OSMAN: The Commission calls upon Government to ensure that all those persons who were recently sentenced to death and are on death row, should have their sentences commuted to life
The Malawi Human Rights Commission(MHRC) has commended the Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda’s led Supreme Court of Malawi for abolishing death sentence in country as right step towards restoring dignity to human rights especially right to life.
On 28th of April, 2021 the Supreme Court ruled that death sentence is unconstitutional and illegal on Khoviwa vs Republic case.
“For the past two sessions of the Universal Periodic Review, the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations has recommended to the Malawi Government to consider abolishing the death penalty by signing the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states that every person has the inherent right to life and that the right m
Norwegian Church Aid and DanChurchAid (NCA/DCA) joint country program in Malawi on Monday donated hand sanitisers and face masks to Kasungu District Council and Chipumi Health Centre in Mchinji to aid both health and extension workers’ CoVID-19 Control.
Daisy Katsoka, NCA/DCA’s water and sanitation hygiene (WASH) officer, said the donation was not an isolated one but an addition to WASH activities they are implementing in the areas they are constructing.
Receiving hand sanitizer donation
“The early childhood development centres have a WASH component providing clean portable water extending to the community.
“Chipumi and Santhe Health Centres are in our impact areas. They serve our project beneficiaries hence our support to them. The support will also reach out to extension workers in the areas.”
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At least 180, 000 agriculture-dependent rural households are expected to benefit from The Sustainable Food Systems for Rural Agriculture Transformation and Resilience (TRANSFORM) Programme, which a consortium of three Norwegian organizations is implementing in five districts in Malawi.
TRANSFORM Programme is being implemented in Dowa, Mchinji, Kasungu, Mzimba and Rumphi with an annual grant of NOK70m (MWK5.6billion) from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) through Royal Norwegian Embassy (RNE).
Professor George Kanyama Phiri–TRANSFORM Programme is a game changer in the agriculture sector–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
It is being coodinated by a consortium of three Norwegian organisations, which include The Development Fund of Norway (DF), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and Norwegian University for Life Sciences (NMBU) focusing on research.