The piped water developmemt project has taken off in Nkhatabay South area. According to Member of Parliament for the area Ken Zikhale Ngo’ma, this project is a dream come true for the people in the area who for a long time have suffered from drinking unsafe and poor quality water.
Hon Ken Zikhale Ngoma in Nkhatabay South
The piped water project which is using the Parliamentary Community Development Funds (CDF) initiative has seen Chifora area benefitting with Kande area being next on the plan.
Speaking to 247Malawi News, Zikhale Ngoma who was elected last year to be MP for the area said “This is wondeful for the people of Nkhatabay South. For once they can see real development in the area. For a long time Community development funds have been mismanaged in this area, however, during my term, i want to make sure that the money is rightfully used to bring development to the area” said Zikhale
Nkhatabay despite providing Malawi with a number of Political heroes such as Orton Chirwa, Aleke Banda and Kanyama Chiume has for along time suffered from lack of infrastructire development. “This will be the first time since Orton Chirwa was in Government for people of Nkhatabay South to use tap piped water” added Zikhale.
The Election case is finally coming to an end- well at least if none of the two sides will take the matter to the supreme court. The constitutional court will deliver its judgement on Monday. The expectations of Malawians are high and it’s not wrong to suggest there is a lot at stake from both the petitioners and the respondents.
There are a lot of events that have made news over the course of this case. One can never forget the technology top class display of Daud Suleman. Others will remember the endless stream of sweat from chief elections officer Sam Alufandika when he was being cross examined. Probably the biggest joke of the case was the famous Jerusalem College and its popularity in offering Phds, as one cabinet minister kept on scoring own goals. We can never take anything from all that contributed to this historical case. However, allow me to pick the two people that i will call legends of the game and that is the veteran MCP legal team of Titus Mvalo and Modercai Msiska.
MCP Legal team, Modercai Msiska and Titus Mvalo with Dr Chakwera
Titus Mvalo and Modercai Msiska throughout the case have proved to be the benchmark of what lawyers should be like. They have proved true the notion that old wine gets better with age. In recap , you can be reminded that these two lawyers started their trade many years ago. The experiences that they have in legal matters proved that MCP had made the right choice in picking them as the legal representatives in this case . MCP Director of Strategy Ken Zikhale once described Mvalo as a “ genius in legal matters” . one cannot deny that presence of these old guards had brought real seriousness in the case.
In a country where there are a lot of upcoming vibrant young lawyers, it has proved that it was a blessing to have these two legal minds as they have shown the future generation what it means to be good and great at your craft. The point I want to make is that for anyone in legal trade Mvalo and Msiska have proved to be great role models. In the years to come, young lawyers will always look back and ask themselves whenever they face a legal challenge that what would Mvalo or Msiska have done . This is what being a role model is all about. The level of discipline that these lawyers brought and the ability to control the case is something that gave the government lawyers really a hard time.
As the judgement day looms, one thing we are sure is that nothing will take away the greatness that is in our old greats of Mvalo and Msiska. They are on the verge of writing their names in the history of Malawi and Africa
The Deputy speaker of Malawi parliament who is also MCP Legislator for Kasungu East will this Friday engage with Malawians living in diaspora at an event In London.
Kazombo who is in the UK
for business trip in his role as deputy speaker decided to utilise the little free time he has to
meet a number of Malawians in UK
. The event has been co-organised by the diaspora Wing of the Malawi Congress
Party.
Deputy Speaker: Hon Madalitso Kazombo
Speaking to 247Malawi Media , the UK director of MCP Diaspora Wing Nelson Ngulube confirmed that indeed a small event has been organised and that the Deputy speaker is the main Guest “ We are grateful that Hon Kazombo has set time from his busy schedules to arrange to meet us and together discuss various issues that are impacting our country Malawi at the moment” said Ngulube.
Among the issues that will be on agenda are discussions on
how best Malawi Parliament can work with those in diaspora, an critical
evaluation of how far the issues of dual
citizenship have gone and the current
events that have engulfed Malawi .
The event which will be held in Wimbledon London is scheduled to start at 5:30pm and is
scheduled to finish at 10pm. Those that
want to be part of the event are encouraged to contact the organisers MCP Diaspora
Wing through their Facebook page.
The MCP First Deputy President, Muhammad Sidik Mia on Monday wound up the party’s campaign trail in style with well patronised whistle stop in the Lilongwe South constituency ahead of the parliamentary polls on Thursday.
The second in command of the country’s oldest political
party had a busy day in the field, caping it with a total of four stops in the
densely populated constituency which has 27 polling centers.
The first stop was at Tanga trading centre where he urged
the people to vote for the MCP candidate, Peter Dimba in the by-election which
comes after the death of a UTM candidate prior to the May 2019 tripartite
election.
Mia had a second stop over at Malingunde market where he
drummed up support for Hon Dimba. The third stop was at Phirilanjuzi, before
finally holding a mass rally at Chiputu Primary School ground.
In his address, he reminded the people of the area that it
is only the MCP candidate who has the welfare of the local masses at heart. He spoke
highly of the diminutive Dimba as a hardworking and intelligent young man who
knows best the needs and wants of the area.
Mia emphasized the need for the people to go and vote in
large numbers as a protest to the DPP rule which is “in power by default”.
Sidik Mia
He also urged the party faithfuls to continue praying for
the MCP president, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, ahead of the presidential court case
ruling to be delivered on Monday, 3 February.
He insisted that the MCP under Chakwera is still determined
to implement the SUPER High 5 campaign promise should the court rule in their
favour.
Earlier on, the party’s Regional Chairman, Hon Patrick
Chilondola urged the people of Chief Masumbankhunda to rally behind “one of
their own” if they are to realize the fruits of the incoming government.
The party’s candidate, Dimba, assured the MCP deputy
president of an outright win. He reported that the people already showed faith
in the party leadership by how they voted in the presidential election. DPP got
less than a thousand votes out of 30000 registered voters.
Among some of the notable figures who accompanied the MCP
deputy president were the Lilongwe city mayor, Clr Juliana Kaduya, the MCP
Deputy Director of International Affairs Edgar Chipalanjira, the Deputy
Director of Youth Blessings Chilembwe, the Deputy Treasurer General Halima
Daud, the Deputy Organizing Secretary Gift Dafter and an Executive Member,
Enoch Kanyimbiri.
Defender Dennis Chembezi has joined Limpopo outfit Polokwane City. The Malawian international has signed a two-year deal with coach Clinton Larsen’s side.
Chembezi has described his move to Rise and Shine as a dream come true.
“It was my dream to play in South African especially because I am from Malawi. Many players there aim high and one of the ambitions is to play in South Africa,” Chembezi said
Dennis Chembezi
“I was advised by players who are from Malawi who play in South Africa (Gerald Phiri jr and Gabadinho Mhango) whenever we play in the national team to work hard. Even when I was coming here they spoke to me and told me to push so I can play more games and aim for Europe.”
Rise and Shine are second from bottom on the log table and will hope the new signing will boost their leaky defence.
