Month: July 2019 Posts

Social cash transfer beneficiaries affording three meals per day

Jul 07, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Implementers of the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) also known as  Mtukula Pakhomo, says the program has transformed lives of beneficiaries in Nkhotakota district. The implementers said many households have managed to buy livestock and… ...

Chimunthu Banda speaks tough on abuse of public resources

Jul 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Parliamentarian for Nkhotakota North Henry Chimunthu Banda has warned against abuse and theft of public resources in the district. Chimunthu Banda sounded the warning during the first full council meeting after the election of the… ...

Nkhotakota MCP supporters march over election results

Jun 07, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Nkhotakota took to the streets to protest against what they call electoral fraud in the just ended May 21 elections where the party lost to the Democratic Progressive Party.… ...

Muslims urged to continue being submissive to God

Jun 05, 2019 Bright Malenga 0 &

Muslim Sheikh (Cleric) has urged Muslims in the country to continue being submissive to God even after the end of the blessed month of Ramadan. Sheikh Daudi Mselemu made the call during Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers today… ...

Man arrested for attempting to vote twice

May 21, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

As Malawians are voting today in various areas of the country, a 31-year-old man Assan Kazeze who was a Local Monitor for an Independent candidate for Nkhotakota North East Constituency Francis Kapanda has been arrested… ...

Floods displace 878 people in Nkhotakota

Apr 15, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

Over 878 people in Nkhotakota have been forced out of their homes following heavy rains which fell from from Wednesday to the wee hours of Saturday. According to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, the… ...

Council warns against politicising relief items

Apr 03, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

As the official campaign period takes shape in the country, District Council officials in Nkhotakota have called on people in the district to refrain from politicising relief items saying doing so may jeopardize the effectiveness… ...

Bambo anjatwa chifukwa choluma mlomo wa mwana

Mar 17, 2019 Luke Bisani 0 &

A polisi m'boma la Nkhotakota amanga bambo wa zaka 46 chifukwa chomuganizila kuti analuma mlomo wamwana wake wamamuna. Bamboyi, Frankson Chaminju akumuganizila kuti analuma mlomo wamwana wake Chisomo Chaminju wa zaka 18 ati chifukwa chobwela… ...

Nomination exercise on course in Nkhotakota

Feb 06, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officers in Nkhotakota say they are impressed with how the nomination paper submission exercise has started in the district despite low turnup of candidates in presenting their nomination papers. A random… ...

DPP will triumph in May elections – Jeffrey

Feb 06, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General Griselda Jeffrey has called on opposition parties not to waste their time campaigning saying the ruling party will win. Jeffrey who is also who is also Member of… ...

UTM Governor reverses resignation

Jan 19, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

UTM Governor for Nkhotakota has reversed his decision to resign saying he will wait for the return of party president Saulos Chilima. Leonard Chaunga resigned as UTM Governor for Nkhotakota after being dissatisfied with the… ...

Man commits suicide in Nkhotakota

Nov 13, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 41-year-old man has hanged himself to death in Nkhotakota after suspecting his wife of seeing another man. Dick Penama committed suicide at Tadwe village in the district. According to Nkhotakota police deputy spokesperson Paul… ...

Nkhotakota MP demands Malawi to bring back JC Exams

Nov 05, 2018 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 6 &

Nkhotakota Central Constituency parliamentarian Peter Mazizi says will lobby parliamentarians to ask government to reinstate Malawi Junior Certificate exams (JCE)during the next parliamentary sitting which starts this Friday 9 November 2018. In an interview over… ...

13 govt vehicles missing in Nkhotakota

Oct 18, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Nkhotakota District Council is under pressure to explain the disappearance of 13 vehicles belonging to the council. Chiefs and Members of Parliament (MPs) have written the council calling for an extraordinary full council meeting… ...

Son murders biological mother in Nkhotakota

Aug 25, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 27-year-old man identified as Richard Kamwendo is behind bars in Nkhotakota for murdering his biological mother. Nkhotakota police deputy spokesperson Paul Malimwe said the suspect who used to stay with his grandfather was on… ...