News In Central Region (1334)
NU Children's Parley Wants CDF Bursary Back to Min of Gender
Children's Parliament in Ntcheu has resolved that the school bursary scheme which currently is being controlled through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) should revert back to the Ministry of Gender as deserving needy students are not benefiting from the current arrangement.
MEC Warns Misinformation Could Affect Constituency Demarcation
For over two decades now the Malawi Electoral Commission has not conducted any constituency demarcations despite this being one of its’ several constitutional mandates.
Chakwera Echo His Service to Malawi
President Lazarus Chakwera took advantage of this year’s commemoration of Kamuzu Day to caution the citizenry against backbiting if the country is to realize the development vision under the Tonse Alliance administration.
Malawian Tobacco Industry Receives a Boost
The Malawi tobacco industry has received a boost with the coming in of a new company from Serbia to start buying the leaf this selling season.
Chilima Calls For Formulation Of National Health Roadmap For Improved Health Services
Malawi’s Vice president Dr. Saulosi Chilima has acknowledged the need to formulate a clear national health roadmap to improve delivery of care services in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
Tobacco Rakes in $24 Million in 3 Weeks of Sales
Earnings from Malawi’s top export crop, tobacco, hit $24 million by end of week three of sales after the country sold over 14.9 million kilograms at an average price of $1.66 per kilogram, according to figures from AHL Group.
Chizuma Not Confirmed as ACB Boss
After about two hours of interviewing Ombudsman Martha Chizuma for the top job at the graft busting body, Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, it has emerged that she has failed.
Rainwater Harvesting Association Ropes in School Learners
The Rainwater Harvesting Association of Malawi (RHAM) in alliance with School Colleges Permaculture Education (SCOPE-Malawi) have cast the net wide roping in primary school learners in raising awareness on rainwater harvesting technology with the construction of Calabash cisterns in selected schools across the country.
Milton Obote’s Bodyguard Returns to Uganda After 51 Yrs in Tanzania
Emotions run high in Agora Village in Soroti District on Friday afternoon as two wives were reunited with their husband, assumed dead for the past 51 years.
PMS Hands Over a House to a Beneficiary in LL
Damiano Katengeza was all smiles when the Catholic Church through the Pontifical Missionaries Society(PMS) handed over keys to his new house that was built in a space of less than a month.
