Steve Kalungwe
A renowned humanitarian and business woman Triephornia Bender Daza has bailed out the Neno district council office by paying a 5 million kwacha water bill.
The Neno district council authorities say lack of a tarmac road, permanent council offices and use of acting heads of departments are some of the issues choking development of the district.
The people of Neno who have been the immediate beneficiaries of the Save the Children-Italy funded Localisation Pilot Project have said "Thank You" to the project as it phases out this month.
The Neno District Youth and Sports officer Ian Sukali has challenged the youths to make full use of the Neno Integrated Youth and Development Centre in a bid to further decrease child marriages and harmful practices perpetrated by idleness.
BERTHA Investments in Neno district has joined hands with the district council in garbage collection from all markets and turn them into compost manure as a way of combating cholera and malaria among other infections.
The Civil Society Network on Climate Change in Malawi (CISONECC) has challenged the people of Neno to adopt sustainable climate change adaptation methods that would reduce impact of disasters among the vulnerable groups of people.
A 92-year-old retired pastor, Milton Sosola has encouraged pensioneires in the country to venture into modern farming as a way of getting extra money apart from their pension benefits.
Police at Zalewa roadblock in Neno have intercepted a truck loaded with forest products (charcoal) without permit.
Health authorities in Neno district say they have contained the cholera outbreak at Chiwale Secondary School which reported eleven active cases of the disease last week.