Month: June 2020 Posts

Oxfam supports Cyclone Idai Survivors with irrigation scheme

Jun 01, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

As part of Cyclone Idai response Oxfam in Malawi has constructed a Mk41 million solar powered irrigation scheme in Phalombe district that will see 3000 people benefitting. Speaking in an interview after handing over the… ...

Increase in GBV cases worry youth organization in Phalombe

May 29, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

A youth organisation in Phalombe has expressed concern over the increase in gender based violence (GBV) cases in the district. During the period between the months of January – April 2020, the district has registered… ...

Phalombe UTM leaders join DPP

May 28, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Over 480 supporters for UTM including district and constituencies’ governors for Phalombe have defected to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of fresh presidential polls. They were all welcomed to the governing party on Wednesday… ...

Organisation donates bicycles to HSAs for Covid-19 fight

May 27, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Save the Children has donated bicycles to Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) and child protection workers in Phalombe to help in the fight against Covid-19. In total, there are 30 donated bicycles, 25 for the health… ...

Organisation to construct 380 houses for Cyclone Idai victims

May 24, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

People whose houses were affected by the Cyclone Idai which hit most parts of this country last year will get new decent houses courtesy of Habitat for Humanity in Malawi (HFHM). According to the organisation,… ...

People want Mutharika to continue leading Malawi – Phalombe MP tells Muluzi

May 19, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

As the campaign heats up ahead of fresh presidential elections, a legislator in Phalombe has assured Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance runningmate Atupele Muluzi that people in the district want… ...

Turnout for voter registration increases in Phalombe

May 07, 2020 Takondwa Velemu - MEC Stringer 0 &

National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) trust in Phalombe district says there is progress in the ongoing second phase of voter registration as the number of people who are registering per day is increasing. Speaking… ...

MEC hopes voter registration will end without disturbances

Apr 28, 2020 Takondwa Velemu - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has expressed hopes that the ongoing second phase of voter registration in readiness for the 2020 Fresh Presidential Election will be carried out without interruptions. Commissioner Dr. Moffat Banda made… ...

No national ID, no medical services in Phalombe

Apr 16, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Members of Phalombe District Council have resolved that people without national identity cards will not be allowed to get medical services in some of the health facilities in the district. The resolution was made on… ...

Man rapes, kills a 60-old woman in Phalombe

Apr 11, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Phalombe Police Station has launched a manhunt for a man who raped and then killed a 60-year-old woman during the night of 8 April, 2020 in the district. Phalombe police station's public relations officer Innocent… ...

Shopkeeper jailed 7 and a half years for theft

Apr 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate Court in Phalombe on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man to seven-and-a-half years in prison for stealing from a shop where he was working as a shopkeeper. The court heard that in… ...

Houseboy jailed for sexually abusing, impregnating 14-year-old girl

Apr 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The First Grade Court in Phalombe on Tuesday sentenced a houseboy to 8 years in prison after he sexually abused and impregnated his boss’ 14-year-old granddaughter. The convict has been identified as Mackford Sonkho. State… ...

Phalombe girl escapes hunger through tailoring

Mar 25, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

At a time when hunger has hit many parts of the country, twenty-two year-old Elizabeth Kamoto in Phalombe is using tailoring to feed her family of six. Kamoto who stays with her divorced mother and… ...

Health personnel accused of taking kickbacks from Mozambicans

Mar 24, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Medical Assistants and Nurses at Nambazo Health Centre in Phalombe district have been accused of taking sweeteners from Mozambican nationals in exchange with health services. Members of the communities around the health facility have confided… ...

Women asked to include spouses in land registration

Mar 03, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Women in Phalombe district have been asked to include their husbands as joint owners of their land during land registration under the Customary Land Act which requires people to register their land for ownership purposes.… ...