The Special Law Commission that was instituted to review the witchcraft Act, that had been in use since 1911, has recommended that a new law recognizing witchcraft should be passed in parliament.
Chairperson of the special law commission, Justice Robert Chinangwa, Retired, made this announcement at Capital Sunbird Hotel in Lilongwe during the presentation of findings of the commission that sat since 2009.“The commission holds the view that the law must recognize existence of witchcraft and failure to do so is failure to recognize what is happening in the society.
Justice Robert Chinangwa Making the announcement
The Commission therefore recommends recognizing the existence of witchcraft and states that the law must penalize all witchcraft practices,” he said.The commission has defined ‘witchcraft’ as a ‘supernatural art or unnatural act, use of magic practiced within the spiritual realm or in secret, in words or deeds for purpose of causing harm to a person or damage to property or death or misfortune or to incite fear or violence.
In his soar reaction to Mikozi Network’s Facebook post, the self-acclaimed man of God Prophet Liabunya of the Believers Gospel Embassy International has threatened to drag the owner of the company to court over defaming him.
Making the warning on his official facebook page, Liabunya says ” Mikozi, you have to apologise to the prophet for defamation of character or your company will run bankrupt, shutdown and you will be jobless. We will take you to court for defamation character,” warns Liabunya.
Liabunya at the mountains praying
Liabunya adds that Mikozi should refrain from trending at the expense of other people’s names. ” You do not trend at the expense of othe people’s names. That is not good. The prophet is at the mountain and you are busy tarnishing his amage. Is there anything wrong he did to you?”, Asks Liabunya.
Liabunya extends his warning saying, he has power to shut down all media houses next year for defamation writings about his character. Recently, Mikozi wrote on their official facebook page named Mikozi Network that God has used Liabunya to bring rains following his prayers and fasting at the mountain hence, need to thank him.
The post reads” Prophet Liabunya says Malawians should thank God for using him to bring rain. The so called prophet says is the one who has been praying and fasting so it should finally rain in Malawi”. The owner of Mikozi Network is yet to comment on the accusation.
In an effort to contribute towards improving the service delivery by Blantyre city council to its residents, a non-governmental organization under the banner Concerned Youth
Organization ( CYO ) is implementing an urban governance project in the city called Building an active citizenry for accountability and transparent urban governance.
The project aims at engaging the Blantyre city residents, media professionals, religious leaders, organization leaders and other stakeholders so as to train them what good urban governance is as well as enabling them understand what service charter is all about.
Another aim of the project,is to monitor the implementation of Blantyre City Council service charter to the residents as it is stipulated in the charter. Speaking to the residents during one of the project trainings at Blantyre City Council offices on Thursday, the organization’s Chief Executive Harvey Chimaliro said the trainings are very important to the residents and community members in such that they will equip them with knowledge on how they can engage with council leaders on the issues of development in their communities. ” These trainings are very important to the residents, community members, fellow organizations and others who play a great role in the development of a nation.Remember, we are living in a democratic government where there is promotion of good governance,accountability and transparency, so it is important that the residents have knowledge on issues of development so as they be able to fully engage with their duty bearers and community leaders such as MPs and Councillors for proper service delivery,” said Chimaliro.
He said the trainings impart knowledge to the citizens on service delivery, most especially those who live in urban areas. ” Through these trainings, citizens are able to question where there is no transparency and accountability in terms of service delivery by the councils. We want residents to feel satisfied with the services they receive from the councils,” He said. Chimaliro said since the project started this year, they have achieved a lot of things in the communities of Blantyre city. ” Through this project, we have done a lot. Residents of Blantyre city are now able to see what the council is failing to implement according to the service charter. We also have a WhatsApp number where the residents send messages and photos of the public services that are not in good condition like broken sewages, bins so as for the council to take an action, ” said Chimaliro.
He said, recently, they had a monitoring visit to appreciate the service delivery in the markets and actions being taken by the citizens including market vendors to ensure satisfactory service is delivered as stipulated in the service charter. ” As part of appreciating the service delivery by the Blantyre city council, last week, we had a monitoring visit at Kachere and Chikapy markets. Through the visit, we identified a number of issues of concern that are now being addressed by the council such as lackeof piped water for the newly constructed toilets at Chikapa Market, that have taken over two years now, lack of proper slaughtering shelter at Chikapa Market,and lack of waste bins at Kachere market, just to mention a few,” said Chimaliro.
In her remarks, one of the project beneficiaries at Kachere market Olive John commended CYO for the trainings, saying as the citizens, they will now be able to question council where there is lack of service delivery implementation. ” We are very lucky to have these trainings as they are eye openers for the implementation of the public service delivery to us citizens. Through these trainings, we are now able to question the council to improve their services. At first, we were just staying quite without knowing that we also have right to express our views on issues of public service delivery by the council. We say thank you CYO for the trainings,” she commended.
During the training, Blantyre City Council through its representative Adrian Mpinganjira also had time to brief up the residents on what the service charter is all about. Mpinganjira said the service charter is a set of works that are to be done by the council in each and every city of Malawi. He said, these include Health Promotion, Education, Engineering works/Construction,Roads Maintenance, infrastructure development and distribution of land to the city residents. Building Active Citizenry For Accountability and Transparency Urban Government Project is being implemented with a financial support from Tilitonse Foundation. It is being carried in the two wards of Mapanga and Mkolokoti.
Polokwane FC trio of striker Khuda Muyaba, midfielder Mike Mkwate and defender Dennis Chembezi have joined the Flames camp at the Mpira Village in Blantyre ahead of the Flames pre- AFCON camp in Saudi Arabia.
The three have joined Moldova based defender Charles Petro and Georgia based winger Francisco Madinga who joined camp over the weekend.
Mozambique based duo of John Banda and Schumacher Kuwali joined the squad at the beginning of the camp two weeks ago while Ethiopia based striker Robin Ngalande joined the team last week.
FAM Competitions and Communications Director Gomezgani Zakazaka said the rest of the foreign based stars will join the team in Saudi Arabia.
Khuda Muyaba
“Gabadinho Mhango, Limbikani Mzamva, Richard Mbulu, Gerald Phiri Jnr and Peter will join the squad later in the week. Mhango’s Orlando Pirates and Mzava’s Amazulu are on Thursday meeting in the DSTV Premiership while Mbulu’s Baroka FC face Royal AM on Wednesday. Gerald Phiri is currently camping with his team in Egypt while Peter Banda’s Simba FC have a game on 25th December.
“They will fly directly to Saudi Arabia. Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers players are waiting for COVID 19 test results after playing in the Airtel top 8 final on Saturday and will join camp once they are cleared,” said Zakazaka.
Meanwhile Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves players Clever Mkungula, David Daudi and Innocent Msowoya were released last week while Kelvin Kazinje, Andrew Lameck, Emmanuel Nyirenda, Wisdom Mpinganjira, Chikondi Mbeta, Mphatso Kamanga and Lloyd Njaliwa were relased over the weekend.
The Flames are in camp in preparation for the 2021 TotalErnegies Africa Cup of Nations scheduled between January 9 and February 6 in Cameroon and are expected to camp in Saudi from this weekend
Polokwane FC trio of striker Khuda Muyaba, midfielder Mike Mkwate and defender Dennis Chembezi have joined the Flames camp at the Mpira Village in Blantyre ahead of the Flames pre- AFCON camp in Saudi Arabia.
The three have joined Moldova based defender Charles Petro and Georgia based winger Francisco Madinga who joined camp over the weekend.
Mozambique based duo of John Banda and Schumacher Kuwali joined the squad at the beginning of the camp two weeks ago while Ethiopia based striker Robin Ngalande joined the team last week.
FAM Competitions and Communications Director Gomezgani Zakazaka said the rest of the foreign based stars will join the team in Saudi Arabia.
Khuda Muyaba
“Gabadinho Mhango, Limbikani Mzamva, Richard Mbulu, Gerald Phiri Jnr and Peter will join the squad later in the week. Mhango’s Orlando Pirates and Mzava’s Amazulu are on Thursday meeting in the DSTV Premiership while Mbulu’s Baroka FC face Royal AM on Wednesday. Gerald Phiri is currently camping with his team in Egypt while Peter Banda’s Simba FC have a game on 25th December.
“They will fly directly to Saudi Arabia. Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers players are waiting for COVID 19 test results after playing in the Airtel top 8 final on Saturday and will join camp once they are cleared,” said Zakazaka.
Meanwhile Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves players Clever Mkungula, David Daudi and Innocent Msowoya were released last week while Kelvin Kazinje, Andrew Lameck, Emmanuel Nyirenda, Wisdom Mpinganjira, Chikondi Mbeta, Mphatso Kamanga and Lloyd Njaliwa were relased over the weekend.
The Flames are in camp in preparation for the 2021 TotalErnegies Africa Cup of Nations scheduled between January 9 and February 6 in Cameroon and are expected to camp in Saudi from this weekend
