Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda has granted bail to former Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha. Mwananvekha was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday afternoon over allegations that he abused his office. Among other bail conditions, Mwnamvekha has been ordered to pay 1 Million Kwacha and the case has been adjourned to 22 August […]
Police in Karonga have arrested three people suspected of diverting Green Belt Initiative funds amounting to K6 million to a personal account. Karonga Police Publicist, George Mulewa, says one of the suspects works at the district council and the other two are business people. “One of the suspects is Robert Phiri who works at the […]
A 26-year-old Rwandan national in Dowa has been convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of K100,000 or in default serve nine months imprisonment with hard labour for possessing Chamba. Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Joseph Banda, told the court that the convict Isaac Byamungu was arrested on August 2 2022 at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi Director (National Payments System) Fraser Mdwazika says as the world is going digital in financial services, Malawi should also embrace change. Mdwazika is speaking in Lilongwe at the launch of awareness activities for business licencing using electronic payment channels. He says migrating from paper based payment should not only be for […]
Netball Association of Malawi-NAM has hinted on plans to introduce a youth league. NAM General Secretary, Isaac Chimwala, has told Rainbow Online that once the league starts, it will help player transition from the junior teams to Queens senior team. However, Chimwala said it is not easy, but hopes to achieve the dream as the […]
President Chakwera on Monday hosted celebrated UK-based Malawian comedian, Daliso Chaponda, at Kamuzu Palace. In their interaction, Dr Chakwera encouraged Daliso to continue waving Malawi’s flag high across the world and being the national treasure that he is. For his part, Daliso thanked the Malawi leader for supporting the arts industry by creating an environment […]
Marko Abraham Ndau has been elected as regional governor for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Sapitwa region which comprises of Mulanje, Phalombe, Thyolo and Chiradzulu districts. Ndau in his remarks said, he intends to reclaim the party’s popularity in the region by resuscitating grassroot structures at district, area and branch levels. The party’s National […]
Kenya’s incumbent Vice President, William Ruto, has been declared the winner of the just concluded presidential election in the East African country. Mr Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast (7,176,141) to defeat his closest challenger, ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga who polled 48.85 per cent ( 6,942,930) of votes cast. Ruto also […]
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has handed over the leadership mantle to the country’s Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima. Chakwera has left the country for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he will attend the 42nd Ordinary Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Chilima was spotted seeing off Chakwera at the Kamuzu International Airport […]
