District Water Development Officer for Rumphi Vincent Holowanya says 31.4% of boreholes in the district are non-functional.

Police in Rumphi are keeping four families who have been chased in their homes accusing them of practicing witchcraft in the area of Group village headman Lisa under Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe.

The Minister of Transport and Public Works Jacob Hara has given China Henan International Corporation Group Co (CHICO) two weeks to demonstrate if it has the capacity to rehabilitate the M1 Road from Kacheche to Chiweta in Rumphi District.

Chairperson for the organising committee of the Tumbuka cultural annual festival Gonapamuhanya in Rumphi, Group village headman Mchinanguwo says the event which was expected to take place tomorrow has been shifted to 19 November.

Over five thousand people are expected to benefit from a 61 million Kwacha newly constructed health post at Mjuma Village, Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe in Rumphi.

Traditional Authority Mwamlowe in Rumphi has complained that inadequate police units and officers is threatening the security of the district.

Communities in 21 villages in the area of Traditional Authority Mwalweni and Chikulamayembe in Rumphi are excited with the coming of the solar powered piped water under Transform Programme in the area.

Underfunding is said to be crippling efforts by the Rumphi District Social Welfare Office to reach out with help to people disabilities and the elderly.

National Chairperson for World day of prayer, Esther Grant has challenged women in the country to be at the forefront in helping the needy in their respective communities.

Three people have died while 27 others have sustained various degrees of injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in went off the road at Mphora bend number 13 at Hewe in Rumphi district on Saturday.