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April 22, 2021 Nyasa Times 3 Comments Malawi’s flamboyant vice president Saulos Klaus Chilima, who is also the founding president of UTM, one of the key partners in the Tonse Alliance government has come out of his cocoon after a long silence and publicly pleaded for unity due to incessant intra-parties fielding. A passionate Chilima, popularly known as SKC, had to publicly come down on his knees symbolising the depth of the problems in Karonga immediately after inspecting some develop...

Roads Authority has disclosed that it has engaged Zhejiang Construction Communications Company (ZCCC), the Karonga based contractor responsible for the construction of Kyungu bridge that been washed away by running water, early hours of Thursday, April 22 to fix the problem within 24 hours. Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Matapa has confirmed the development while assuring the road users of the 46km Karonga-Songwe road that the authority will fix Kyungu Bridge within 24 hours to make sure that...

Veep Chilima Reaffirms Commitment to Fulfill Tonse Manifesto Chilima briefed on project implemented by Greenbelt in Karonga Karonga, April 20, Mana: Vice President, Saulos Chilima has expressed Tonse Government’s commitment to providing full support in the implementation of the Nthola- Illola Irrigation Scheme and Karonga Water Supply and Sanitation projects. Speaking Tuesday when he visited K30 billion Nthola- Illola Irrigation Scheme project in the district, Chilima said once...

The Karonga Paramount Chief Kyungu has asked the “Tonse” led government to put aside political differences with other political groupings for Malawi to develop. Paramount Chief Kyungu made the remarks while appealing to Vice President Saulos Chilima who is touring the construction works of the Karonga Water Supply that is underway in the border district. Kyungu further called on the politicians not to keep on flocking to Karonga to see the site with the aim of drawing allowances while...

Officials brief Chilima about the project State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has told constructors of the Karonga Water Supply and Sanitation project that the May 2022 deadline for the project must be met to ensure that issues of erratic water supply are a thing of the past in the district. The project aims at rehabilitating and upgrading the existing Karonga Town water supply systems and extend the distribution pipe network to the surrounding areas. The new initiative follows the fa...

VP Chilima Pleads For Unity In Karonga VP Chilima pleading for unity in Karonga Vice President Salous Chilima on Tuesday pleaded for Malawians to unite towards one goal of developing Malawi and desist from political squabbles. Chilima made the remarks in Karonga when he inspected Karonga Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Nthola-Ilola-Ngosi Greenbelt Irrigation as part of his ongoing two weeks tour of national projects. The Veep knelt down and pleaded with Malawians and th...

By Chisomo Phiri Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has assured people in northern region that her Ministry is trying all possibilities for Mzuzu Central Hospital to have Computerized Tomography (CT) scanning machine after the hospital stay longer without the machine. Mzuzu Central hospital is said to have no CT machine over the years which makes it difficult for the patients to be scanned hence forcing them to travel from Mzuzu to Blantyre and Lilongwe for such scanning services. Spe...

Absence of a suspect in the murder case of a suspect in the person with albinism murder case has forced the High Court in Lilongwe to adjourn the case. Buleya Lule died in police cell The 13 suspects in the murder of Buleya Lule, all police officers, failed to take plea after one of them failed to show up at the High Court in Lilongwe. Lule who died in police custody in 2019, was a suspect in the abduction of a 14 year old boy with albinism. Later, 13 police officers were arrested in connection...

Some traditional leaders in Nkhotakota, Mzimba and Nkhatabay are demanding for a share of six thousands hectare idle land of Dwambazi livestock farm. Reports

Nyasa Big Bullets were held to a goalless  draw by Mafco in the TNM Super League on Saturday at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe but moved to third position from fifth with with 19 points from ten games. Bullets drop points in a match against Mafco Bullets dropped points as they  lacked edge, failing to break down a resolute Mafco who had their player Morris Chiumia red-carded. Straight from their back to back victories last week over Mzuzu Warriors and Mighty Tigers, head coach Kalisto Pasuwa made t...