Month: April 2021 Posts

19 Ethiopians arrested for illegal entry

Apr 19, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police and immigration officials in Rumphi have arrested 19 Ethiopians for entering into Malawi without permits. They have also nabbed a 26-year-old woman Ruth Magesi who along with her husband reportedly kept the said Ethiopians… ...

Man gets 7 years in jail for house breaking, theft

Mar 30, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 21 has been sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour for house breaking and theft in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Kondwani Harawa. It was revealed that Harawa… ...

Five Congolese nationals nabbed for illegal entry

Mar 23, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Rumphi Police are keeping in custody five Congolese nationals, including a child aged 10 and another person aged 18, for entering Malawi without immigration documents. According to Police, the suspects were arrested during the night… ...

Man jailed five years for breaking into two houses

Mar 19, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in jail for breaking into two houses in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Christopher Chirambo. State Prosecutor Sub Inspector Andrew Singini told the court… ...

Three men sentenced to eight years in jail for house breaking, theft

Mar 17, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A Magistrate court in Rumphi on Monday sentenced three men to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house where they stole a Sumsang laptop and a flash disk. The Court heard… ...

Watchman jailed 12 years for burglary, sexual assault

Mar 09, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Rumphi on Monday sentenced 42-year old Mavuto Mhango to 12 years in prison for breaking into his neighbour’s house where he sexually assaulted the neighbour and chopped off her… ...

Man gets 42 months in jail for being found with firearm in Vwaza Marsh

Mar 04, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 51 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for being found with a firearm at Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Julius… ...

Rural hospitals running short of drugs: Patients told to buy

Mar 02, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Rural hospitals in the country are running short of essential medical supplies and patients are being told to be buying prescribed drugs from pharmacies. Spot check findings in rural hospitals like Chitheka in Nkhatabay and… ...

Man jailed 12 years for indecent assault

Mar 02, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 68 in Rumphi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting his own granddaughter. The First Magistrate Court in Rumphi handed out the sentence on Monday. The convict, John… ...

Baby escapes horrific accident in Rumphi, mother dies on spot

Feb 25, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

In a tragic unfolding of events, a 56-year-old woman had to throw her baby away before being hit to death by a speeding car in Rumphi on Wednesday. “The woman had a baby in her… ...

Minister Mtambo’s vehicle found in Rumphi after being stolen in Lilongwe

Feb 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Civic Education Timothy Mtambo’s ministerial vehicle has been found in Rumphi, after thugs hijacked it in Lilongwe, bundled the driver in the boot and drove away. Spokesperson of Mtambo’s Citizens for Transformation, Negracious… ...

Man killed in hit-and-run

Feb 24, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in Rumphi are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 36-year old man at Zuluwufu-Bale area in Rumphi on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Lackson Msiska. On this day, the motor… ...

Rumphi-Nthalire road in pathetic state: Chakwera urged to fulfil promise  

Feb 16, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

People who travel between Rumphi to Chitipa through Nthalire have complained over the poor state of the road connecting the two areas and have urged the Lazarus Chakwera administration to fulfil its promise to construct… ...

Man arrested for stealing culvert sheets in Rumphi

Feb 13, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 41 is in the hands of police for being found with stolen culvert sheets in Rumphi district. According to Police in the district, the man is identified as Victor Chirwa and was… ...

Road to Mwazisi in Rumphi rendered impassable

Feb 12, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Constant rains in some parts of Rumphi have rendered the road to Mwazisi, home to Malawi's first lady Monica Chakwera, impassable. Passengers are spending nights on the road, a situation most of them have described,… ...