Nanyumbu Second Grade Magistrate’s Court in Machinga has convicted and sentenced 40 Year old Pichesi Kasalang’ombe to 11 years and 7 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for armed robbery. State Prosecutor Constable Gift Kalamula...
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Malawi Police in Machinga are desperately looking for a 22 year old person with albinism amid fears that he was abducted from his house. Eastern region police spokesperson James Sauka said the hunt for Macdonald...
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Malawi police have arrested one of their own cops for allegedly taking part in the abduction of a man with albinism, Macdonald Masambuka, 22, of Nakawa Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkoola in Machinga District in...
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Machinga District Hospital has indefinitely suspended a clinician, just a week after his arrest,on allegations that he took part in the killing MacDonald Masambuka, a young person with albinism whose body was found in the...
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Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka has challenged teachers, learners and parents in Machinga to erase the label that depicts Machinga as one of the districts with highest illiteracy levels. He made the...
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The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka on Thursday demonstrated government’s commitment to improve education standards in the country by handing over about 1,000 desks to eleven primary schools in Machinga district. Some...
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A Catholic priest at Zomba Diocese has been arrreste over the recent abduction and murder of a 22-year-old person with albinism, Mcdonald Masambuka of Machinga, police say. Masambuka’s body was found on April 1 by...
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The vice president of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the Eastern Region, Bright Msaka, over the weekend stormed Machinga Likwenu constituency, accelerating his pace for a parliamentary seat in the May 2019 polls. A...
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Malawi Police in Machinga have arrested and are keeping in custody two men for allegedly being found in possession of a firearm without licence. Police identified the two as Richard Ndemanga (31) and Thomson Wahwa...
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Lack of parental commitment to end child marriages and unavailability of education sponsorships are frustrating efforts to curb this practice in Machinga District, traditional leaders have said during a legal clinic organized by Zanzibar University Muslim...
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The missing and eventual death of Mc Donald Masambuka, a young man with albinism, remains a gloomy and troubling thought to people in Machinga, a district in the eastern part of Malawi. In May this...
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People in Khungwa village in Traditional Authority (TA) Ngokwe in Machinga over the week end were stunned after children hunting for grasshoppers found a sack with what is believed to be human bones. Machinga police...
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Initiation ceremonies are still contributing to high dropout rate of girls in schools in Machinga despite efforts to curb the vice. Associate Professor of Research Centre for Social Research, Alister Munthali said this on Monday...
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Machinga Development Association (MADAS) has written to Malawi Government strongly demanding that its Ministry of Education Science and Technology should not relocate the 120 students who were selected to start their Form One at Machinga Boarding Secondary School for...
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In a bid to give more girls and boys a chance to attain secondary education, the United States government has handed over four newly constructed community day secondary schools in Machinga, in a move Malawi...
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Some villagers in Machinga have come across a military explosive which police suggest could be a rocket propelled grenade. The villagers said they immediately reported the matter to their traditional leaders who in turn reported...
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Liwonde First Grade Magistrate Court on Friday convicted and ordered Sulaimana Douglas, 37, Sharifu Puluma, 36 and Julius Kandodo, 31, to pay a fine of K75, 000 or in default serve a 12 months imprisonment...
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Machinga Development Association (MADAS) has petitioned Machinga District Commissioner Bester Mandere that his office should urgently renovate the roof of classrooms at Malundani Community Day Secondary School which was blown off by strong winds in December last year....
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Founder and chairperson of Budala Women’s Group in Machinga, Ella Zande, on Monday returned from the United States of America (USA) where she represented 65 countries at the launch of the Women’s Global Development and...
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Friends of Machinga on Tuesday donated milk and Likuni Phala to families that were hit by flush floods in Machinga early last month. Friends of Machinga Chairperson, Grey Natoto Mphithi said the grouping decided to...
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