Police in Liwonde-Machinga are keeping in custody five suspects including a village head for allegedly being found in possession of human bones.  Confirming the development, Machinga Police Station publicist Davie Sulumba identified the five as Dyton Makwesela 50, who is village Head Nsapato,  Lamilo Mambo 35, King Galagate 38, Witman Kadam’manja 29 and Mussa Kamba 30. According…

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has summoned some top government officials to appear before it to explain the legitimacy of a K53.9 billion claim that two firms want the Immigration Department to pay. Two companies—Africa Commercial Agency and Reliance Trading Company—are demanding  K53.9 billion for a K9 billion contract signed in 2012 to supply…

An Auditor General Performance Audit report on implementation of Youth Economic Empowerment (YEE) programmes has revealed some flaws in the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (Yedef), including the disregard of principles governing the programme. The audit, conducted by the National Audit Office in 2017 but whose results were released in October 2018, reviewed 461 Yedef loan…

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has thrown its weight behind proposals in the Financial Services(Amendment) Bill and has since threatened unspecified action, including marching in solidarity of the Bill. The Bill, which proposes to cap interest rates applicable on the credit facilities to a certain percentage above the prevailing policy rate for lenders and…

Youth and Society (YAS) has given Ministry of Health (MoH) Principal Secretary Dan Namarika seven days to explain why he and other officials disregarded the public procurement law and bought vehicles the ministry disposed of. YAS argues that Namarika and 11 other officials acted against the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (PPDA) Act of…