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Law and order, Lifestyle

Malawi court punishes President Chakwera with legals fees for reinstating Noah Dalasi as Senior Chief Ngabu

Maravi Post Reporter

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The High Court in Blantyre on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 declared unconstitutional, invalid and quashed President Lazarus Chakwera’s decision to reinstate Noah Dalasi Chasafali as senior Chief Ngabu of Chikwawa.

High Court Judge Justice Mandala Mambulasa has instead ordered that defendatnts, who are President Lazarus Chakwera and Noah Dalasi Chasafali should pay costs in the matter.

Lawyer for the applicant Michael Goba Chipeta says his client Basitole Dalison Makwalu whose name was submitted for installation as Senior Chief Ngabu is next in line.

Former president Peter Mutharika had settled for Basitole Dalison Makwalu after a chiefs inquiry.

Malawi, Top News

Chikwawa residents petition Malawi President Mutharika to reinstate Senior Chief Ngabu

Maravi Post Reporter

Chikwawa residents petition Mutharika to reinstate Senior Chief Ngabu

CHIKWAWA-(MaraviPost)-Scores of demonstrators from the area of Senior Chief Ngabu in Chikwawa on Tuesday stormed the District Commissioner’s (DC) office where they presented a petition to President Peter Mutharika to reinstate their Chief.

Marching together with their traditional leaders as they chanted songs to the DC’s office, the peaceful demonstrators were met by Ali Phiri, who received the petition in his capacity as DC.

Contents in the petition as read aloud before the DC, the people of Ngabu want their Chief reinstated based on several reasons among them; that the Chief’s clan members were not consulted and that the Commission of Inquiry which government had instituted was biased.

In an interview, Senior Group Village Headman Khokhwa who was among the traditional leaders in the march, summarized the contents of the petition hence added that they expect President Mutharika to address their concerns in the petition within a period of 7 days.

President Mutharika on December 12, 2019 deposed Chief Ngabu from his position on several accusations that the traditional leader was corrupt when discharging his duties and also that he was involved in land grabbing.

In June last year a group of people believed to have been influenced Paramount Chief Lundu marched to the DC offices to present their petition demanding that the Senior Chief Ngabu should be removed from his position on the same allegations.

However, without expounding, according to the concerned traditional leaders from Ngabu area, the accusations leveled against the Chief are all on political reasons

Law and order

Three arrested for attempted suicide in Malawi

Malawi News Agency (MANA)

Police at Ngabu in Chikwawa are keeping in custody three people on suspicion that they attempted to terminate their lives.

Chikwawa Police Station Public Relations Officer, Constable Foster Benjamin told Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the three, Emmanuel Beni, 29, Hanna Mahomed, 20 and Mary Khambadza, 18 were arrested separately on Thursday and Friday in the area of Senior Chief Ngabu in the district.

Benjamin said the suspects are said to have taken rat poison (termic) following disputes in their respective families.

“The first suspect, Beni, is alleged to have picked a quarrel with his wife after he accused her squandering money meant for family necessities,” the police publicist said.

“The other two Mahomed and Khambadza decided to kill themselves in protest to their husbands’ alleged infidelity,” Benjamin added.

Malawi News Agency has independently established that all the suspects were admitted to Ngabu Rural Hospital where medical findings indicated that they had consumed poison.

According to Benjamin, police officers acted on a tip and apprehended the three on their hospital beds.

“If convicted, the three will face a maximum sentence of seven years in prison,” Benjamin told Mana, adding that the offence contravenes Section 229 of the Penal Code.

Beni hails from Mphamba, while Mahomed and Khambadza come from Thonje and Nkhakamira villages respectively in Senior Chief Ngabu.

The arrest of the three came barely two days after a 20 year – old man, Rabson Joe, poisoned himself to death at Nkumaniza in the same area.

It is alleged that Joe had been at loggerheads with his wife whom he suspected of having an extra marital relationship. Out of anger, it is believed, Joe took termic and was pronounced dead on arrival at Ngabu Rural Hospital.

Meanwhile, police in the district are calling people to seek help and advice from police’s victim support units, marriage counselors and traditional leaders if they have troubling issues than committing suicide.