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South Africa-based Malawian publishes book

South Africa-based writer Hugo Yusuf Rashid has published a book titled Parables – Unveiling Kingdom Secrets.

Rashid, an entrepreneur and author who is under the mentorship of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, said the book reveals secrets behind Bible parables.

“Since long time ago, God has been speaking to His people in four ways; riddles, dreams, face-to-face and parables. It is for this reason that I decided to write a book shedding light on the secrets of the past, present and future,” Rashid said Thursday.

Rashid said there are issues such as parable of the coin, parable of the vineyard, the sign of Noah, the parable of the old and the new wine and the parable of the net among others.

“There are many Bible parables that are not well understood and hardly interpreted. Parables are emblematic of the past, present and future. I have written this book to shed light on the subject – parables,” he said.

Rashid said he had been looking for something that could speak to what was happening in this present age .

“We have wars, rumours of wars, nations fighting against nations, tribes against tribes, brothers fighting against brothers, earthquakes, floods and all manner of natural disasters. I hope people will be blessed and gain knowledge in the book,” he said.

The book is on Amazon.

10 new faces as under-17 starts camping

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Malawi under-17 national football team Coach, De Klerk Msakakuona, has added 10 faces to the team that goes into camp today.

The side regroups in preparation for the 2019 Cosafa Under-17 Youth Championship which the country hosts from October 11 to 20.

According to a press release which Football Association of Malawi issued Thursday, Msakakuona has called 30 players for the full-time residential camp training at Mpira Village in Blantyre.

Msakakuona has added 10 more players to the 20- man squad that went to Tanzania for the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Associations games last month.

“It was important to add some players after we noticed areas that needed beefing up. Of course, all players will have to fight to be in the squad,” he said.

Meanwhile, Fam Technical Director, John Kaputa, has said they had put in place a programme that has incorporated academic activities for the players who are school-goers.

“We have done this in conjunction with the Malawi Schools Sports Association. All the players are now registered with Massa and have been provided with text and note books as per their classes. We will now work on allocating teachers for academic sessions in between training sessions,” he said.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers—Brian Kamenya, Wongani Chimkonde, Chimango Mughogho, Maxwell Makopa.

Defenders—Precious Shaba, Innocent Chipolopolo, Sunganani Geoffrey, Clifford Chimulambe, Harrison Kapata, Akuzike Lifa, Thoko Meja, Maxwell Ng’ambi

Midfielders—Mayamiko M’madi, Chifundo Mbofana, Noel Sakala, Chuma Tukula, Harvey Nasiyaya, Oscar Khulumula, Festus Duwe, Amidu Mponda, Julio Chagunda, Kenneth Chagunda, Frank Mahowa, Wilson Kamphonda

Strikers—Chikumbutso Salima, Emmanuel Jnr Savieli, Chikondi Mvula, Fatsani Chiusiwa, James Dimbwa, Andrew Sikola.

I am not desperate—Lazarus Chakwera

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, Lazarus Chakwera, Thursday told the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe that his petition against May 21 tripartite elections results is not out of desperation for the State presidency but quest for justice.

Chakwera said this when Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, representing Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec), referred Chakwera’s candidature in the elections as his last chance to contest under MCP ticket.

“Being your last opportunity, you understand the temptation maybe there to get the post no matter what,” Kaphale asked.

“I do not succumb to temptations,” Chakwera responded.

Kaphale kept on pressing to the MCP leader on his character but Chakwera insisted that he was at the court to seek justice.

During cross-examination, Kaphale took Chakwera through the roles of monitors and their significance at a polling station.

Kaphale questioned why Chakwera had chosen not to use monitors that were on ground to challenge the validity of results.

“We have witnesses that can represent their cases without necessarily involving them,” Chakwera said.

Kaphale insisted that, without the sworn statements of the monitors on the ground, the evidence of the other witnesses would be secondary.

But Chakwera said, if such were the case, even those working at Mec would speculate the validity of results that were recorded and sent.

Kaphale also asked Chakwera whether the issue of barcodes was provided for in the law.

The AG’s line of questioning on whether Mec was scanning the barcodes at polling centres led to an objection from MCP lawyer Mordecai Msisha, who argued that Chakwera would not know since it was Mec that introduced the features and their significance.

“The witness could not know the significance of the barcodes, it is only Mec that would be in the know [and] not the witness,” he said.

Kaphale argued against overprotection of the witnesses, a development which did not go down well with judges considering that they had given Kaphale just a day out of three days he requested for cross-examination.

Kaphale withdrew the statement.

Chakwera, the second respondent and UTM leader Saulos Chilima, are seeking nullification of the presidential election results, arguing that they were marred by irregularities.

GGJDC urge political women aspirants not to give up

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Governance Gender Justice and Development Center (GGJDC), one of the organizations that promote gender issues in the country has urged women who failed in the May 21 tripartite elections not to relent but contest  in 2024 elections.

This was revealed during the meeting organized by GGJDC at Sanguya Lodge for Women Councilors in Lilongwe on Tuesday.


Councillors who did not made it pose for a group photo

GGJDC Programmes Officer, Grace Makuti said the event was organized to meet all women councilors who failed during the elections to discuss factors that led to the loss of many women during the  past elections.

“Out of 61 Wards in Lilongwe, only nine women made it. This did not impress us as we want more women to be elected into various positions under our program called “Women Empowered for Leadership” which started last year,” she pointed out.

Makuti added that women, during the meeting, have learned the factors that made them loose as well as finding the solutions so as not to repeat the same mistakes and do better in the next elections.

“Over 64 women registered and made it into ballot papers but nine made it hence conducting this meeting to hear direct from them on what they think made them loose and find solutions as well as to encourage them to take part and hold different positions in the community despite failing the last elections,” she said.

One of the councilors who lost the elections,Sabina Ndeketeya thanked the GGJDC for the meeting as this has really encouraged her not to give up despite the challenges faced during the election process and promised find solutions to the problems which led to her failure.

“One of the problems that let me down is that people in my community vote for the party not a person in that they only choose a party despite the developments that one can bring after elections. I promised them more developments but they said that cannot change them since they already have the party which they vote for in every election,” she said.

Ndeketeya said that, “She is not giving up despite the discouragement received from the community. I will continue contesting and doing the good work for them since I have a strong feeling that I can really transform my community.”

The meeting involved 2019’s tripartite elections’ Shadow Councilors from various political parties including independent candidates.

Little progress on FAM polls preps

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Football Association of Malawi (FAM) electoral committee says it is yet to meet ahead of the association’s elective general assembly set for this December.

In an interview on Wednesday, the committee’s chairperson Justice Sylvester Kalembera said as a committee, they have on several occasions made efforts to have a meeting, but FAM secretariat has not been forthcoming

“I cannot say how far we have gone with the preparations for the elections because we have never met before as a committee.

“It seems there are problems at the FAM secretariat because whenever I ask for a meeting through the FAM general secretary, it does not work,” he said.

Nevertheless, Kalembera said they have collected FAM statutes which detail the association’s electoral code.

”The good thing is that we have the statutes that are critical in managing the elections,” he added.

When contacted, FAM general secretary Alfred Gunda could not provide information, saying he was “busy with meetings”.

Soccer analyst George Kaudza Masina has advised the electoral committee to refrain from relying too much on FAM on its operations  if it is to act independently.

“The ideal officers they [electoral committee] should be consulting now are those from Malawi National Council of Sports [MNCS],” he said.

current FAM head: Nyamilandu

The specific date and venue for the elections are yet to be known. The previous elections took place at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi.

So far, incumbent vice-president James Mwenda, immediate-past vice-president Moses Mkandawire and Karonga United chairperson Alufeyo Chipanga Banda have declared interest to contest for presidency while sitting president Walter Nyamilandu is yet to declare his position.

Current executive members Daud Mtanthiko and Jabbar Alide have shown interest to contest for first vice-presidency while sitting second vice-president Othaniel Hara and Northern Region Football Association chairperson Lameck Khonje want to vie for second veep seat.

Be Forward Wanderers chairperson Gift Mkandawire and Fellistas Dossi are among those that have shown interest to contest for executive membership.