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29/10/2023

Authorities at Reserve Bank of Malawi says for over a period of 3 to 4 years they have replaced banknotes with a value of 200 billion Kwacha.

Samuel Senzani Reserve Bank of Malawi Currency Operations Manager disclosed this in Nsanje on the sidelines of public engagement meetings central bank officials held in the district.

According to Senzani, the replacement of the damaged banknotes cost the central bank 20 billion Kwacha annually.

He cited throwing of cash during social gatherings such a weddings as some of malpractices leading to currency destruction in the country.

Senzani was however quick to disclose that following these public engagements there has been positive response on the part of members of public on proper use of currency to avoid destruction.

29/10/2023

A woman at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip embraces the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes, October 17, 2023. 
 
Israel has put Gaza under a total siege and subjected it to intense bombardment. It has vowed to annihilate Hamas after the Islamist militant group killed 1,400 people and seized hostages in an Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Gaza health ministry says Israeli air strikes have killed more than 3,000 since then.
 
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29/10/2023

A forest officer who sold 58 pine trees worth K105 million in Dedza Forest Reserve has started serving his five-year prison sentence after failing to pay a K2.5 million fine slapped on him by the Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Court.

Andrew Mbughi, aged 36, was convicted on Friday of abuse of office and destroying forest produce from a forest reserve without license.

State prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent, Saddrey Sambo of the Central West Region Police told the court that on June 2, 2023 a patrol team between Lilongwe based forestry officials and Dedza Police Station detectives hit Dedza Mountain after a tip went rife about illegal cutting down of trees.

At Mgonda area, within the reserve, they found 86 felled trees awaiting transportation and a security guard immediately named their superior Mbughi to be behind the shady deal.

In his trial, the accused pleaded not guilty to the two charges laid against him, prompting the State to parade five witnesses.

The State prayed to the court to impose a stiffer punishment on Mbughi, saying he was supposed to protect the mountain, not plundering its resources.

In his mitigation, he begged for leniency saying he has a wife and a child who relies on him for school fees.

Passing sentence, Principal Resident Magistrate Rodrick Michongwe condemned Mbughi for being at the forefront destroying trees for economic gain; saying he abused his powers, breaching his employer’s (government) trust at the same time; hence the need to isolate him from society to deter potential offenders.

Mbughi comes from Wilson Msukwa Village Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku in Chitipa District.

~Reported by Kelvin Makupe~

29/10/2023

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29/10/2023

Katswiri ochita masewero a nkhonya Tyson Fury wagonjetsa katswiri wakale wa UFC Francis Ngannou wamdziko la Cameroon kudzera mu chiganizo cha oweruza (Judges split desicion) usiku wathawu mu mdziko la Saudi Arabia.

Aka kanali koyamba kuti awiriwa akumane mu nkhonya yomwe inali ya zigawo 10 (10 rounds) koma yosalimbirana lamba yemwe akusungira Tyson Fury wa WBC.

Ngakhale Ngannou kanali koyamba kuchita mpikisano wake wa nkhonya koma anakwanitsa kugwetsa Fury mugawo lachitatu, komanso kuchita bwino mzigawo zina kusiyana ndi zomwe anthu amayembekezera.

Komabe ngakhale Izi zidadzidzimutsa anthu ambili, Fury adachitabe bwino mzigawo zina zotsatira, mpaka kupeza chipambano kuchokera Ku chiganizo cha oweruza (Judges ) omwe amayang'anira nkhonya yi.
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-Gift Mthunzi

29/10/2023