Salima, Kasungu Police In Joint Search For Kidnapper

The Farm Estate Owner Enticed the Boy To Work At His Farm Together With A Man He Knew

Unknown estate owner in Kasungu kidnaps a 15 year old Chinsinsi Benson in Salima district.

Police in Salima district are hunting for the unidentified man when parents of the boy reported of his missing at Salima Police station.

Sergeant Gift Chitowe Public Relations Officer for Salima district said the kidnapper also took with the boy a man being identified as Malindi after the two were enticed to work as tenants at his estate in Kasungu district.

“Currently the man is not known but the man arrived at Chimbalanga village which is in T/A Kambwiri in Salima district. He coaxed Mr. Malindi who is an older man and the boy Chisomo Benson to employ them and work in his farm in Kasungu. But the issue is that the man did not consult the parents of the boy hence the reporting of the matter to police.” explained Sgt Chitowe

Killer hacked Private Parts and Cut Open Victims Stomach in Salima District

Villagers at Steven Village T/A Karonga in Salima district were early hours of 16th December shocked when they discovered in their drinking water Well, floating unidentified man.

According to Police Public Relations Officer for Salima district Sergeant Gift Chitowe police suppose the dead man to be in 40’s.

The corpse was discovered inside a drinking water Well when villagers noticed some spots of blood leading into it, indicated the officer. Sgt. Chitowe said when the body was removed from the well, they found him had private parts hacked and his stomach wide open through a cut.

Mw Gender Campaigners Targets 15% Reduction Of Sexual Violence by 2017

Players in Gender Sector in Malawi have jointly launched a three year campaign initiative to end sexual violence against women girls and children ‘Malawi Unite to Act Campaign’ which its main goal is to reduce the current rate at 25% by 15%.

The new campaign has been launched on Tuesday in Lilongwe and will run up to 2017 where it is set to invigorate people and institutions in Malawi to unite and act until women and girls in the country are safe and free from violence.

CHRR, CEDEP Order DPP Regime To Stop Political Terror

Trapence  Left and Mtambo Right

Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have warned Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime to stop what the two human rights bodies called ‘act of political terror’ reported recently in the media.

Recent media reports have indicated that DPP members have assaulted an innocent citizen in Mzuzu; attempted to disrupt Peoples Party (PP) political rally in Chitipa and damaging business property of citizens perceived to be supporters of opposition political parties in Limbe, Blantyre.

Mw HIV Bill in Advanced Stage

Mw HIV Bill in Advanced Stage

The Malawi Government says it is making strides in formulation of laws that protect rights of those infected and affected with HIV pandemic.

Malawi has no proper policy that protects people with HIV or those that were affected because of the virus.

Secretary for Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in the Office of President and Cabinet Edith Mkawa said her office is among others speeding up the process of finalizing the HIV Bill so that everyone infected or affected with the virus should have their rights observed.

She said the bill is in its final stage and hopes to submit it to the cabinet soon so that it goes to the next sitting of parliament for it to be passed. She said the bill among others seek to help those that were infected with the virus get medical assistance without being questioned on how they got the virus or any form of violation of their rights.

“What we are working on right now is the HIV Bill. We have been working with partners including legal firms to come up with HIV Bill, what is remaining now is to take the bill to Cabinet Committee and once it gets there we will see the way forward.” She said

“And we are hoping that with that bill it will help people with rights issues so that everyone at least has their right observed.”

HREP Demands MCP, Kabwira Apology Over HIV Discriminatory Remarks

Maziko Matemba wants
MCP& Kabwira to
apologise

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Spokesperson Dr. Jessie Kabwila is under fire following her recent remarks likening ‘People Living With HIV and Aids (PLWAs)’ to corpses.

Brother, Sister Drown in the Dam.......Dowa Police urges General Public to guard their Children

Brother, Sister Drown in Dowa.......Police urge General Public to Keep Eye on their Children

Sergeant Richard Kaponda Dowa Police PRO

Police in Dowa district appeals to members of general public not to let children go for swimming or any dangerous places without a guardian.

The call follows drowning of two children over the weekend in the district near Dowa turn-off.

Dowa Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Richard Kaponda says the two are brother and sister aged 11 and 10 respectively.

After attending to their farm, Sergeant Kaponda said the children went to swim at the dam leaving behind their mum who was still in the garden. 

“All were drown because they went to the deepest area of the dam.” He said 

“They were later discovered by some men who went into the waters to rescue them. They found them stuck into the mud and postmortem indicates that they died due to suffocation”

Sergeant Kaponda has identified the two as Blessings and Chrissy Kamwaza from Kamkwamba village of T/A Mkukula in Dowa.