Jamaican reggae artist Luciano also known as Jah Messenger has arrived in the country.
The Sweep Over My soul Star, is set to perform this Saturday at the Jah Kings Reggae Jam Music Festival at the Grand Business Park in Lilongwe.
Luciano now in Malawi
In an interview on his arrival at Kamuzu International Airport, Luciano said, “I am excited to be in Malawi and am ready to give a good performance on Saturday.”
He was welcomed by his fellow countryman
Another Jamaican Reggae Star Everton Blender arrived in the country last week and he too is scheduled to perform at the Festivap
Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, on Thursday described Lilongwe University of Agricultural and Natural Resources (LUANAR) as a crucial and key partner towards implementation of the country’s Mega Farms project.
President Chakwera who is also LUANAR Chancellor, said this when he presided over the university’s 7th congregation at the Bunda College campus in Lilongwe where he awarded certificates, diplomas and degrees to deserving students.
Chakwera said this is the very same reason that when he accepted to be the Chancellor of what he called a prestigious University, he made a firm commitment that his government would ensure the smooth and speedy completion of the construction of the Gateway Administration and the Teaching Complex A that started in 2008 and were expected to finish in 2012.
“Last year I presided over the official opening of the Teaching Complex and made a commitment that my Government was going to expand the University libraries at Bunda and NRC campuses from the current inadequate sitting capacity of 5000 to 9000,” he said.
President Chakwera said he was happy to inform that a consultant has now been engaged to design and oversee the construction of a state-of-the-art Resource Centre and Lecture Theatres.
The president said the actual construction of the facilities will take 36 months commencing on 1st April 2024.
“This will help the University to implement its aspirations. The construction of a state-of-the-art Teaching and Learning facility at NRC campus commenced last year and it is my expectation it will be completed as scheduled,” he said.
Some of the faculties represented at this ceremony include Veterinary Medicine, Natural Resources, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Food and Human Sciences, Development Studies, and Agriculture.
The activities lined up include performances by the LUANAR students’ Congregation Choir and the Malawi Police Brass Band.
With all the noises on social media, UTM and the United Democratic Front (UDF) have announced that they will not contest during the Dedza Central constituency by-election slated for November 9 this year.
According to UTM spokesperson Felix Njawala, the party has decided to withdraw from the race as a strategic move to keep other parties in the dark regarding UTM moves in the run up to the 2025 elections.
On its part, the UDF publicist Yusufu Mwawa said, the party has decided to invest their time and resources in the 2025 elections hence their decision not to contest in the forthcoming by-election.
Njawala
However, although no one saw this coming, this should not come as a surprise. Coming from a humiliating defeat in the recent Mtiya Ward by-election in Zomba, where UTM and UDF came distant third and fourth respectively, the two struggling parties know that their chances of prevailing over the Malawi Congress Party are slim.
Any astute politician should know when to throw a towel. In any case both UTM and UDF must have thought that if MCP ran neck to neck with DPP in the latter’s stronghold in the recent Mtiya ward which MCP lost by a small margin to the eventual winner, there should be no contest in Dedza Central.
Even the DPP will appear on the ballot paper for the sake of making the elections look like a contest.
By and large the two parties’ decisions not to contest in the next election is not strategic one but an exercise to save their faces.
Dedza Central fell vacant a few months ago following the death of an MCP legislature. Willard Gwengwe, an MCP candidate himself is a favourite to win the seat
Beatitude Naturopathy and Wellness Centre has organized a week-long Backpain awareness and alignment where people with persistent back pain will be treated using naturopathic methods.
The Centre’s Director Francis Malunga said in an interview yesterday that during the awareness week, which starts from 30 October to 5 November 2023, the wellness centre will give free lectures to people who have back pain issues apart from treating them.
“We will have a back alignment procedure for those with back pain using naturopathic methods. They will only need to pay a consultation fee of K20,000 otherwise we will not be charging for the actual treatment of back pain,” said Malunga.
Francis Malunga
Malunga distinguished naturopathy and wellness from hospital care citing the former provides respect for the healing processes of nature while empowering the individual to take responsibility for their own health process.
Beatitude Naturopathy and Wellness Centre recently relocated from Balaka to Manase, Blantyre to serve more people who were looking for naturopathic treatment.
NICO Group, led by NBS Bank plc and Eris Properties, has collectively supported this year’s Institute of Marketing in Malawi (IMM) lake conference with K8 million.
The conference is set to take place from Thursday 26 October to Sunday 29 October 2023 in Mangochi.
Speaking after handing over the cheque to IMM on Monday, NBS Bank Head of Marketing and Customer Experience, Tamanda Ng’ombe said the progress the Institute has made in the recent years compelled them to provide the support.
“We are marketers and rally behind IMM. For the past years, IMM has done a good job in uplifting the profile of marketers in Malawi through training, interactions with marketers, and positioning of the field as a contributor towards national development. They have set a standard, and therefore looking at the progress made, we do look forward to the conference because we learn from it and we get to interact with fellow local and international marketers. This is commendable because we are seeing the growth and the trajectory that marketers are taking in the country,” said Ngombe.
In his remarks, IMM Vice President and Conference Organizing Committee Chairperson, George Damson, said the sponsorship will go a long way to make the conference a success as this is the highest sponsorship the institute has received this year.
“We are excited for the support. Having the NICO Group led by NBS Bank as part of our sponsors this year is a very big thing. They have previously supported the Institute, but this year is more significant given the current economic challenges that every other business is facing,” said Damson.
The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Breaking Barriers: Marketing as a Catalyst for Economic Growth’.
