A Chitedze-based Nurse in Lilongwe Catherine Misoya is in great smile after win K23 Million through Premier Bet’s Aviator game multiple bets.
Misoya,29, says for the win, she will now achieve her intentions to own a house.
On his part,Premier bet Area Manager for Lilongwe Dan Fatch has expressed joy for the winner, adding that people must exercise responsible gambling.
Catherine Misoya, winner
Speaking earlier, Premier Bet Commercial director Trevor Whitaker said Misoya’s win is a clear demonstration of the power of perseverance, luck and skill.
Whitaker also added that this is a demonstration of the growth of the gaming industry in the country.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau ( ACB ) has charged the former Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Patrick Zampita with accounts of abuse of office and neglect of official duty.
A statement signed by the Bureau’s Principal Public Relationship Officer (PRO) Egrita Ndala says on 3 September 2022, the graft bursting body received a complaint alleging that the process which was followed to declare MOTA Engil as successful bidder to tender, design, rehabilitate and upgrade Marka to Bangula railway section was questionable as a “no objections” was issued without the knowledge of Public Procurement and Disposal of Asset authority ( PPDA).
Patrick Zampita
It is also alleged that, in August 2021, Zampita abused his office by instructing Micheal Mbewe to draft and advertise notification of intention to award a contract to MOTA Engil without the approval of Government Contract Units.
Mbewe was arrested by ACB on 19 April, 2023 on similar charges and was taken to court where he received a bail awaiting commencement of trial.
On 9 May 2023, ACB arrested Zampita suspected of having committed offences of misuse of public office contrary to 258 (I) of Corrupt Practices Act and neglect of official duty contrary to section 121 of the penal code.
Meanwhile, the suspect was taken to court and granted bail after meeting the conditions to produce K300, 000 and surrender travelling documents, among others.
Minister of Finance Honourable Sosten Gwengwe has urged Malawi Revenue Authority(MRA) and other concerned stakeholders to hold hands in mapping better revenue collections.
Speaking on Tuesday during a public lecture organized by Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences(MUBAS) said:”At least 94 percent of vehicle owners pay taxes unlike others.
As such,we need to hold hands as the government is trying its best to integrate domestic and customs for better revenue collections.”
Gwengwe further disclosed that the current statistics of those registered on Value Added Tax(VAT)in the country stands at 12,200 and only 14 percent fulfill the payment,a condition he discribed as worrisome in as far as Sab-Saharan Africa is concerned.
Gwengwe speaking to journalists
On her part ,Vice Chancellor for Mubas, Nancy Chitera commended the Minister for the timely guidance on economic strategies as their students were equipped with extra knowledge therein hence will help in economic growth of the nation, in different ways.
Representing Malawi Revenue Authority, spokes person for MRA, Steven Kapoloma said they are still in search of additional means to supplement the ones in function.
Currently, MRA has a pending program of Msonkho on line and a toll Free hot line 672 in operation and it is where the public are reporting fool plays in regard to taxes ,which the minister recommended.
The lecture was conducted under the topic”Leveraging on Digitalization to boost Domestic Budget Revenue “.
The body of renowned journalist Nomsa Mkandawire Taulo has been laid to rest today at HHI cemetery in Blantyre.
Earlier, a mammoth cloud gathered at Nomsa’s parents’ residence in Manja township, where the funeral ceremony took place, to bid farewell to one of Malawi’s most dedicated female journalists.
Mkandawire died on Saturday, May 6, 2023, after a short illness a few hours after arriving in the country from Juba, South Sudan.
At the time of her death, Mkandawire was working with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Sudan as a Communication and Innovations Analyst
Mkandawire worked with MIJ FM Radio and then Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) as a reporter, editor and producer between 2004 and 2012 before joining Save the Children International as Campaigns and Communications Specialist.
Later, Nomsa joined United Nations in Malawi as a Communications Officer for Spotlight Initiative. She joined UNDP South Sudan in 2022.
Rastafarian children in the country can now have access to government schools following the High Court ruling ordering Ministry of Education to stop barring them because of dreadlocks.
The High Court sitting in Zomba on Monday and presided over by Judge Zione Ntaba said the matter is unconstitutional.
Ntaba ordered the Ministry of Education to write circulars to all publics schools by June 30, to start admitting learners and students with dreadlocks in schools.
In a judicial review case by two minors who were barred from enrolling to Blantyre Girls Primary School and Malindi Secondary School on the basis that they had dreadlocks, the two applied that the provision infringed on their right to access education.
The two, in partnership with an interested party, Center for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), applied for a judicial review of the case.
The office of the Attorney General applied to the court to discontinue the case saying there was no said policy that bars dreadlocked children in schools.
CHREAA lawyer Chikondi Chijozi hailed what she described as a landmark ruling in promotion of education amongst all Malawians.
This means that the Malawi Education Act of 2012 which, among others, has provisions which bar Rastafarian children from attending school in dreadlocks is to be abolished.
