#NewsUpdate: Police in Ntcheu District have arrested four men for stealing 213 railway slippers valued at over K15 million, belonging to Central African Railways. #TimesNews
Reported by Pemphero Malimba
Ntcheu Police Station spokesperson Rabecca Kwisongole said the
four, aged between 26 and 40, are Paul Simkonda, Bester Makalani, Emmanuel Henry and Victor Makwelero.
They committed the alleged offence at Sharpe Valley Railway Station site on January 17, 2022.
"On this particular day, Police received information of the stolen load. Immediately a follow up was made and snap roadblocks were mounted, leading to the apprehension and detention of the suspects and a loaded motor vehicle at Kasinje turn off as the four failed to....
... produce supporting documents after being asked to do so," Kwisongole said.
The four will appear in court soon to answer charges of theft.
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#FuelDealsCase: Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has ruled that the second witness, Deputy CEO of Nocma Helen Buluma, may tender any document at any point as long as she is still testifying.
Reported by Audrey Kapalamula.
Chirwa said the objection on the matter is based on technicalities in tendering the evidence hence they must not pay much regard to such matters at the expense of justice.
He also said the witness shall go document by document in tendering the evidence.
Meanwhile, Buluma continues testifying before the court.
#NewsUpdate: Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jacob Hara, has warned contractors and consultants in the road construction industry that they will face consequences if found doing substandard works. #TimesNews
Reported by Thomas Kachere.
The Minister was speaking when he appreciated progress on the upgrading of Ntcheu - Tsangano - Neno - Mwanza road.
Hara said consultants found colluding with contractors to defraud government will be prosecuted.
He said government will be using Deflectometre machine to determine the quality of a road before it is handed over to government.
The project also involves upgrading a 20 Kilometre section from Neno Boma to Ligowe.
#HappeningNow: Bon Kalindo-led demonstrations are on in Blantyre.
They are protesting against rising cost living, corruption and are saying no to the 60-day amnesty which Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda announced.
Reported by Jameson Chauluka
The protesters are passing the Independence Arch along the Masauko Chipembere Highway.
Addressing the protesters, Kalindo says he is 'not afraid of anyone' but calls on the protesters to remain peaceful.
#NewsUpdate: The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has resumed hearing of a case in which former minister of Energy, Newton Kambala, president of Aford Enoch Chihana, and former presidential adviser Chris Chaima Banda are being accused of interfering in fuel ...
... importation contracts by Nocma.
Currently, the court is debating on the tendering of a document to be used as evidence as Nocma deputy Chief Executive Officer Hellen Buluma continues testifying before the court today.
Reported by Audrey Kapalamula
Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has adjourned the Nocma fuel importation case to the afternoon when he will rule on the technicalities surrounding tendering of documents.
#NewsUpdate: Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee of the Parliament is meeting the Treasury and Khato Civils on the progress of Salima-Lilongwe water project.
Reported by Wezzie Gausi
Treasury representative says the process has taken long because they were taking long to find a financier that was compatible with government standards.
He says currently, the financier has been found and negotiations are at an advanced stage.
He says the Minister of Finance will be telling the nation on the progress in the budget statement in February.
Khato Chief Executive Officer Mongezi Mnyani says government has signed the term sheet.
#NewsUpdate: Former Energy Minister Newton Kambala, Aford President Enoch Chihana and Former Chief Advisor to President on Strategy Chris Chaima Banda have arrived at the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court to continue hearing of their case of political interference ...
... in the awarding of fuel supply contracts.
Nocma acting Chief Executive Officer Hellen Buluma is today expected to continue testifying against the three.
Reported by Taonga Sabola
The defence is being represented by lawyers Wapona Kita, Bright Theu, Khumbo Soko, Gilbert Khonyongwa, George Mtchuka Mwale, among others.
The State is being represented by ACB Director General Martha Chizuma and lawyers from ACB.