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University of Malawi economic expert Jacob Mazalale has described Wednesday's 44 percent devaluation of the kwacha as being long overdue.

Reported by Taonga Sabola Mazalale, a former Head of the Economics Department at the University of Malawi was speaking in an interview on the side-lines of the Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) Annual Conference, currently underway in Mangochi.

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Police in Mangochi district have arrested 34-year-old Sarah Gerald on allegations that she forcibly held custody of a 4-year-old girl with albinism as collateral, after the child's mother failed to repay a loan of K20,000.00 which she took from the suspect. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer Amina Daudi said the incident occurred yesterday at M'baluku Trading Centre in the district.

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Police in Kanengo, Lilongwe, have arrested a couple, 19-year-old Innocent Mbewe and his 15-year-old wife, in connection to the murder of a 6-year-old child, Loyce Tembo.

Reported by Cathy Maulidi Kanengo Police spokesperson Gresham Ngwira has told Times 360 Malawi that on October 21, 2023, the girl's mother, Caroline Tembo reported to police that the girl had gone missing and since then, officers have been investigating the matter.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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

#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.

#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

#NewsUpdate: Former Energy Minister Newton Kambala, Aford president Enoch Chihana and President Lazarus Chakwera's former chief advisor on strategy, Chris Chaima Banda, have pleaded not guilty to the amended chargesheet brought by the State in the case of political ... interference in the awarding of fuel importation contracts.

The State has now brought its first witness, an official from PPDA.

Reported by Taonga Sabola

#NewsUpdate: The Education, Science and Technology Committee of Parliament has agreed with students from higher learning institutions that the K200,000 that the students receive needs to be revised.

Reported by Mathews Kasanda The students have proposed that the amount, which they get from the Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB), should be increased to K480,000.

#NewsUpdate: Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change is meeting Power Market Limited (PML), Escom, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance and Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) representatives on the status of the Single ... ... Buyer licence which Escom was ordered to surrender to PML by December 31, 2021.

There have been disagreements between Escom and PML over Single Buyer Licence which was previously under Escom but Mera gave the license to PML.

#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.

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