Congestion has become dire at Kasungu Prison Farm, where 650 inmates are crammed into a facility built to hold only 200 people and are being provided with food that was initially budgeted for just 450 inmates. Worse still, the correctional institution goes weeks without piped water, forcing inmates to fetch water from a distance of…
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has selected the Africa Centre of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish) at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to host the prestigious DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa. The selection follows a highly competitive process that reviewed 416 degree-track submissions from institutions across the region,…
Education authorities in the Central East Education Division have described the newly installed solar-powered water system at Kasungu Secondary School as a timely and lasting solution to the water challenges the institution has faced over the years. The water system, which comprises a main 10,000-litre tank and an additional 5,000-litre tank distributing water through seven…
The residents of Kasungu Municipality have called on the newly elected mayor, Hastings Nyirongo, and the full council to prioritize addressing water challenges, poor road infrastructure, and street vending in the municipality. This follows an elective full council meeting where Malawi Congress Party (MCP) councillor for Chankhanga Ward secured the mayoral seat, deputized by MCP…
Households enrolled in the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Kasungu say the initiative is enabling them to break the cycle of poverty and improve their livelihoods. One of the beneficiaries, 29-year-old Victor Manda, a head of a four-member household from Jakapu Village in Traditional Authority Chisikwa, said this during a monitoring tour aimed at appreciating…
Trees that were once cut down for firewood to prepare meals for learners in three primary schools in off-grid areas of Kasungu are now being preserved following the introduction of the Planet Friendly School Meals initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP). The initiative, currently being piloted in Kaunda, Katuta, and Kasamba Primary Schools, has…
A total of 53 primary schools, a few Community Day Secondary Schools, and several health facilities in both off-grid and on-grid areas of Kasungu are set to be electrified under the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Malawi (ASCENT) project. Speaking during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting, Project Officer Austin Thewu said…
The voyage toward the September 16, 2025 polls reached its peak between July 14 and September 14, as campaign fever gripped Kasungu. Candidates took to rallies, markets, and community gatherings, making sweet promises to win parliamentary seats. When election day finally arrived, Malawians spoke through the ballot, choosing who would represent them in Parliament for…
Cypermethrin has become a common poisonous chemical that illegal fishermen are using to catch fish in the Bua River, which flows through the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, posing serious health threats to consumers and aquatic life in the river. Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve Park Manager David Nangoma lamented that apart from such health risks, illegal fishing, gold…
Ultra-poverty is now being driven out of the household of 31-year-old Flora Banda, a youth beneficiary of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in Kasungu District. Coming from a poor background, Banda now owns a tailoring shop at Lisasadzi Trading Centre in Senior Chief Kaomba, where she has employed another youth and is passing on…