Ronnex Chiwanda
At least 3, 954 households have been displaced in Phalombe after their houses collapsed and submerged due to heavy rains that has hit the district.
Police in Phalombe have arrested nine men for defacing public infrastructure after they allegedly dug a drainage trench across a tarmac road to allow flooded water flow across the road.
As government continues appealing to people to relocate upland for safety, some people are still constructing houses along the river banks of Phalombe river raising fears of disaster.
Barely days after fall army worms attacked maize fields in some districts in the central and northern regions, a total of 172 hectares have been attacked in Phalombe district.
A senior chief in Phalombe whose area of jurisdiction shares boundary with Mozambique says she is banking her hope on initiatives that can help to curb child trafficking after enforcement of by-laws seem to hit a snag.
Representatives of major political parties in Phalombe have assured organizations that are advocating for peace that they will ensure that their supporters abide by principles of peace as the citizenry awaits court verdict on the elections case.
Almost two weeks after the ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) closed the fishing season in the country’s lakes, Zodiak understands that the only boat which the fisheries office in Phalombe uses developed a fault some months ago.
The country’s citizenry should wait a little longer to start using the new land laws as the line ministry says it is still working on some technicalities on the pilot program.