FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Football Club has parted ways with its Reserve Side coach Enos Chatama.
Both Chatama and Bullets’ Chief Executive Officer Albert Chigoga have confirmed the development saying the two sides have agreed to part ways after staying at the club for eight years.
Chatama
Chigoga has since commended Chatama for his great contributions to both the Reserve side and the Senior team.
Chatama on the other hand said leaving the club has been a painful decision to make but says he wishes the club well as he look forward to the future.
During his time at Bullets Reserve, Chatama has helped so many players to get promoted to the Senior team and other super league clubs and has won 21 trophies with the team.
As the country continue to face eractic flow of fuel President Dr Lazarus Chakwera interventions to completely wipe up the problem is now translating into reality.
President Chakwera through his Government to Government initiative secured 51.5 Million litres of fuel which is being transported via Tanga Port.
Since the securing of the fuel, people have still been seeing the sport fuel queues prompting some questions.
Likambale
But according to National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) Public Relations Officer, Raymond Likambale the fuel queues will now be the song of the past because the issue of transport which was haunting transportation of the fuel has been resolved.
“As you are aware we advertised that we are looking for the tankers to transport the fuel we received the feedback but the tankers were still not enough to haul the fuel this is the reason we have now engaged the additional tankers from neighbouring countries,” he said.
Likambare said this is the reason only yesterday they hauled 200 tankers.
He said “These tankers will help to sustain fuel availability and end fuel queues,” he said.
Meanwhile fuel queues in Lilongwe have started vanishing. Spot check in City Centre, Area 2, Chinsapo, Bypass Road , Six Miles shows less or no vehicles available on the pump stations.
Governance commentator Ceaser Kondowe has since commended efforts which Government is doing to end fuel queues.
Kondowe says G to G is crucial strategy to end these queues.
He said the problem is sabotage. “There is need to work closely and deal with sabotages,” he said.
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has awarded seven sports journalists for their outstanding coverage of the fourth edition of the Mo626 College Basketball Tournament.
The glamorous event, which also attracted some business journalists for the annual media interaction, took place at Sunbird Ku Chawe Hotel in Zomba on Friday.
The winners in the four categories included Ronald Mpaso of Times Group dominating the list, having clinched the Best Newspaper Reporter, and the second-Best Radio Reporter accolades.
Solomon Manda of the Nation Newspaper emerged the second best in the Print category, while Bright Kanyama was the runner-up in the radio section.
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) Amin Mussa took home the Best Television Reporter award, followed by Mabvuto Kambuwe of Times Television.
Richard Tiyesi of Timveni was named the Best Online Reporter followed by Atlas Malawi’s Eric Chiputula.
Winners in all categories received K500 000 each, while runners-up cart home K350 000.
Speaking after presenting the awards, NBM plc Mobile and eMoney Manager, Enala Chirwa said the ‘Bank of the Nation’ recognizes and appreciates the role of the media in promoting the brand by bringing visibility.
“In the instance of the Mo626 College Basketball, it is the media that enabled the tournament to have a nationwide reach, where individuals across the country would appreciate the talent and determination of the various college basketball teams in the country,” said Chirwa.
Basketball Association of Malawi (BASMAL) Vice General Secretary, Eddah Mkombezi commended NBM plc for recognizing the journalists.
“These journalists help us to market the game of basketball. So, by getting recognized, it will energise them more in the next edition, thereby making people know about basketball and grow the game together,” said Mkombezi.
Mussa also hailed NBM plc for the recognition saying this will push them more.
“I feel energised to provide in-depth coverage of the tournament in the next edition. As journalists, our role is not just to publicise the tournament, but ensure that we grow the game through our analyses and commentaries,” he said.
NBM Plc sponsors the tournament to the tune of K450 million for three years.
Malawi Assemblies of God University (MAGU) Men and Women teams defended the fourth edition of the tournament in October last year.
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda has launched 2024 National Statistic Office(NSO) Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) key indicators report which indicates that Malawi is making strides on universal access to health care.
Speaking during the launch on Thursday in Lilongwe Chithyola highlighted that significant of the report will help his ministry to provide occurrence interms of data and planning economically.
He said :” we need to know exactly statistics data to help us to come up with good plans and policies.”
Chithyola emphasised that the report is very essential as far as planning for economic development is concerned.
He mentioned that it is only health population that stimulate population growth because they will be engaged into productivity whether in agriculture productivity or any productivity of the value chain which contribute economic development.
He added that the report gives clear indication that country still have knowledge gap interms of utilising nutrition literacy for the households, overfeeding their children and that is resulting into obesity and overweight.
On his remarks NSO Shelton Kanyanda said the report indicates quite positive results in most indicators.
He said they have seen total fertility rate declining since they start DHS in 2000 from 6.7 to 3.7 meaning the woman in 2000 was about to have 6.7 children in her life time but now it’s only 3.7 children.
Kanyanda also mentioned that in 2015 – 2016 DHS fertility rate declined from 4.4 children to 3.7 children.
He also outlined that women who are in child bearing age, who are attending antinatal, those who are giving birth 96% are being assisted by a qualified medical personel than in 2000 which it was 55% meaning half were been attended by qualified medical personel.
Kanyanda said the issue of stunted growth by the children has improved.
He stated that in the year 2000 when they started the DHS about 55% of children were stunted but now have gone down to about 28%.
Kanyanda also outlined the issue of mortality rate, saying out of 1000 kids being born 234 were not reaching the age of five.
He said :” So overall I would say the results are quite positive, I think the health indicators, the nutrition indicators are taking right direction in the country.
Kanyanda added the positive results has come due to number of intervention on health sector such as ministry of health has put in place records, tracking the people who are sick, attending antinatal by pregnant women, the presence of medical personel and provide food to kids to avoid stuntedness.
Malawi Regulatory Authority ( MACRA) has emphasized it’s move to procure $1.5 million equivalent to K 3 billion integrated system which will help to analyse and track Misinformation an Disinformation that is being distributed on public social media platforms.
Speaking during the press briefing on Monday in Lilongwe MACRA Director General Daudi Suleman outlined that the system will help them as a regulator in bringing up strategies to protect the people of Malawi.
He said :” as we develop in this new digital media where the conception of misinformation is large via public social media spaces.
” It is very important for us to ensure that we equip the people of Malawi with necessary capacities for them to be able to decide which one is good information and which is bad information and they can react when they receive such information.”
He explained that the platform will not spy and infringe freedom of expression among the people but it will be monitoring public social media interfaces with Facebook and Twitter.
He stated that it does not go and read Whatsapp messages but only information that has been put in public space where the information is able to read and analyse.
He added that the element of spying which involves intrusion and surveillance is completely outside the scope .
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader of opposition in Parliament Dr George Chaponda urged MACRA to stop their move of procuring the machine since the country is facing economic hardship.
Last week MACRA announced that they have made an agreement with a certain company from Ghana to procure the machine and to establish it in this country.
