Malawi Police in Dowa are keeping in custody a 30-year-old woman, identified as Susan Ndizo, on allegation that she attempted to conceal the birth of her child.
Ndizo was arrested a few days after police launched a manhunt for her as she was on the run.
Dowa police station Public Relations Officer(PRO) Alice Sitima said police received a tip-off from Rose Jaison, who heard the cry of a newborn baby, and knowing the status of the suspect, who was seen pregnant, she was sure that she was delivering.
“When she went out of her house to assist, she noticed that the sound was coming from her toilet and upon entering the toilet, she found the suspect busy throwing bricks into the latrine with the intent of killing the child.
“When the suspect saw Jaison, she immediately escaped,” she said.
She said however, the matter was reported at Matowe Police Unit where Police and medical practitioners visited the scene of crime.
Upon demolishing the toilet, the baby boy was found alive and taken to Dowa District Hospital for medical attention.
According to Sitima, the suspect will soon appear in court to answer changes levelled against her.
Ndizo hails from Chiponde village, Traditional Authority(TA) Mkukula in Dowa district.
One of the country’s fast-rising authors Ulemu Tandaude has published her second book titled ‘ Living and Becoming’.
The new book is after ‘The Journey to Forever’, a love and relationships book that she released in 2021.
In an interview, the author said ‘Living and Becoming’ is a Christian inspirational book that focuses much on how people can overcome the inevitable challenges of life without losing the sense of purpose or reason.
” This is a very nice book of mine and I urge everyone to fall in love with it if they are to be encouraged in whatsoever they do,” she said.
Tandaude said there has been a delay to publish the book as she was diagnosed with post traumatic disorder last year.
“Last year, I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Disorder. I had every reason to give up but there were series of events that happened inside of this moment as a whole; the prayers, the counselling, the friendships and family and above all the presence of God, all reminded me that I am not everything that went wrong but I am defined by something more,” said the female author.
Asked on how one can access the new book, the author said :”For now, we have contact people in Blantyre and Mzuzu and we send it to those in Lilongwe. Anyone who needs it can just contact any of the following contacts 0997177955 Ulemu Tandaude +265 992 64 10 81 Emelda Kumwenda +265 884 72 13 27 Chiyamiko Chiusiwa.”
She further urged the government to always acknowledge the diverse groups of arts in the country if it is to uplift the writing industry at international level.
“I think in Malawi, writing is one of the arts that have not yet been embraced. Many people who started writing gave up on the way because it is not really motivating and it is very difficult to get your book out there or to have it published. So we want government to look at these challenges writers face if our writing industry is to grow,” she said.
The author concluded by encouraging fellow authors to always work and never allow their dreams die immature.
“It is not an easy thing being a writer in Malawi. Many have not embraced reading yet and a diversity of art, so the focus should not first be the feedback or what but the first thing should be why you are doing what you are doing,” she urged.
Apart from being an author, Ulemu Tandaude is also an academician.
She Studied Bachelors of Education, majoring in Chemistry and Biology at Mzuzu University.
She is only a daughter in a family of five.
As a born again Christian, she is a member of Fountain of Victory Church and currently resides in the Malawi’s green city of Mzuzu.
Member of Parliament for Ntcheu Bwanje Constituency Alex Mwisho Chilikumtima has urged the people of his Constituency to take a good care of developmental projects which has been built under the Constituency Development Fund(CDF).
Speaking in an interview with 247 Malawi.com Chilikumtima said his vision to develop the Constituency is going on in a right track hence several development has been conducted in the Constituency through the raising of CDF which is helping to accelerate development in this country.
He said” the people of my Constituency must take a big role to safeguard and care for the development that has been conducted in several villages in the Traditional Authority Ganya, Makwangwala and Sub Traditional Authority Mkutumula.
Chilikumtima: people must take a big role to safeguard infrastructure development
The lawmaker further commended the government for coming up with a brilliant initiative of raising the CDF from K40 million to K100 million in the 2022 to 2023 national budget.
He said through the CDF they have managed to drill fourteen bolehores in several villages, constructing a bridge at Changa Bulaki village, health center at Tambala village.
He added that seventy less privileged students they are on bursaries at Bilila community day second school, twenty five students are at Ntcheu secondary school, sixty students are at Chikande secondary school, thirty students they are at Nachitheme community day secondary school, one and two students are at St Mary’s Secondary school and Likuni boys Secondary school respectively.
Government raised the CDF from K40 million to K100 million through the 2022-2023 national budget in the aim of scaling up development projects in all 193 Constituencies in this country.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former teacher at Nguludi Girls Primary School in Chiradzulu on allegations that she was drawing salaries as a teacher despite abandoning the profession to study nursing.
ACB principal Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala has confirmed the development in a statement.
“The teacher, Josophine Mkwamba was arrested on 7, June 2023 following a complaint, that she was still on the ministry of education’s payroll drawing K3,911,698.05 in salaries,” reads the statement in part.
The statement further indicates that Mkwamba who has since been charged with three fraud related counts under the Corrupt Practices Act, the Penal Code and Financial Crimes Act has since been granted a court bail.
The suspect is expected to re-appear before Chiradzulu Magistrate court on 13 July this year for a full trial.
A 55-year-old primary school teacher at Chinkhwali Local Education Authority (LEA) school in Kasungu, Mphatso Makwacha (not his real name), has won 129 Million kwacha in Premier Bet’s football betting, to become the biggest winner in the game in Malawi.
It is reported that Makwacha staked 500 kwacha to beat the reining biggest winner Rajesh Janat, who won 109 million kwacha in 2019.
Asked about his plans on the amount he has won,the soft-spoken teacher said he will use part of the money to help victims of cyclone Freddy in Blantyre before he makes plans on how to invest the rest of the money.
On his part, Premier Bet Commercial Manger for Lilongwe Trevor Whitaker expressed excitement to see more people participating in the games under Premier Bet.
Premier Bet has grown into a popular online betting company in the Malawian market.
The platform has sports betting, lotto virtual, and a casino.
Premier Bet Malawi is operated by Sports Betting Company LTD under a license from National Lotteries Board(NLB).
