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Man arrested for impersonating NEEF officer

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Man arrested for impersonating NEEF officer

By Chisomo Phiri

Police in Mchinji are keeping in their custody James Phiri,3, for impersonating a National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) officer.

The suspect was arrested on Tuesday this week.

According to Mchinji police spokesperson, Limbani Mpinganjira, the men in uniform established that the suspect bumped into the victim at NEEF offices in Mchinji and claimed to be a NEEF employee based in the district and promised the victim to help him process his loan in time, and demanded K275,000 from the victim for a K5,000,000 loan the victim was applying for at NEEF offices in the district.

James Phiri



“During the course, the victim got duped K131,000 and the delays brought skepticism to the victim, prompting him to probe more whether the suspect was a genuine NEEF officer, only to find out later that he was just an imposter,” says Mpinganjira.

James Phiri comes from Chilowa Village, Traditional Authority(T/A) Njombwa in Kasungu district.

Airtel Malawi hikes bundle prices

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Airtel Malawi hikes bundle prices


By Chisomo Phiri

The country’s leading mobile Telecommunications company Airtel Malawi has hiked the prices of  its voice and data bundles effective April 10, 2024.

A statement made available to 247 Malawi News indicates that voice bundles have been raised by 15 percent, data bundles by 23 percent and SMS bundles by 20 percent.



The public-listed company has attributed the development to the recent increase in electricity tariffs and the depreciation of the Kwacha.

“Additionally, some bundles will be discontinued,” reads the company’s statement in part.

It adds:”To share the burden of the pain with our customers, the cumulative price increases from December to date remain much lower than the impact of cost increase on our operations.”

The company says the changes have been approved by MACRA.

The company made a similar price change in December last year.

Dowa woman arrested for scalding son

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Dowa woman arrested for scalding son

By Kondwani Kandiado

Police in Dowa have  arrested a 35-year-old woman, Chimwemwe  Kayera for allegedly wounding her 12-year-old son.

Dowa Police Spokesperson, Sergeant Alice Sitima said the incident occurred in
Chiwoza Village, Traditional Authority Msakambewa.

She said victim’s father  together with his wife left for the maize garden leaving their children in bed.

Arrested



Sitima said when the children woke up, the victim decided to cook sweet potatoes for breakfast.

“When the suspect came back from the garden, she got furious after she learnt that the victim had cooked the potatoes without her consent and immediately, she poured the boiled potatoes on the victim’s body and then she left,” she said.

The police spokesperson said when the father came  back, he found the son crying in severe pains and took him to Dowa District Hospital for treatment where he has been admitted.

She said the police instituted investigatios which had led to the arrest of the suspect who was hiding in her village.

Sitima said the suspect will  appear  in court soon to answer the charge of unlawful wounding.

The suspect hails from Guma Village in the area of  Traditional Authority Msakambewa, Dowa district.

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Karonga activist urges people of Nthalire to remove Welani Chilenga as MP

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Karonga activist urges people of Nthalire to remove Welani Chilenga as MP

By Vincent Gunde

Karonga based rights activist Lyton Mangochi, has urged people of Chitipa South-Ntalire that time is now to identify one amongst the youth of the area to take over the constituency from Welani Chilenga for working hard to bring war in Malawi.

Mangochi has accused Chilenga of failing to bring tangible development projects in his Chitipa South constituency one of it being Kasikizi road which is a shortcut road to Nthalire his home but is busy bringing in useless bills in the National Assembly.

Welani Chilenga, activist wants him removed as MP


He said Chitipa South Constituency had previous Members of Parliament who are being remembered today such as Rodwell Munyenyembe and Chipimpha Mughogho but at no time they had disappointed their constituents than what Chilenga has done.

Speaking through a video clip standing on the Kasikizi road, Mangochi said age limit bill was targeting at one individual person Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika saying for the first time in the history of Chitipa, their MP was to table a useless bill.

Mangochi recalled that in 2023 it was the same Chilenga who introduced a bill in the National Assembly that they should be put on pension scheme to be the same like civil servants retiring at 60 years of age wondering what is wrong with Chilenga for twice bringing in a useless bill in Parliament.

He has proposed that MPs must be given a limit of 10 years to initiate development projects in their constituencies claiming that some politicians like Chilenga have taken the position of being a Member of Parliament as kingship.

The activist said Chilenga has provoked Malawians who already are feeling pain and suffering for electing a government that has no welfare of the citizens at heart by bringing into Parliament age limit bill.

” People of Chitipa South have suffered for long, time is now to prepare for exit strategy for Welani Chilenga for the constituency to see change of MP,” said Mangochi.

The age limit bill received nationwide condemnation as it is targeting an individual describing this as very dangerous to the hard-won democracy and democratic principles of Malawi and it was not surprising to see that on Thursday while everyone was waiting for the tabling of the bill, the bill was not appearing on the order of paper.

MP Malango wants Suleiman impeached as agriculture committee chairperson in parliament

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MP Malango wants Suleiman impeached as agriculture committee chairperson in parliament

By Chisomo Phiri

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament(MP) for Dedza Central East on Thursday asked  the Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara to allow him raise a motion that allow Members of Parliament(MPs) impeach Chairperson for the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Sameer Suleman saying he does not present good characters.

Malango’s remarks follow  incident that unfolded in the August house on Wednesday afternoon where Suleman was involved in a physical altercation with Zomba Chisi legislator Mark Bottoman..

Malango



‘Madam Speaker, I am rising on a point of order to raise a concern about the conduct of the Agriculture Committee Chair who is not a stranger to violence in this house. Honestly, his conduct does not reflect well with the position he holds as Chairperson of the Agriculture Committee of Parliament as such I beg to move that Parliament should act by removing him as Chairperson of this influential committee of parliament,”said Malango.

But in her response, Gotani Hara told Malango to follow all relevant parliamentary standing orders that legislators follow when they want to move a motion in the August House.

“Honourable member you know this is a house governed by relevant standing orders as such I would advise you to follow the relevant standing orders,” said Gotani Hara.

This is not the first time that Suleman has been involved in controversies within the parliament chambers as during the current session of Parliament he has been sent out of the house more than three times.

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