News In Brief (885)
Trio Arrested Over K5m Missing at Mwanza Council
Police in Mwanza have arrested two employees in the ministry of health and a Standard bank teller for allegedly conniving and defrauding Mwanza district council about five million Kwacha.
Ntcheu Hit by Magistrates' Shortage
Delivery of justice is being obstructed by inadequate numbers of magistrates in Ntcheu district.
Infantino Cancels Trip to Malawi
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, will not visit Malawi in his visit to Africa, the Football Association of Malawi has confirmed.
Vwaza Now Flies Monitoring Craft
Peace Parks of Germany has made available a light aircraft to help with patrols and ecological monitoring in Vwaza Wildlife Reserve in Mzimba district.
APM witness, Lawyer Chimkango, Back in Court Today
Lawyer Bob Chimkango will be back in the witness box this morning to continue responding to questions in cross-examination as the constitutional court proceeds hearing substance of the presidential election case.
Ex-minister Mussa Confesses Ignorance in Court
Former Home Affairs and Internal Security minister, Uladi Mussa, yesterday told the High Court sitting in Lilongwe that he was not aware of processes required for a foreigner to be eligible for Malawi citizenship.
Communnity Blames CEAR of Breach of CSR Agreement
Stakeholders have taken Central East African Railways (CEAR) and Vale Logistics Limited to task for alleged failure to fulfill corporate social responsibility.
UTM's Theu Boxes DPP Witness, Lawyer Chimkango
Witness number two, and the last, for President Peter Mutharika, Bob Chimkango, has begun testifying in the constitutional court currently hearing the presidential election case in Lilongwe.
Polytechnic University Hostel Up in Flames
Nyika, a student's hostel is up in flames at The Polytechnic University in Blantyre where riot police are trying to bring calm among irate learners who were attacked by armed thugs last night.
Ben Phiri Back in Witness Box for Re-examination
DPP Director of Elections Dr. Ben Phiri this morning continues to respond to questions from lawyers for President Peter Mutharika in re-examination.Phiri, this morning, told the court that some party monitors left the tally centres in excitement or anger for either thinking they were winning the election or losing respectively.This, he told the court, is why roving monitors were expected to present themselves as recommended by the Malawi Electoral Commission-MEC.The re-examination, which begun yesterday, is expected to last for the next two hours when they next, and last, witness for the DPP, Bob Chimkango, is expected to take the witness box in cross-examination by lawyers for UTM president Dr. Saulos Chilima and those for MCP president Dr. Lazarus Chakwera. The process will be followed by re-examination. Phiri has told the court that tipex used during the elections was meant to make corrections and 'significantly was used at polling station to put proper figures' calculated. He says to back his position, there is no election monitor, before the court, who has disputed the election results.