CCAP Of Nkhoma Synod denies obtaining injunction against new COVID-19 measures

 Nkhoma Synod of the CCAP has refuted rumours hovering on the social media that the church has obtained an injunction against new measurers set out by government aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus.

On Sunday, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda announced new measures aimed at fighting COVID-19 and some of the measures include restriction of public gatherings of more than 10 people.

Apart from that, Chiponda also introduced mandatory use of face mask among Malawians across the country.

On Monday afternoon, the social media was awash with reports that Nkhoma Synod has obtained an injunction over the said rules.

But Deputy General Secretary of the CCAP Nkhoma Synod, Rev Brian Kamwendo, the rumours are just mere fabrication.

Rev Kamwendo has since advised the church membership and entire Malawians to follow all Covid-19 preventive measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.

Meanwhile unconfirmed reports indicate that CDEDI Acting Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa is contemplating on obtaining an injunction over the matter.

Mtambo asks BCC to apologise to Muslims

 

Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Mtambo, has called on Blantyre City Council (BCC) to apologise to the Muslim and Christian communities for the way it handled the billboard wrangle between the Islamic Information Bureau (IIB) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM).

In demanding the apology through a letter dated August 8 2020, Mtambo says his ministry is of the view that the council was supposed to engage both parties and “arrive at a common agreement amicably”.

The minister indicates that BCC failed to inform its client of its decision to remove the billboard and that the billboard was allegedly removed at night coupled with failure to communicate either to the public or its client.

The standoff between the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) and EAM started when IIB recently erected a billboard at Maselema in Blantyre.

Seodi White speaks out on her transfer rumours to Neno

 Human Right activist Seodi White has refuted rumours hovering on the social media that she has been transferred to Neno to work as District Commissioner.

On Monday, the social media was awash with reports that White has been kicked out of 

Capital Hill where she was working as Chief Director of Public Sector Reforms in the Office of the President and Cabinet.

The rumour attracted mixed reactions with many describing it as a fight back considering the fact that she attacked Dr. Saulos Chilima during the reign of former President Peter Mutharika.

It is said that White described Chilima as ‘Mr. know it all’.

Posting on her Whatsapp status shared on facebook, White refuted the rumours, saying the rumours are untrue.

“So far in one afternoon. I have received 62 messages. From Malawi and around the World. Thank you. Since I avoid malicious social media I hear once again discussions of my career prospects are buzzing. As I have said this before in our ever-changing times the worst we can be fearful. The fear I have seen thus far is of people agitating for my removal. Ladies and Gentlemen lets develop our country. Whether as Neno Woman or Karonga man. I’m still based at Capital Hill Lilongwe,” wrote White.

Meanwhile debate on the matter continues..

Suspected Ritualist Apprehended While Stealing The Manhood Of Children

A suspected ritualist has been apprehended by the Ogobiri vigilante squad in Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa state.

He was caught in the act of using suspected diabolical ritual handkerchief to steal the manliness of little children.

Bodmas Kemepadei reports that he man was made to confess and he admitted to the act, he was therefore forced to return the children's manliness.

He confessed that he goes to rural communities as a trader and lures children with sweets and biscuit's into his home after which he uses the handkerchief to rub their faces in the pretence of cleaning sweats.

The man claims to hail from Anambra state in the Eastern part of Nigeria. He further claimed that they are many in number and have shared themselves into different parts of the state.

The vigilante had moved into one of their locations as at the time of filing this report and investigations and search are ongoing.

Parents becareful.

Mum makes love in front of her five-month-old

 A MUM has sparked outrage online after admitting that she makes love to her partner in front of her five-month-old.

‘Free-spirited’ Sally Mustang, 30, and her husband Mitch Gobel, also 30, welcomed their son Azure Sitara five months ago.

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Sally Mustang admitted to "making love" in front of her five-month-old son Azure SitaraCredit: 'sallymustang

And the hipster influencer has been slammed after defending her decision to make love in front of the baby on

 Instagram 

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Sharing a photo of herself lying naked on a picnic rug, she revealed that she “makes love” to her husband with Azure in the room.

Sally claimed that it was “natural” and questioned why society deemed it so unacceptable.

However, the post - which was deleted just 12 hours later - sparked outrage among many parents, the

 Daily Mail 

reports.

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Sally, seen here with husband Mitch, claimed that it was completely "natural"Credit: 'sallymustang

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However, fellow parents said that sex was an "adult" topicCredit: 'sallymustang

Many agreed that sex was an “adult” topic with one woman commenting, “Imagine if he came to you at eight years old and said he was ready to have sex, because sex was such an open topic in your household.”

Sally has since defended her post in her Instagram stories, revealing she had chosen to remove it due to the “bad energy she received.”

She wrote: “I have worked and studied a lot in sex and sexual trauma.

“In noooo way am I subjecting my son to this so if you have had a hard story when it comes to sexuality I am really sorry and I am sending you love from my heart.”

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Sally has since deleted her post and apologised for any upset causedCredit: 'sallymustang

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She says that "love making" does not mean sex in their relationshipCredit: 'sallymustang

She continued to say that making love doesn’t necessarily mean full blown sex, and she defines it as “making out, massage” or anything they define as “love together.”

Sally continued: “When I say Azure is present I also mean that he is asleep, moved to the other side of the bed, he could be playing on the rug with his toys while we are away on the couch.”

She went on to explain that all of the rooms in their house are interconnected and that they don’t “make Azure watch.”

The mum went on to say that she had intended to promote “free love” before apologising for any triggers.

In other parenting news, this mum revealed that strangers shame her for breastfeeding her toddler.

And this eight-month pregnant woman has the BEST response for acommuter who won’t move his bag so she can sit down.

Meanwhile this mum revealed strangers called her gross for breastfeeding her six-year-old son.

Harmonize Admits That His Wife Sarah Is Pregnant

 

Bongo star Harmonize is one happy man today. The “Kwangwaru” singer disclosed that he and his wife, Italian model Sarah Michelotti are expecting.

Harmonize-wedding

The two have been dating like since forever and finally has something to show for all that time together. The singer said this during a performance in Dodoma, Tanzania on Saturday, August 8 which was met with widespread support.

“Not long now, we are expecting to have a child because Sarah is pregnant as we speak,” the singer said. This was applauded by many of his fans who had filled up the Jamhuri Stadium.

This comes a few months after it was rumoured that the couple was experiencing difficulties in their relationship with Harmonize’ alleged side chick waging an online war.

The singer’s alleged side chick, Nicole Joy Berry and Sarah engaged in a vicious online battle prompted by Harmonize’s decision to go live on Instagram with Nicole while entertaining his fans and followers during the lockdown.

Harmonize with Nicole Berry

Sarah went on to the comments section and called Nicole a lady of the night, prompting her to dare the Italian to repeat it again, something Sarah heeded.

A few weeks later, Sarah unfollowed the singer on Instagram after claims he had slept with the video vixen but would later emerge a week later with the singer in tow.

Sarah herself has been the subject of controversy ion the past with claims that she slept with one of Diamond’s bodyguards when Harmonize was still at WCB.

Malawi Registers New 55 Covid-19 Recoveries

 

Malawi has registered 16 new COVID-19 cases as well as 55 new recoveries and the total number of cases has hit 4,674.

Co-chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus John Phuka announced the new cases on Monday.

He said all the new cases are locally transmitted infections. They include four each from Blantyre and Lilongwe, two from Chikwawa, one each from Chiradzulu, Dowa, Kasungu, Mchinji, Mzimba North and Mzimba South.

Global coronavirus cases hit 20million and more than 734,000 people have now died in the pandemic

 The global number of Covid-19 cases has reached 20million and more than 734,000 people have now died, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre.

The grim milestone was reached in the early hours of Tuesday morning, UK time, with 20,011,186 cases worldwide.

A quarter (five million) of diagnosed infections have been in the US, where daily cases are continuing to rise.

Brazil comes second, having reached three million cases, followed by India (2.2million), Russia (almost 900,000) and South Africa (560,000). 

Health officials believe the real figure of cases worldwide is in fact far higher due to testing limitations and the fact as many as 40 per cent of people infected have no symptoms. 

The US has also suffered the most deaths at 163,331, while there have been 101,000 in Brazil, 52,000 in Mexico, 46,611 in the UK and more than 44,000 in India.

Malawi loses MK80 billion due to the closure of some hospitality centres

 Malawi has lost about MK 80 billion due to the closure of some hospitality centres due to the Coronavirus pandemic which has disrupted business activities across the globe.

Ministry of Tourism spokesperson, Milca Manyozo says the ministry has been falling to collect over MK 13 .5 billion every month from hospitality centres due to the pandemic.

Manyozo says among other things, tourists have been falling to cross Malawian borders as authorities sealed the entry points to curb the spread of corona.

She however said the ministry is working on measures meant to support the ailing but critical tourism industry.

Burundi Court Sentnces 3 To 30 Years Imprisonment For Attempting To Assassinate New President Evariste Ndayishimiye

 

A court in northern Burundi has sentenced two men and a woman to 30 years in prison for attempting to assassinate new President Evariste Ndayishimiye after they threw stones at his convoy.

The prosecutor requested the court in Kayanza province to jail the three to seven years for causing insecurity for the president, but the court decided to convict them of trying to kill him and sentenced each of them to 30 years in prison, local radio station Isanganiro reported.

The three, who were employed at Engen petrol station in Kayanza town, were accused of stoning the convoy from their work place when Mr Ndayishimiye visited the area last Wednesday.

They denied the charge.

“Many people were arrested after the incident, some were released afterwards but a woman and two men who work at a petrol station remained in jail and were sentenced this Sunday,” a resident in Kayanza told BBC Great Lakes.

President Ndayishimiye was due to take power on 20 August after he won elections in May. However, he was inaugurated in June after the sudden death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza.
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World Vision commits to promote accountability in implementation of developments projects in Ntcheu

 

World Vision says communities can develop positively if there is transparency and accountability in the implementation of developments projects.

World Vision District Programme Manager for Ntcheu Limbani Gondwe Kumpolota said rights holder are key in enhancing development as they are critical to checks and balances.

Kumpolota made the remarks in Liwonde on Friday at the end of Policy Standards Compilation Working meeting with Ntcheu District Council.

"As an organisation, we believe in governance as it is key to development. Currently, we are implementing an advocacy initiative at local level called Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) to improve accountability on public service delivery in the district," said Kumpolota.

She said under the initiative, service users are empowered to monitor service providers to enhance transparency and accountability to foster development.

Ntcheu District Commissioner, Francis Matewere commended the organisation for complimenting government's agenda on transparency and accountability.

'Am happy that what World Vision is doing is in line with government philosophy on enhancing accountability in public service delivery,' said Matewere.

He expressed optimism that CVA will help in ensuring that the government is taking responsibility of its mandate.

"As service providers, we need to be answerable to communities. We need to be responsible and work on what we have agreed or promised to deliver,' he said.

Action Aid calls for government to invest in gender responsive public services

 

Action Aid Malawi has called for government to invest in gender responsive public services through public financing.

This call has been made as one of the recommendations in a report that has been virtually launched by the organisation dubbed who cares for the future: Finance Gender Responsive Public Services.

Speaking with Malawi News Agency (MANA) Action Aid Head of Programs and Policy Clement Ndiwo Banda said   the report identifies some key gaps regarding financing of public services in the light of Covid- 19 as in what opportunities and challenges are there.

“Among the key messages that we are sending to government is to take advantage of six months debt repayment holiday which the International Monitory Fund has given country .

“To use the resources we should have been paying the debts to invest in public services like health and education,” he said.

He added that they have also made recommendations to government to negotiate to better payment terms which could be longer, that would release some resources to be invested in public services.

“At the same time we are looking at how we can invest the resources available to government to continue to finance public services looking at our taxation policies and strategies that are in place,” he said.

Ministry of gender Chief Gender Officer Ronald Phiri said the ministry is working hand in hand with the ministry of education  and ministry of health to make sure that the .

He said currently they are viewing a number of the gender related laws with the two ministries.

“Under education and labour we are part and parcel of skills and vibrant economy program which is being funded by World Bank.

“Under this program we have a component where we want to target young women who are drop outs so that they become active beneficiaries of what we call active training for them to engage self employment,” he said.

 He said as ministry they have also put in place some measures to make sure that there is allocation of resources of public services that can benefit women and girls.