Death has been announced of veteran politician and member of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Nelson Mwambungu.
Son to the departed politician, Mutende Mwambungu has confirmed the sad news saying his father was rushed to Karonga district hospital but was confirmed dead by the medics upon arrival.
“We regarded our father as a pillar for the family, his death is a big blow to the family,”he says.
The Late Nelson Mwabungu
According to Mutende, Mwambungu who started his political career in 1959 served as an MP for Karonga north during the MCP regime and a Councilor during the UDF administration.
He has died at the age of 94 and he will be laid to rest on Saturday at his home in Mwanjasi village,Traditional Authority (T/A) Kilupula in Karonga District.
Super League of Malawi (SULOM) says all is set for the prize presentation ceremony for the 2023 TNM Super League campaign this coming Friday, 19th January, 2024 in Blantyre.
According to SULOM and league sponsors, TNM Limited,the red carpet gala will take place at Mount Soche Hotel where youthful musician, Saint, will perform live to spice up the glamour.
During the event, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets will be officially crowned champions after retaining the title for the fifth time in succession where Dedza Dynamos forward Clement Nyondo will collect the Golden Boot Award after notching 16 goals.
Meanwhile, four players, namely; goalkeeper Innocent Nyasulu, Patrick Mwaungulu, Chimwemwe Idana and Nyondo were nominated to contest for the player of the season award.
Five other players; Patrick Mwaungulu, Chimwemwe Idana, Robert Saizi, Chikondi Kamanga and Lloyd Aaron are in contention for the Best Midfielder and four defenders; Lawrence Chaziya, Stanley Sanudi, Clyde Senaji and Chris Lwemba were nominated for the Best Defender accolade.
TNM Super League, is the top football division in Malawi.
The league was created in 1986 and was first sponsored by Gillet Nacet.
It was composed of 8 teams comprising of 5 teams from Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL) and 3 teams from Lilongwe and Districts Football League (LDFL).
The first game was played on March 15, 1986 involving Mitco FC and Admarc Tigers FC (later known as Azam Tigers FC).
Mitco FC won the game 1-0 a goal scored by Lameck Botha in the 21st minute.
The initially court-blocked walk-in-interviews for health workers scheduled for today until Saturday will proceed following an agreement between Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda and the claimants’ lawyers.
On Wednesday, at least 122 health workers obtained a court order stopping the interviews which they described as discriminatory.
However, In a statement this publication has in possession, Secretary for Health Ministry, Samson Mndolo says the interviews will proceed as initially planned.
He says both parties have agreed to lift a court order through a consent order following an understanding that the recruitment is fully sponsored by the Global Fund.
“The vacancy rate for health workers within the Ministry of Health is currently hovering around 48% and as one way of addressing this shortage, the government secured a grant from Global Fund to be applied towards recruiting additional health care workers.
“It is understood that the recruitment of health care workers would significantly help to reduce the shortage of healthcare workers in public health facilities,”speaks Mndolo in a statement.
He adds that serving healthcare workers would be allowed to compete for promotion during the promotional interviews to be conducted in due course.
Mndolo further says this would serve to comply with Section 4 of the Public Service Act which requires that entry into and advancement within the public service should be determined solely based on merit.
The Ministry of Health is in the process of recruiting senior medical officers, nurses, clinical officers and radiographers, among others.
Principal Resident Magistrate Roderick Michongwe has on Wednesday ordered Gusto Gadama, 55,to pay a fine of K3.4 million or in default serve 4 years in prison for operating higher education institutions and conferring higher education qualifications without the authority of National Council for Higher Education (NCHE).
Gadama who was convicted last week was accused of running unregistered universities, Cypres and Jerusalem Universities, which contravenes the higher learning act.
Gadama, fined
Making the ruling, Michongwe said Gadama was well aware of what is required to operate a university and offer higher education qualifications but he decided to go against the law.
The magistrate also said the conduct by Gadama saw a number of people losing money ‘as they paid for nothing’.
He said people were fooled to think they were qualified when actually they had no qualifications.
Michongwe therefore, went ahead to order Gadama to pay a fine of K1.7 million on each count or in default serve 2 years in prison for each count.
The custodial sentences are to run consecutively.
On her part, NCHE Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Ambumulire Phiri hailed the ruling saying it is a step in the right direction.
She said the sentence will send a lesson to other institutions that are operating without authority from Nche.
Music lovers in the country have been reacting to the death of renowned musician Katelere Ching’oma who died on Thursday morning in Lilongwe.
Music producer cum musician Stichfray described Katelele as a good friend, “Aah Rest in Peace my friend Katelele Ching’oma.. aaah 💔”.
One music follower Thumali Mulupi wrote, “I’m deeply concerned with the death of Katelele.My deepest condolences to the family and relatives. May his soul rest in eternal peace.”
Rest thee well Katelele. Little did I know that it was our last chat the last time we guzzled together at Tikwiza. I will always cherish the fond memories of your beautiful and inspiring stories,” wrote another music fanatic Chrispin Moto.
According to Katelele’s brother Elvis, the ‘Ndiri Nawo Mwayi’ hit maker succumbed to a liver problem at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe in the early hours of Thursday.
Apart from ‘Ndiri nawo mwayi’, other popular songs by Katele include ‘Asowe’ and ‘Kuwoniwa’.
