Month: May 2019 Posts

Dausi drags Chilima to court

May 08, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 3 &

Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has sued Vice President Saulos Chilima following the UTM leader’s claim that Dausi was behind the fire which destroyed a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in 2014. According to… ...

MCP calls for Dausi’s arrest

May 04, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has called for the arrest of Homeland Security Minister Nicholas Dausi following revelations that he set a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse on fire in 2014. Vice President Saulos Chilima revealed… ...

Dausi burned MEC warehouse in 2014 – Chilima

May 01, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 4 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima says Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi was behind the fire that damaged a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in Lilongwe weeks after the 2014 elections. The UTM presidential candidate made… ...

US donates K3 billion for disaster relief

Apr 11, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The United States has donated to Malawi government US$4.3 million (about K3.1 billion) towards Malawi's flood disaster recovery operations. This is according to US Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer who announced the donation on Wednesday,… ...

UNHCR airlifts relief items into Malawi

Apr 03, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, has airlifted into Malawi relief items to support 10,000 people who were affected by floods in different parts of this country. The relief items landed in the country on… ...

Chagwa Dam in Zomba weakens

Mar 22, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Zomba residents have been warned to prepare for more flooding as Chagwa Dam which is on top of the Zomba Mountain is likely to burst. This is according to a statement from the Ministry of… ...

Malawi floods death toll hits 28

Mar 10, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says 28 people have died and 124 injuries following heavy rains that hit the Sour then Region last week. A total of 45, 312 households (approximately 226,560 people)… ...

CHRR questions Dausi’s apology, demands his resignation

Feb 26, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has said it is not convinced with Homeland Security Minister Nicholas Dausi's apology and has demanded the minister to resign over his remarks on the ongoing killings… ...

Dausi apologises over senseless remarks on genocide of people with albinism

Feb 25, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Malawians not amused: demand Dausi to resign Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has apologised for his remarks on the killings and abductions of persons with albinism. In a statement today, the minister said he… ...

MCP demands Dausi step down

Feb 22, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has demanded Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi to step down over his recent remarks about persons with albinism. In a statement yesterday signed by publicity secretary Maurice Munthali, the… ...

Ex-prisoners benefit from free technical training

Feb 15, 2019 Towera Chisi - MEC Stringer 0 &

Fifty one ex-prisoners on Wednesday  graduated in carpentry, tailoring and electrical installations in Balaka as so to empower them with vocational skills. The training was conducted under a project called vocational skills, training and empowerment… ...

Dausi visits Chiradzulu accident victims

Jan 18, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi visited victims of the Chiradzulu lorry accident at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) on Thursday. The people got injured when a lorry they were traveling in on their way… ...

Three die after two houses collapse

Jan 15, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 53-year-old woman and two girls aged two and six died over the weekend in Mangochi and Balaka districts when walls of houses they were sleeping in collapsed following heavy rains . Patuma Welemu and… ...

K53 billion cashgate: Mutharika, Dausi embroiled in a secret deal

Jan 13, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika and Minister of Homeland Security, Nicholas Dausi, will be direct beneficiaries in a clandestine deal in which some Indian-owned companies are claiming 53 billion Kwacha from government over a non-performing contract… ...

Malawi Parliament passes bill allowing dual citizenship

Dec 13, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Parliament has passed a bill that allows Malawians to have dual citizenship. The Malawi Citizenship Act Amendment Bill which which was passed in the House on Wednesday among other things recognises dual citizenship. Speaking… ...