Gov’t Reform Policies Get Mixed Reactions In Malawi Governance commentators have received government’s launch of two policies aimed at transforming the civil service with mixed reactions, with some saying it is too little and others arguing they will help Capital Hill to improve performance. Last week, Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara… Read More »
Local leaders want police to join cholera fight In Malawi Local leaders in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwirang’ombe in Karonga say they will seek police intervention to force some households to use water treated with chlorine to avert a cholera outbreak. Group village head Gangamwali on Tuesday said it is worrisome that some people were refusing chlorine administered by… Read More »
Synod Introduces K1bn Inclusive Education Project At Malawi The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia Education Department has introduced a K1 billion project on inclusive education to reach out to 574 secondary and primary schools. Briefing the Nkhata Bay District Executive Committee (DEC) on Tuesday, project manager Thomas Nkhonjera said the synod wants to achieve equal access to education for… Read More »
Salima Fisp beneficiaries up 15% (Malawi) The number of beneficiaries of the 2018/2019 Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp) in Salima has gone up by 15 percent from 20 000 people last growing season to 23 000 this year. In an interview on Monday, Salima district agricultural development officer Michael Cheyo confirmed the increase, saying all ground arrangements are… Read More »
Met forecasts floods, dry spells in Nsanje ( Malawi) The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has forecasted that some parts of Nsanje District will likely be hit by either floods or dry spells in the 2018/19 rainy season due to impending El Nino. Chief meteorologist responsible for weather forecasting in the Department of Climate Change and… Read More »
NGO challenges boys to protect girls At Malawi Malawi Girl Guides Association (Magga) says empowerment of boys in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is vital in the prevention of early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Magga coordinator Jonas Chisale said this on Sunday at Makwawa Scouts Camp in Zomba during a three-day boys’ camp under the organisation’s… Read More »
Mulli’s Lhomwe, DPP link draws outrage Months after disputing the link between Mulhako wa Alhomwe and governing DPP, the cultural grouping’s chairperson Leston Mulli has come under fire for tribalising the party and politicising the ethnic group. Opposition political parties and some analysts yesterday said by suggesting during the Muhlako wa Alhomwe 11th anniversary celebrations at Chonde in… Read More »
AG defies CSOs on K270bn case Attorney General (AG) Charles Mhango says he will not step aside as lead defence lawyer in the K270.4 billion claim case by businessperson Leston Mulli and his enterprises. Civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) in a statement issued on Sunday, argued the AG’s involvement in… Read More »
Red Cross intensifies cholera prevention At Malawi Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) has intensified efforts to prevent a possible cholera outbreak in 19 cholera-prone districts. The organisation is targeting 50 000 households in hotspot areas of Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Salima, Balaka, Mangochi, Machinga, Zomba, Phalombe, Mulanje, Blantyre, Mwanza, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Lilongwe, Dedza, Ntcheu and Kasungu. MRCS… Read More »
Minister Chiumia, five MPs face axe …several PSs, Directors, DCs in trouble too Six lawmakers including Civic Education Minister Grace Chiumia could lose parliamentary seats after the assets office wrote Speaker of the National Assembly to declare their seats vacant. Public Declarations of Assets and Liabilities director Christopher Tukula confirmed in an interview that the office has also… Read More »