Almost all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Ntcheu District are avoiding hard-to-reach areas, a study conducted by the NGO Board of Malawi has revealed.
According to the study, which was conducted between November 2020 to January 2021, there are 31 NGOs in Ntcheu.
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And out of those NGOs, 25 are registered with the NGO Board of Malawi, a state-owned registrar and regulator of all NGOs and civil society organisations in the country.
The study, according to NGO Board’s district service officer for Ntcheu Priyanka Jere, involved interactions with Area Development Committee (ADC) members, Traditional Authorities (TAs), secretaries to TAs, ADC chairpersons and secretaries.
Ntcheu District Council has arranged modelling sessions in 68 primary schools in the district to reduce the rate of dropouts, especially among girls, and increase their pass rate to different secondary schools.
Speaking on Friday during a modelling session at Hau Primary School in the district, Director of Education, Youth and Sports for the Council, Lucia Chidalengwa, said girls from local areas lack role models who can stand as a source of inspiration for them to work hard at school.
âMany girls in rural areas are dropping out of school because they are not exposed to role models hence they have a narrow view about education. That is why we have decided to parade role models in various primary schools to encourage girls to take education seriously,” she said.
The three are Andrea Boniface, 32, Cassam Mwachande, 76 and Nkali Milanzi, 56.
Ntcheu Police spokesperson, Hastings Chigalu, said the suspects were arrested on May 10 at Mphate Trading Centre during a farm gate enforcement operation.
Chigalu said the suspects were found buying maize and other farm produce from farmers without a licence, buying the same at low prices than the government set minimum prices and for using unrecommended scales.
“The suspects are currently in our custody and will appear in court soon to answer applicable charges,” he said.
source:Mana
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Kabaza operators in Ntcheu who did not properly clear their motor cycles have agreed to pay Customs duties to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA).
This follows a meeting held at Biriwiri Border Station where MRA officials met representatives of the Kabaza operators in the district.
In the agreement, MRA will conduct valuation of all un-cleared motor cycles and thereafter the operators would be required to pay the taxes due to Government.
Chairman of the Kabaza group, Keston Jastin, said they will abide by the law by paying Customs duties to MRA in the same way they pay rates to Ntcheu District Council.
The First Grade Magistrateâs Court in Dowa has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 3 years in prison for being found in possession of bags of cannabis.
The court through state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda heard that the convict Mike Ruben committed the offence on March 8, 2021 at Nalunga Trading Centre after being found in possession of four bags of cannabis weighing 80 kilograms.
Appearing before court, the convict pleaded guilty to a charge of found in possession of Indian Hemp without a license.
In his submission, state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda asked the court for a stiff punishment to send as a warning to other would-be offenders, though the convict is a first offender.