2 chiefs, 6 advisers jailed over defilement case
The First Grade Magistrate Court sitting at Chilobwe, Kasiya, in Lilongwe has sentenced two village heads and their six advisers to one year and six months for handling a defilement case and charging the suspect a K150,000 fine.
Group Village Headwoman (GVH) Mkwekwete and Village Headman (VH) Mandindi and their six advisers, namely Chaseta Mussa, Justin Bisayi, Lambulira Kamtchotsa, Chipiliro John, Kiliniwero Chidzalo and Hadison...
Court discharges 79-year old man from defilement case
The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Dedza has discharged 79-year-old Yotamu Kaliyopa from an offense of defilement that he was accused of.
Kaliyopa was arrested by Kabwazi Police in March on suspicion that he impregnated his teenage granddaughter who was under his custody.
It was reported that the mother of the victim is the one who discovered that the girl was pregnant and when asked, the...
Too much delays in the progress of constructing various facilities at MCHS in Lilongwe
The Parliamentary Committee on Education has expressed dissatisfaction with the prolonged delays in the construction of various facilities at the Malawi College of Health Sciences in Lilongwe funded through the Sector Wide Approach.
The sentiment were made during a meeting involving representatives from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Ministry of Health, and the Presidential Delivery Unit aimed at assessing the progress of constructing the...
Govt lament over unavailability of foreign exchange
The Ministry of Energy says unavailability of foreign exchange is a major obstacle that has impeded the procurement of materials for the initiation of the Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MaREP) project phase 9.
The project seeks to increase access to electricity for people in Peri-urban and rural areas as part of Government’s effort to reduce poverty, transform rural economies, improve productivity and improve the quality...
20 year old man earns 4 years imprisonment for burglary and theft in Zomba
Senior Resident Magistrate court in Zomba has sentenced a 20 year old man to 3 years and 12 months imprisonment for burglary and theft.
State Prosecutor Chimpazi Katukwana has identified the convict as Kako Mazunda.
Katukwana told the court that Mazunda, during the night of March 26, 2023, the convict broke into the house of Cecilia Mkandawire and stole two Itel cellphones, a decoder, a torch...
