The Malawi Prison Service says 121 inmates are sitting for this year’s Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations that have commenced today.
According to the service’s spokesperson Chimwemwe Shaba, the figure has slightly increased from last year’s 118.
Shaba said out of the number, three are female prisoners at Mzuzu Prison.
In 2022 MSCE results, the Malawi Prison Service Reformatory Schools registered 68 percent pass rate with one prisoner from Mzuzu Prison scoring 16 points.
Zomba Central Prison registered a hundred percent pass rate.
Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody three family members for allegedly killing Moffat Kamunthu, 39, and seriously wounding other deceased family members over land dispute at Maliseni Village.
The incident happened on June 24, 2023.
Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer Hastings Chigalu has identified the three suspects as Marko Kambiya, 41, Innocent Kambiya, 20, and Bernard Kambiya, 19.
According to Chigalu, both sides are related (cousins), and that they have been locked into land wrangles for a considerable time.
When the issue was brought before Senior Village Headman Nsabwe, it was resolved in favour of the bereaved family.
Dissatisfied with the first judgement, the issue was taken to the other group village headman on June 24, 2023 whose verdict was similar with the initial judgement.
He also advised them to appeal the judgement to Traditional Authority Chadza if not satisfied.
However, not pleased again with the outcome, on the stated day at around 19:00 hours, the suspects attacked a child from the bereaved family who was coming back from a shop he was sent by his parents.
The development forced the child’s parents to go for a rescue of the boy who fell down in agony after being stoned on the neck.
In the heat of the fracas, suspect(s) hacked a brother to the deceased on the head with panga knife.
Unfortunately, when other family members managed to escape the scene, Moffat (deceased) did not make it.
He was beaten until he became unconscious.
He was later rushed to Mitundu Health Centre, where his death was pronounced upon arrival.
Moffat Kamunthu (deceased) hailed from Maliseni Village, whilst the suspects hail from Galeta Village, all in Traditional Authority(TA) Kalumbu in Lilongwe District.
Meanwhile, police is still waiting for postmortem results from Kamuzu Central Hospital where dead body was taken to for the same.
A Blantyre-based famous gospel singer Shammah Vocals real name Shammah Storah has on Monday announced that he has taken a break from doing gospel music.
Posting on his official Facebook page,the musician said he thinks he does not fit to be a gospel artist.
Shammah Vocals
“I think I d not fit to be a gospel musician so until then I will not be active,” he posted.
The artist who started his music journey around 2011 did not make clear reasons behind his decision.
He rose to fame with songs like, ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘Testimony’.
In Limbuli, Mulanje, an angry mob on Monday destroyed millions of property at Edgar’s Lodge belonging to businessman Edson Nachuma over allegations that he is behind a spate of armed robberies at Limbuli and Muloza trading centers in the district.
The mob also attattacked the businessmanhome.
According to the eye witnesses, the rioters went away with assorted property including two vehicles, plasma screens, beddings, office and house furniture and other valuable items.
The rioting follows an incident on Sunday night where unknown robbers killed one businessman only identified as George Moninji.
The Board of Directors of Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation(ADMARC) has announced the appointment of Daniel Baxter Makata as the ADMARC limited Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective July 1,2023.
In a statement 247 Malawi has in possession, ADMARC limited Board Chairperson Zachary Mark Kasomekera says Makata’s appointment follows a resolution that the Board made aimed at implementing a comprehensive structuring of ADMARC limited.
“The Board approved a news structure for the company that should be equipped with new skills to take the new ADMARC forward.”
According to Kasomekera, the new ADMARC CEO is expected to provide strategic leadership and direction to the company.
Makata has a strong profile having served as the Deputy Executive Chief Officer for Select Financial Services, Group Head of Operations and Administration at Elecrocad systems, Head of Mobile and Digital Business at Finca Malawi, Chief Commercial Officer at TNM Malawi and Operations Manager at Press Properties.
Daniel Baxter Makata, New ADMARC CEO
He holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Business Administration, and is currently a member of Institute of Marketing in Malawi.
Makata brings to ADMARC a unique combination of commercial strategy, business innovation, managerial leadership, operations management, financial management, and strategic planning which are skills required to achieve results in the new ADMARC limited.
Simply put, ADMARC, was formed in Malawi in 1971 as government-owned corporation or parastatal to promote the Malawian economy by increasing the volume and quality of its agricultural exports, to develop new foreign markets for the consumption of Malawian agricultural produce and to support Malawi’s farmers.
It was the successor of a number of separate marketing boards of the colonial-era and early post-colonial times, whose functions were as much about controlling African smallholders or generating government revenues as in promoting agricultural development.
At its foundation, ADMARC was given the power to finance the economic development of any public or private organisation, agricultural or not.
