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Mutharika saddened by deaths of Kanyama, Msiska and Kafuwa

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Mutharika saddened by deaths of Kanyama, Msiska and Kafuwa

His Excellency the President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and the First Lady Professor Gertrude Mutharika are saddened to learn of the death of the Deputy Vice chancellor of Mzuzu University Prof Fred Msiska, Former acting inspector general Paul Kanyama and Flora Kafuwa, wife to Lieutenant General Clement Kafuwa retired

The late Proffessor Fred Msiska

Professor Fred Msiska, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Mzuzu University passed away on 6th January 2020. He will be laid to rest on 8th January in Karonga. The Minister of Education Science and Technology William Susuwele Banda will represent President Muthariuka during the funeral.

Mr Paul Kanyama former Acting Inspector General of police passed away on 7th January 2020. He will be laid to rest on 9th January at area 18 cemetery in Lilongwe. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholus Dausi is expected to represent President Mutharika at the burial.

The Late Paul Kanyama

3 Mrs Flora Kafuwa, wife to Lieutenant General Clement Kafuwa retired. She passed away on 6th January 2020. She will be laid to rest on 8th January at Lunzu Blantyre. Deputy Minister of Defence Chipiliro Mpinganjira will represent the President at the burial.

A statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet says their Excellencies convey their condolences to the bereaved families.

Chimulirenji visits people, areas affected by flash floods in Lilongwe City

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Chimulirenji visits people, areas affected by flash floods in Lilongwe City

Malawi Vice President and Minister responsible for Disaster Management Affairs Everton Herbert Chimulirenji on Friday and saturday visited people and areas that have been affected by flash floods in Lilongwe City.

Heavy rains that poured from 31 December to 3rd January, 2020 caused flash floods that have so far affected 403 households (approximately 1519 people) in Areas 22, 24, Ngomani, Kaliyeka and Mgona.

Chimulirenji visiting disaster areas in Lilongwe

Speaking at Ngomani and Mgona, Chimulirenji assured the affected of government’s support and called on people living in flood-prone areas to move uplands.

Speaking when he addressed the affected people gathered at Chipasula Secondary School on saturday, the Vice President reiterated the calls for people living in flood prone-areas to relocate to safer places.

Meanwhile, government (through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs) and the Malawi Red Cross Society has provided relief assistance to people affected by the floods in Ngomani and Mgona area. The relief assistance includes food and non-food items such as kitchen utensils, rice, blankets, soya pieces and some cash.

MCP Strategic Director Zikhale engages ‘Tambala Graduates’ for a get together

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MCP Strategic Director Zikhale engages ‘Tambala Graduates’ for a get together

He is one of Malawi’s top political strategists, a member of parliament for Nkhata Bay south  and the Director of strategy in the Malawi Congress Party. On Saturday, Dr Ken ZIkhale Ng’oma took time from his busy schedule to join in on a get together meeting organised by a group called “Mighty Tambala Graduates”.

The event which took place at MCP headquarters  in City centre Lilongwe, mobilised MCP party members who belong to the “Mighty Tambala Graduates”,a group of members who have tertiary education qualifications and that aims to help in policy formulation of the party.  Opening the event , the interim leader of the group Edward Chileka Banda , thanked all those who attended the get together and for their tireless effort towards helping in the activities of the Malawi Congress Party.

The guest of honour Ken Zikhale Ng’oma told the graduates that he felt honoured to be among such a group “ Let me thank the party president Dr Lazarus Chakwera  for entrusting me to stand and speak on his behalf before you learned men and women. Let me also thank Him for accommodating such a group of learned gurus to help change  the image of the party and bring relevant values that meet the dynamic environment we are experiencing” said Zikhale

Mighty Tambala Graduates get together

Zikhale said the party is looking forward to the constitutional court ruling on the election case which will be delivered soon. However he took this opportunity to urge the Tambala graduates  to unite and work as a team, describing their role and presence as crucial as a strategic arm of the party. “ We have to create an atmosphere of learning from each other and also work on creating models that will deliver an improved image of our party” added Zikhale

Zikhale went on to say he believed the just like him , the Tambala graduates will not get tired  until they deliver to Malawi a leader who is visionary , transformative, who respects the rule of law, a servant leader and true democrat in the name Dr Lazarus Chakwera.

Tambala Graduates group photo at MCP Hqrs in Lilongwe

White House staff raises money for Malawi School after visit with Melania Trump

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White House staff raises money for Malawi School after visit with Melania Trump

A White House staffer took matters into her own hands after visiting a struggling African primary school during a trip with first lady Melania Trump.

White House specialty media director Carolina Hurley helped raise over $12,600 for an indoor classroom in the Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe, Malawi, after she saw the school during the first lady’s October 2018 trip.

Hurley accompanied Trump on her four-country visit to Africa, which included a tour of several outdoor classrooms at the Malawi school. Due to the enrollment of more than 9,000 students, Hurley learned that the children frequently learned lessons outdoors, seated shoulder-to-shoulder on loose, red dirt. The school had only 77 teachers — a ratio of 118 children to 1 teacher — with up to 250 students in each classroom.

Carolina Hurley while in Malawi

“I saw these children who sit outside all day because there wasn’t enough room for them to learn inside,” Hurley told Fox News. “Once the rainy season starts, kids would stop coming to school.”

Hurley then launched a GoFundMe page for a new indoor classroom, receiving an overwhelming response from members of the public. She said she also received separate donations from friends and family.

“Malawi made my heart stop from the minute I got there.  It was completely eye-opening to me to see such incredible children — over 9,000 of them — with absolutely nothing to their name except for a desire to learn.”

She continued, “I left knowing that if I could even make a dent in helping them learn, I’d be happy knowing I contributed to something bigger than myself. Little did I know just how generous complete strangers could be.”

Staying in close contact with the headmistress of the school whom she connected with during her time there, Hurley said she sent the first group of donations in January 2019. Construction of the new classroom began later that month — a process that recently finished.

The first lady took to Twitter to congratulate Hurley’s efforts.

Hurley said her life has “changed forever” since the trip and expressed gratitude to all of those who made the indoor classroom a possibility.

Malawi solar project starts after securing $67m

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Malawi solar project starts after securing $67m

One of the first solar projects in Malawi has reached financial close after attracting investment totalling $67m.

Initial site works have now begun in Nkhotakota and construction of the first phase is targeted for completion by March next year.

Once complete, the project will add 46 MW of energy to the local power supply.

Developed by UAE-based Phanes Group in collaboration with responsAbility Renewable Energy Holding and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the project was the result of the first power purchase agreement signed with Malawi’s national utility ESCOM in February.

“Lack of power has been a real obstacle to Malawi’s social and economic development,” said Phanes Group chief executive Martin Haupts.

“This project demonstrates that solar energy offers a viable path to bringing power to those communities which need it most. We hope the Nkhotakota project will serve as a model for future private investment into the local solar sector.”

Solar use in Malawi

The project is the result of Malawi’s first competitive tender in the power sector, with the PPA set to last 20 years.

Phanes Group and its partners were awarded the project in May 2017 following an international tendering process which attracted bids from 21 companies. responsAbility is providing equity financing and also taking on the role of co-developer, while OPIC is contributing debt financing.

“This project will empower underserved communities in some of Africa’s poorest regions through access to affordable, reliable, and diversified energy,” said Tracey Webb, OPIC vice-president for Structured Finance and Insurance.

The Nkhotakota project is part of a strategy by the Malawia government to use solar power to strengthen the country’s electricity infrastructure. Currently only 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the national capacity is estimated at 362 MW.

The new capacity added will make a significant contribution to the government’s target of increasing power access to 30 per cent of the population by 2030.

The project will also move Malawi away from its traditional reliance on hydropower, which currently comprises over 95 per cent of the country’s energy mix.

This has left the country vulnerable to droughts, particularly considering a recent drop in the water level of Lake Malawi which has threatened the region’s supply of power.

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