MASM senior officer in police custody for allegedly defiling 14-year-old niece

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Police in Blantyre have arrested a senior officer at Malawi Medical Society of Malawi (MASM), Andrew Nyirenda, for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old niece.

According to sources Nyirenda was staying with the niece in his house and started bonking her regularly up to the extent that the young girl contracted HIV.

The girl’s health status was exposed when she went home where her parents, upon suspecting foul play, took her to the hospital where she tested HIV positive.

“When the niece went home, she was not looking healthy and this forced the mother to take her to the hospital where she tested positive. When the girl was pressed to reveal how she contracted the disease, she revelaed that her uncle Ngomwa used to have unprotected sex with her regularly.

“The mother of the girl could not stomach it and at a family meeting Ngomwa is said to have apologized to the family but the mother of the girl could not take it and vowed to report Ngomwa to Police so that he should be punished for what he did,” said a source.

In an attempt to dodge the possible jail term, Ngomwa is said to have fled the country using the official MASM vehicle into Mozambique where he was arrested.

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).