The 49 years old Benson Malima Mumba was elavated from group village head to senior village headman Malima on saturday 31 october
Member of parliament for Rumphi central hounarable enock chihana, paramount chief chikulula Mayembe from bolero and and other chiefs were among people the who witnessed the ceremony which was spiced with dances like Ben and vimbuza commonly known as sing’ana mayere among tumbuka’s
Speaking during the elavation ceremony chihana asked senior chief Malima to continue taking care of his subjects. He also recommended the ceremony as important because it enforces culture and tradition
Chihana appealed to the young one’s to look to such ceremonies as their culture and therefore respect it
Chihana presented k5 thoudand malawi kwacha to senior malima as a support to the chieftancy
In his reaction chief malima said he is happy for the new post and he has promised to help people developing his area
Alot of people turned up despite cloudy and windy weather
Senior chief malima was installed as a group village head man in 2002
by Emmanuel chitambuli timothy
