Malawi electoral commission says will hold discussions with electoral stakeholders on better management of funding for elections to avoid hiccups in achieving free and fair elections.

Homeland security minister, Richard Chimwendo Banda, says immigration and citizenship service need to be decentralized in all the districts as a measure of controlling corruption and other malpractices fuelled by congestion in regional offices.

The Malawi Economic Justice Network-MEJN says increasing awareness and capacity of citizens, local structures and CSOs is key in fighting the widening social and economic inequalities in the country.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi ESCOM board chairperson Dr. Jean Mathanga and Chief executive officer, John Kandulu for allegedly abusing their offices in procurements worth 4 billion kwacha without following procedures.

Sixty-six Indians who are accused of working in the country illegally have until Monday next week to know if they will be granted bail or not after Senior Resident Magistrates Court in Lilongwe reserved its ruling.

Mangochi Police Station organized station executive committee meeting in which it had an opportunity to invite Eastern Region Executive Committee Chairperson, Mr. Dan Phiri, and Eastern Region Community Policing Coordinator Superintendent Horrace Chabuka to spice up the gathering.