News In Northern Region (501)
Incapacitated HACs Fueling Drug Theft in Health Facilities - Local NGO
Ensure Quality Public Infrastructure Projects, Dr Chilima Tells Nkhatabay Chiefs
Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has tipped traditional leaders to start supervising public infrastructure projects that are being implemented in their respective areas for quality assurance.
CSAT Gives Parley Committees 7 Days to Disclose Officers Yet to Declare Assets
Center for Social Accountability and Transparency-CSAT has given the public appointments committee of parliament and the parliamentary monitoring committee 7 days to publicly disclose the names of public officers and members of Parliament who have defied the law by failing to declare their assets
Govt Will Complete All Unfinished Projects - Chilima
Vice President Saulosi Chilima says government will complete the construction of all the unfinished projects in the country including the 6.7 billion kwacha Jenda - Edingeni road in Mzimba district.
Contractors Miss Deadlines to Complete Public Projects in the North
Almost all government funded construction projects in the north have missed their deadlines for completion.
Green Belt Authority Decries Low Funding
The Green Belt Authority has attributed low funding for contributing to the slow pace for the construction of the 30 billion kwacha Ilora-Nthola irrigation scheme project in Karonga.
Police in RU Arrest Woman For Aiding Illegal Immigrants
Police in Rumphi is keeping in custody a woman while her husband is on the run, for aiding 19 illegal immigrants.
Local Councils Feast on Covid-19 Funds as Officials Pocket Hefty Allowances
While health workers in remote based health centers were struggling to work in the wake of the raging corona virus, their bosses at district health offices and councils were wallowing in covid 19 funds - Pocketing daily subsistence allowances, diverting funds to non covid19 activities and in some instances inflating figures on covid19 PPEs.
Mmbelwa District Council Petitioned For Adjusting Taxes Upwards Without Consultations
Some concerned small scale business owners in Mzimba have petitioned the Mmbelwa district council to stop new hiked taxes saying they were instituted without consultations .
Two NGOs Team up To End GBV in Mzimba and Nkhatabay Districts
Two upcoming NGOs in the north - Purple innovation for women and girls and Mzuzu Entrepreneurial hub will embark on a two year project dubbed 'Wukani stop violence against women and girls' aimed at curbing the rising cases of gender based violence in Mzimba south and Nkhata - bay districts with funding from the spotlight initiative.
