in Mchinji sustained serious fractures following a road accident which occurred on Sunday in the district. Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer Kaitano Lubrino said that the school, against… ...

17 girls back in class in Mchinji

Nov 17, 2016 Bright Malenga 9 &

A Mchinji based non-governmental organisation, Community Initiative for Social Empowerment (CISE), has managed to persuade 17 girls to go back to school after they dropped out. CISE Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mwanza said the 17… ...

Men nabbed for ‘marrying’ Standard 3 pupil

Nov 08, 2016 Bright Malenga 43 &

Three people are in police custody in Mchinji district after they were found keeping in their house three underage girls with the aim of sexually abusing them. Mchinji Police Public Relations Officer Kaitano Lubrino said… ...

Five years only for men who wanted to sell their nephews at K300,000

Nov 01, 2016 Bright Malenga 25 &

A court in Mchinji district has sentenced two men to five years imprisonment for attempting to sell their two nephews. The two cousins, Yesaya Etifala and Ackim James, last week approached a businessman in the… ...

Cousins in for attempting to sell nephews

Oct 24, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 8 &

Two people of the same family in Mchinji district are in police custody after they attempted to sell their two nephews. According to Mchinji police spokesperson, Kaitano Lubrino, the two suspects are Yesaya Etifala, 31,… ...

Fire leaves Mchinji vendors desperate

Oct 23, 2016 Luke Bisani 48 &

Hours after business operators were left in a somber mood following a fierce fire that burnt shops at a bus depot in Mulanje district, vendors from Mchinji have also faced the same fate after fire… ...