tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685521486180471062012-02-01T13:09:49.551+02:00ZachimalawiA posting of various features that characterise the country's Warm-Hearted spirit: So many aspects, so many good things. Being Malawian is being human, that is the moral of this blog.Zachimalawi is a heart that does not keep things hidden- the suppressed story, trumpled upon rights, and abandoned shaddows of truth come fast in the limelight. Zachimalawi is an attempt to appreciate the many things that make it too much for on heart, one life in the monologue of survival called 'being'.Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.comBlogger16531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-12935195068694121062012-02-01T13:09:00.000+02:002012-02-01T13:09:49.558+02:00Make corporate recklessness a crime- Peter Tatchell...Threat of legal penalties would ensure greater economic responsibility
...Bosses must be held personally liable for negligent decisions
London - 1 February 2012
"Stripping Sir Fred Goodwin of his knighthood is a merely symbolic gesture. What's needed are criminal sanctions to ensure greater corporate responsibility," said human rights and social justice campaigner, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-58135378190160177882012-01-31T17:43:00.001+02:002012-01-31T17:43:56.892+02:00Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-16026233704295400502012-01-31T16:47:00.000+02:002012-01-31T16:47:58.095+02:00Enjoying 'The Poetry of Geoffrey Hill'The way Henry Hart has put it, and the introduction by Donald Hall, the Southern Illinois University Press publication is a must read for poetry enthusiasts.
I, especially, like the part on journeys, meditations, and elegies.
The other parts are also true, especially on poets. The poet has their own battles, within and without, and strives to meet demands of a tradition, no matter obscure.
Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-1298917380015799222012-01-25T17:22:00.000+02:002012-01-25T17:22:51.351+02:00Thousands of Egyptians waiting for justice...One year after Egypt's 'January 25 Revolution'
Last February, military police and soldiers beat up Amr Abdallah Al-Beheiry and arrested him at a protest in Cairo. Days later, a military court sentenced him to five years in prison for assaulting a public officer and breaking the curfew.
Amr Abdallah Al-Beheiry had no chance of a fair trial. His hearing lasted just minutes. The court didn’t Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-83368066171469574132012-01-24T17:28:00.000+02:002012-01-24T17:28:18.808+02:00Quiet in the LandThe streets of Lilongwe,
The capital city that went amok,
Stripping women of their dignity,
In the middle of a shy-less sun,
Has gone home to sleep.
The women now walk in pants,
Somehow afraid,
Somehow unsure,
Somehow broken;
Wondering whether this calm will last.Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-41756229138605112212012-01-17T17:59:00.000+02:002012-01-17T17:59:11.758+02:00Lawyer Ralph Kasambara Summoned By Southern Region Police Over On-going Industrial StrikeThe President of Malawi Law Society and all colleagues,
I regret to let you know that I was summoned by the Commissioner of Police South to his office this afternoon. He relayed to me his gathered intelligence report that Mr Humprey Mvula and I have been secretly meeting with other people within the last 48 hours to take advantage of the industrial action by informing Malawians that the on-goingRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-84023295412018002182012-01-17T12:02:00.001+02:002012-01-17T12:02:38.920+02:00Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-54127884539908743712012-01-17T11:48:00.001+02:002012-01-17T11:48:47.183+02:00Malawi The Flames- Moto, Moto!Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-16721502741750410862012-01-14T11:43:00.001+02:002012-01-14T11:43:42.559+02:00Mollywood: Is Malawi's Movie Industry Developing?
This picture speaks for itself. If Malawi's movie industry has not developed, at least the hope that it may is there. Mollywood is possible.Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-5025704395415171402012-01-11T18:10:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:10:55.001+02:00TIME FOR ACTION AGAINST ECONOMIC FAILURE- CONCERNED CITIZENSCONCERNED CITIZENS OF MALAWI
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 JANUARY 2012
TIME FOR ACTION AGAINST ECONOMIC FAILURE
My Fellow Malawians.
I greet you in the name of the Lord our God.
97 years after Rt Rev John Chilembwe sacrificed his precious life to fight colonialism, Malawi is at the Crossroads again. Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-5608739112681730092012-01-11T18:08:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:08:08.516+02:00Rural Financing in MalawiAgriculture remains, to Malawi, a silent dictator-a cruel and
demanding one at that.
It has been like this since the infamous ‘Scramble for Africa’ in the
late 1880s; a trend that continued after Malawi received independence
from Britain in 1964. Indeed, history has it that Malawi was meant to
be a farm-yard for the Federation of Nyasaland and Rhodesia.
While the other two members of the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-86606669803048141262012-01-11T18:06:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:06:33.317+02:00Malawi and Shortage of DoctorsBy Richard Chirombo
For Malawi to meet the growing demand for skilled healthcare personnel
in both public and private hospitals, the country has to graduate at
least 120 doctors each year. The country’s sole medical school intends
has plans to achieve this by 2015.
Speaking in an interview yesterday, on the sidelines of an Open Day
organized by the College of Medicine (CoM) in Blantyre, Dean of
Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-53772799224838536802012-01-11T18:05:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:05:24.554+02:00HIV and AIDS in Malawian BusinessesBy Richard Chirombo
Unexplained deaths. Increased cases of illness. High absenteeism rates.
It did not take the Malawi Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS (MBCA)
long to identify the suspect.
“We knew it was HIV and AIDS, one of the biggest challenges facing the
business community in this century,” says Veronica Chikafa, MBCA’s
Capacity Coordinator.
To many, it was felt that it would be difficultRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-89538296010570368402012-01-11T18:04:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:04:12.127+02:00Malawi and Forex ShortagesBy Richard Chirombo
Kenwilliams Mhango: Where do we go without forex
As the problem of foreign exchange shortage continues to bite,
Authorized Dealer Banks (ADBs) have set different limits on the
quantity of foreign exchange individuals can draw from personal and
business
accounts.
A snap survey conducted between Wednesday and Thursday revealed that
banks remain the preferred sources of forex, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-41240438636133287812012-01-11T18:00:00.000+02:002012-01-11T18:00:41.369+02:00Fertiliser Manufacturing in MalawiBy Richard Chirombo
Optichem Malawi, the only local company with a fertilizer granulation
plant, has contributed 5, 500 metric tonnes towards the 2011/12 Farm
Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) in what Productions Manager, Samuel
Synoden, says is a sign that the local industry can meet local demand
if well- supported.
Government introduced Fisp in 2004/05 agriculture season to improve
the national Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-25649003215123731892012-01-11T17:57:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:57:58.318+02:00Appproved Men are Not Ashamed, Awana, in MalawiBy Richard Chirombo
Approved Workmen are Not Ashamed (Awana), an international
inter-denominational ministry, on Saturday donated assorted items to
Tithandizane Club of Chikhwawa.
Tithandizane Club, run by Makhwira Association of the Baptist Church
in the district, looks after 11 physically-challenged people, 19
elderly persons, and 106 orphans and vulnerable children using money
generated from Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-82041380788314813182012-01-11T17:56:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:56:33.564+02:00Malawi and Poor Perks/Workers ExploitationBy Richard Chirombo
As the cost of living continues to escalate, some workers are living
on a K4, 700 monthly basic salary, raising questions about the
survival mechanisms they employ to see their budget through the month.
Investigations carried out between Wednesday and Thursday revealed
that workers at G4S, a multi-national security firm, are among those
earning a monthly basic salary of K4, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-67119881768795071162012-01-11T17:54:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:54:51.016+02:00Malawi and World Bank-funded Business Growth SchemeBy Richard Chirombo
Funding uncertainties have marred implementation of the Business
Growth Scheme (Bugs), a component in the Business Environment
Strengthening Technical Assistance Project (Bestap) being implemented
by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, raising fears over its
sustainability.
The project, approved in 2007 and co-financed by the World Bank and
European Union, seeks to support Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-18096340362301255832012-01-11T17:53:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:53:14.383+02:00Malawi and Foreign ExchangeBy Richard Chirombo
The Malawi economy could create a niche among top African countries
that benefit significantly from service exports, but unfriendly
foreign remittance instruments have translated into a negligible Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) contribution from the country’s human resource
capital abroad.
Malawi is grappling with a forex shortage problem that has paralysed
its ability to importRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-92165831008261731382012-01-11T17:50:00.003+02:002012-01-11T17:50:45.181+02:00Malawi CultureBy Richard Chirombo
There is a battle going on, started- like many before- by the machinations of Western governments. It all started as an unofficial report, over 13 years ago, to the effect that Western governments wanted to depose one of Africa’s market ‘leaders’: ‘Sir’ tobacco.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) then confirmed the reports, saying the ‘culprit’ was a dictator out to kill ‘Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-45016355963336404562012-01-11T17:50:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:50:12.688+02:00Museums of MalawiBy Richard Chirombo
He is old enough to understand that both culture and dead matter, having no living cells, are stripped of the ability to reproduce. Yet, despite the great weight of evidence in favour of this reality, he still wants them to attain the status of immortality.
“This is achievable,” says Mike Gondwe.
He is Education Co-ordinator for the Museums of Malawi, one of the rarest local Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-57047711845101924772012-01-11T17:44:00.000+02:002012-01-11T17:44:04.819+02:00 CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MALAWI
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 JANUARY 2012
TIME FOR ACTION AGAINST ECONOMIC FAILURE
My Fellow Malawians.
I greet you in the name of the Lord our God.
97 years after Rt Rev John Chilembwe sacrificed his precious life to fight colonialism, Malawi is at Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-37813542822809117372012-01-11T09:23:00.000+02:002012-01-11T09:23:15.916+02:0010 Years of Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo BayToday, 11 January 2012, marks the 10th anniversary of the first detainees being transferred to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
The detention facility has, since, been associated with the most shocking human rights abuses- including arbitrary detention, secret detention, torture and unfair trials.
This has gone on far too long now!
Today, there are still more than 150 detainees being heldRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-75925839054797775542012-01-10T12:20:00.001+02:002012-01-10T12:22:05.821+02:00Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-72324577408166228722012-01-07T16:15:00.000+02:002012-01-07T16:15:47.103+02:00The Way It Is: MalawiRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-57420140061615902722012-01-07T15:04:00.000+02:002012-01-07T15:04:42.724+02:00Knowing US Ambassador to Malawi, Jeanine JacksonName: Jeanine Jackson
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, Jeanine Jackson
Position: Ambassador
Country: Malawi
Term of Appointment: 08/01/2011 to present
Ambassador Jackson was nominated by President Obama on May 9, 2011 and confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 2011 to become the next ambassador to Malawi.
Ambassador Jeanine Jackson, a native of Wyoming, recently completed a two-year assignment as Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-88195411997930496332012-01-07T14:10:00.001+02:002012-01-07T14:14:57.123+02:00Rev. John Chilembwe...Kunali John Chilembwe!!!
...Kunali John Chilembwe!!!
...Kunali John Chilembwe!!!
...Elapsed Time Since Chilembwe's Death: 97 years
...Rev. John Chilembwe Was: Tall, married, Mang'anja and Yao by tribe, Asthmatic, and reserved
...Occupation: Baptist preacher, trained in America
...John Chilembwe's Inspiration: John Brown
...Hated:Racism, blacks' oppression
...Wanted: Fairness, equality
...Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-51368061685651032462012-01-07T13:12:00.000+02:002012-01-07T13:12:13.946+02:00Zachimalawi Facts: Cotton, Nsanje District...Cotton productions estimates for 2012: 200,000 metric tons of lint in the season to July 2012
...2011 Cotton Production Figures: 55,000 metric tons
...Nsanje District is: 150 kilometers (94 miles) south of Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital.
...Amount of Cotton Land in Malawi: 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres).
...Amount Spent by the Malawi Government Towards Cotton Subsidy in 2011/12 Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-68623777549245819102012-01-06T17:06:00.000+02:002012-01-06T17:06:34.064+02:00No Rains in Chikhwawa, as Country Braces for HungerMaize is wilting in some parts of Malawi, with Chikhwawa leading the fray.
A visit to the district on Thursday revealed that the maize crop in most gardens is drying up.
Most Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation depots are also dry, with no maize, rice or groundnuts crops in stock.
President Bingu wa Mutharika has responded to reports of hunger in some parts of Malawi by ordering Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-46830429605661600932012-01-03T17:51:00.000+02:002012-01-03T17:51:51.141+02:002011 Recap: The Issue of Homosexulity Made Headlines Again; What Did Malawian Religious Leaders Say?...REITERATING MALAWI COUNCIL OF CHURCHES’ POSITION ON HOMOSEXUALITY
Our Concern
The Daily Times of Monday 10th October 2011, headlined ‘ACCEPT GAYS OR FORGET UK AID’, reported by Madalitso Musa, that:
‘Poor African countries including Malawi must abandon their rigidity against
same sex marriages as a condition for receiving British.’
‘Britain’s International Development Secretary Andrew Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-58673445823516576302012-01-03T14:39:00.001+02:002012-01-04T13:49:53.389+02:00Malawians and Mozambicans are Friends!!!Malawians and Mozambicans are friends: In Mozambique without a passport or any traveling documents. It is so simple to understand: Malawians and Mozambicans are friends!
Malawians and Mozambicans are friends: In Mozambique without a passport or any traveling documents. It is so simple to understand: Malawians and Mozambicans are friends!
Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-77445463409310188192012-01-03T12:18:00.001+02:002012-01-06T18:24:35.622+02:00High Cost of Living Undermining Poor People’s Access to Food- Centre for Social ConcernIn September 2000, 147 heads of State and government, and 189 nations in total, convened for the Millennium Summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. They adopted the Millennium Declaration, committing themselves to halving the number of people living in poverty by 2015. Currently, there are more than 800 million people worldwide who do not have adequate access to food. In Malawi, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-89716490825977568482011-12-30T17:46:00.001+02:002011-12-30T17:46:57.119+02:00Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-72152382268710008602011-12-29T17:59:00.001+02:002011-12-29T18:04:59.218+02:00Prayer for Malawi; Prayer for 2012
"As we prepare to enter the New Year, our prayer should be: 'God, as you bless other nations, do not forget us. Do not forget Malawi"- Malawi's President, Ngwazi President Bingu wa Mutharika.
"As we prepare to enter the New Year, our prayer should be: 'God, as you bless other nations, do not forget us. Do not forget Malawi"- Malawi's President, Ngwazi President Bingu wa Mutharika.
"As we Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-78754544945878433482011-12-29T17:55:00.000+02:002011-12-29T17:55:10.409+02:00Get Out of The Vehicle, Get Us Out of This Economic Mess, This National Misery We See in Children's Eyes
Malawi's President, Ngwazi Prof. Bingu wa Mutharika.: The devil sat on our back in 2011; 2012, I assure you, will be better.
"As we prepare to enter the New Year, our prayer should be: 'God, as you bless other nations, do not forget us. Do not forget Malawi"- Malawi's President, Ngwazi President Bingu wa Mutharika.Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-8897358664049744402011-12-29T17:39:00.000+02:002011-12-29T17:39:18.076+02:00Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-38650348471089022042011-12-29T17:36:00.000+02:002011-12-29T17:36:06.176+02:00Towards the AbyssThe Way Things Are,
The Way They Go These Days;
The Journey Has Come,
The Journey is Here.
Just Like That.Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-3303078955689095422011-12-26T18:25:00.000+02:002011-12-26T18:25:02.391+02:00Tereza Mirovicova: Singing Malawian Songs Away From HomeBy Richard Chirombo
What love is greater than this: A young lady aged 24, fully aware of
her position as the only child to a loving Czech family, falls into
the pit of curiosity and decides to go to an unknown country in the
deep of Africa.
In The Heat of Things: Tereza. She is also a movie-maker, having produced the Chichewa firm, 'Zione'in 2010, and is currently working with Tawonga Nkhonjera'sRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-21892723359087850792011-12-26T18:15:00.002+02:002011-12-26T18:15:37.453+02:00Remembering Malawi's 2009 Elections' PreparationsMussa Paulo, DPP, nearly banged into an on-coming lorry ON august 27, 2007, as he attempted to duck Dyson Misomali, a United Democratic Front (UDF) director of youth for Blantyre- Kabula constituency.
Paulo, also from Kabula, is no stranger to politics, or politicians. Not merely because he currently serves as Democratic progressive Party constituency governor for youth; he has over the years Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-80965426641525727372011-12-26T18:13:00.000+02:002011-12-26T18:13:24.030+02:00Blantyre City Assembly in HIV, AIDS FightBlantyre, founded in 1876, was supposed to be an old man, ceaselessly
churning out lessons to all institutions, people, and other cities
established before it.
Dr. Emmanuel Kanjunjunju, Health Services Director at Blantyre City Assembly
The city has passed through so many stages- from becoming a British
consular in 1883, attaining municipality status in 1895, to, at one
time, becoming the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-63268613306590540132011-12-26T18:04:00.000+02:002011-12-26T18:04:16.056+02:00Malawi Will Never Forget...
...Evison Matafale.
Matafale died mysteriously under the brutal hand of Bakili Muluzi's Administration on 27 November, 2001.
Every year, Malawians from all walks of life gather in Chileka, his home village in Blantyre, to commemorate those few years he lived, and us bewildered.
There, in Chileka, lies the breathless body of a man who was forced to die!
May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace,Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-22086389558251417392011-12-26T17:57:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:57:39.150+02:00Remembering Siku's Bangwe Fiasco in March 2009!One of Zachimalawi's followers wrote the following, in response to an article that appeared here. He wrote Zachimalawi on September 1, 2009.
Here it went:
In defense of Siku owners
By Owen Linganani
Wednesday, July 6, 2009: A man drives to Blantyre’s Bangwe Township and is mobbed by residents for having three dead chickens on him. Within hours, talk is common around town- not only about the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-43753737775974202252011-12-26T17:36:00.005+02:002011-12-26T17:54:51.240+02:00Zachimalawi's Top Three Personalities for 2011!!!
Awana child-members in Malawi (above), Malawi's incumbent President, Bingu wa Mutharika, before he dumped the United Democratic Front, and (below) Tony Chimpukuso, Air Malawi's Commercial, Tariffs and Industry Affairs Manager
.
Awana Ministries for planting in children's psyche that attitude of helping others when hopes fall short. The adage that children are future leaders applies more to Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-15564805344338006592011-12-26T17:32:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:32:02.992+02:00Malawi This YearRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-87056077545541342142011-12-26T17:30:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:30:12.371+02:00Malawi's Flight WoesThe on-going crisis at the national flag carrier, Air Malawi, has left local air passengers at the mercy of market devices. Investigations carried out by The Sunday Times Business have revealed the spectacle of passengers starved of choice, a development compounded by findings that seats on almost all the planes are fully booked.
Some travelers who talked to The Sunday Times complained that some Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-48395514594559538982011-12-26T17:27:00.002+02:002011-12-26T17:27:40.078+02:00
Grace Mvutho, Bata-Malawi's Children's Programme Coordinator
Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-78735474755789264602011-12-26T17:26:00.002+02:002011-12-26T17:26:15.491+02:00Optichem supplies 5000 tonnes towards FispOptichem Malawi, the only local company with a fertilizer granulation plant, has contributed 5, 500 metric tonnes towards the 2011/12 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) in what Productions Manager, Samuel Synoden, says is a sign that the local industry can meet local demand if well- supported.
Government introduced Fisp in 2004/05 agriculture season to improve the national food security Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-65664493844150177302011-12-26T17:25:00.002+02:002011-12-26T17:25:27.365+02:00PPPs Act offers room for sanitation marketingThe Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) Act offers local entrepreneurs an opportunity to generate income through sanitation marketing, experts have observed.
This comes after Parliament passed the PPPs Bill, presented by Finance and Development Planning Minister Ken Lipenga, into law. Lipenga said the new Act will prioritise infrastructure projects in the agriculture and public health sector, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-79294179551838042092011-12-26T17:24:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:24:09.685+02:00Forex Shortages Hit Malawian Banks HardAs the problem of foreign exchange shortage continues to bite, Authorized Dealer Banks (ADBs) have set different limits on the quantity of foreign exchange individuals can draw from personal and business
accounts.
A snap survey conducted between Wednesday and Thursday revealed that banks remain the preferred sources of forex, although forex-counter personnel from all the ADBs visited said their Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-59031615650170771462011-12-26T17:21:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:21:01.881+02:00Bata spends K5m in education, social campaignsBata Shoe Company says it has spent K5 million in corporate socio responsibility (CSR) campaigns on education and social welfare this year, a development it says has helped it become more responsive to community challenges.
Bata Children’s Programme National Coordinator, Grace Mvutho, said in an interview Thursday that one of the most successful programmes has been the ‘Children’s Programme’- anRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-81534149547033754852011-12-26T17:19:00.001+02:002011-12-26T17:19:30.391+02:00Malawi's Beef Shortages, Survival MechanismsA blessing. A disguise.
Malawi’s current beat shortages have become much more than a blessing in disguise as the country’s top meat suppliers, who are facing capital-busting supply chain hiccups, have devised cushioning mechanisms to beat the crisis.
The country is some two moths’ old into an unprecedented beef crisis, a development suppliers blame on Foot and Mouth disease that has hit the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-29858647383484076652011-12-26T17:17:00.001+02:002011-12-26T17:17:03.822+02:00Authorised Dealer Banks, Banking in MalawiMalawi’s commercial banks have embarked on a rural-outreach drive, a development the Bankers Association of Malawi (Bam) says is in response to growing concerns that financial sector players are concentrated in urban areas.
Responding to a questionnaire this week, Bam chief executive officer, Lyness Nkungula, said almost all banks now have programmes aimed at wooing rural dwellers as part of the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-31552194344298577532011-12-26T17:15:00.001+02:002011-12-26T17:15:40.399+02:00Malawi's Need for More Medical PersonnelMalawi should graduate at least 120 doctors annually to meet the growing shortage of skilled healthcare personnel in both public and private hospitals, a senior academician has observed.
Speaking in an interview Saturday, on the sidelines of an Open Day organized by the College of Medicine (CoM) in Blantyre, CoM’s Dean of Faculty, Dr. Mwapatsa Mipando, said the country currently graduates 90 Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-59238274430875480442011-12-26T17:14:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:14:16.938+02:00Poor savings culture blamed for Pension Act’s cold receptionThe Employers Association of Malawi (Ecam) has hit back at trade unions for expressing reservations over the new Pension Act, blaming their attitude on Malawi’s poor savings culture.
Ecam executive director, Odridge Khunga, said in an interview Thursday that employers were not surprised with recent ‘outbursts’ from workers’ representatives- notably the Building, Construction, Civil Engineering, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-45362104419790312102011-12-26T17:12:00.002+02:002011-12-26T17:12:41.218+02:00Malawi and Lottery Droughts…investor to claim less than 30% of profits
Three years has been such a long time, but Malawi’s penchant for ‘voluntary taxes’ is set to be tested when the sad tale of a nation-without-a-national-lottery-operator comes to an end on December 19, the day the National Lottery Group (NLG) launches the country’s first operations in three years.
Malawi has been without a national lottery operator Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-79386271289727720142011-12-26T17:11:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:11:14.143+02:00Fuel Shortages in Malawi, The WorldAs 2011 draws to a close, indications are that the long-winding fuel queues will remain part of the warm-heartedness that is Malawi come 2012. The fuel shortages have created consternation among government, consumers and civil society organizations, but this barrage of anger has not been pulley enough to bail Malawi out of a crisis that has spread to the country’s foreign currency reserves.
Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-20854136792836394552011-12-26T17:07:00.001+02:002011-12-26T17:07:04.771+02:00Awana Ministry in Malawi GrowingApproved Men are Not Ashamed (Awana) Ministry, an integrated evangelism and discipleship programme that started in the US in 1941, is making in roads in Malawi, following its introduction in 1999, the country’s programme overseer has disclosed.
Reports of Awana ministry’s growth locally comes just after a national survey in the US found that Awana’s activities were as important to its alumni’s Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-83336860760263923302011-12-26T17:05:00.000+02:002011-12-26T17:05:22.046+02:00Religion and Maternal Health in MalawiSomewhere along the way, the majority somehow learned of, and fell
into, this ‘trap’; a trap experts say is commendable and in tune with
human passions of the day. This ‘trap’ is religion, a world of belief
in the existence of a supreme being.
“We need religion and spirituality in life,” says College of
Medicine’s Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, Dr. Chiwoza
Bandawe. “We learn fromRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-84661872040857417132011-12-26T17:03:00.002+02:002011-12-26T17:03:53.285+02:00Post Natal Care in MalawiThe majority of Malawian women do not return to the hospital for postnatal care after delivery, a development that has contributed towards high maternal death rates both locally and globally, research findings by two leading Malawian health experts indicate.
These findings are contained in the ‘Evidence Based Midwifery (EBM)’ Magazine edition of December. This is a quarterly journal published by Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-51552972440510700252011-12-26T17:02:00.001+02:002011-12-26T17:02:00.547+02:00Malawians and Blood DonationThe Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) says prevalent myths on blood donation are hindering people’s willingness to donate blood.
MBTS Medical Officer, Dr. Bridon M’baya, revealed this Thursday during a science café jointly organized by MBTS and the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust in Blantyre.
M’baya, who suspected that Malawians might have developed cold feet due to the famous ‘Chilobwe (Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-49691555424109786122011-12-26T16:53:00.000+02:002011-12-26T16:53:31.554+02:00Malawi's Traditional ChurchHead of Malawi’s Chipembedzo Chamakolo (Traditional Religion), Fred Kwacha, explains his religious beliefs: Excerpts:
When we say Chipembedzo Chamakolo, what do we talk about?
Chipembedzo Chamakolo is a religion that believes in the worship of ancestral spirits. There are two types of spirit, namely: ‘family’ and ‘national’ spirits. Family spirits are those of people who were members of a Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-86697657983861675492011-12-26T16:25:00.000+02:002011-12-26T16:25:25.616+02:00Nurses: there, when life mattersThe Malawian health facility remains, largely, a net- catching up committed workers in a trap of adverse ‘circumstances’. These workers include nurses, midwives, medical assistants, clinical technicians, doctors, among others.
But what are the circumstances?
“Human resource constraints, failure to retain staff and disparities between number of workers in rural and urban areas,” says Martha Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-24758741338114359812011-12-26T16:23:00.001+02:002011-12-26T16:23:19.163+02:00Gambling in MalawiGambling has finally found a home in Malawi, with industry players
generating K3.26 billion in revenues over the past seven years, Malawi
Gaming Board (MGB) statistics indicate.
The statistics also show that the gaming industry has contributed K270
million in Pay As You Earn, corporate tax, withholding tax and fringe
benefits, a development MGB chief executive officer Master Maliro
said has Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-10177428080827906432011-12-26T16:21:00.002+02:002011-12-26T16:21:14.731+02:00Museum of Malawi: Uniting cultures through exhibitsHe is old enough to understand that both culture and dead matter, having no living cells, are stripped of the ability to reproduce. Yet, despite the great weight of evidence in favour of this reality, he still wants them to attain the status of immortality.
“This is achievable,” says Mike Gondwe.
He is Education Co-ordinator for the Museums of Malawi, one of the rarest local places where human Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-64902267674565669472011-12-26T16:20:00.002+02:002011-12-26T16:20:23.417+02:00Culture: Malawi’s untapped commodityThere is a battle going on, started- like many before- by the machinations of Western governments. It all started as an unofficial report, over 13 years ago, to the effect that Western governments wanted to depose one of Africa’s market ‘leaders’: ‘Sir’ tobacco.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) then confirmed the reports, saying the ‘culprit’ was a dictator out to kill ‘his’ own subjects Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-66352545176402185542011-12-26T16:16:00.000+02:002011-12-26T16:16:08.346+02:00Happy African Faces!
Happiness is universal and infectious!Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-15111381191382270202011-12-26T15:29:00.000+02:002011-12-26T15:29:22.877+02:00President Bingu wa Mutharika Sees Positive 2012Malawi's President, Bingu wa Mutharika, sees Malawi's fortunes changing for the better in 2012.
This is indicated in his Christmas and New Year message to Malawians.
The President has since blamed Malawi's pressing problems- fuel shortage, forex shortage, power outages, drying donor inflows- on the devil.
Mutharika notes, however, that "Satan has failed..."
Analysts say Mutharika's speech is the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-53052942231962145612011-12-26T13:28:00.000+02:002011-12-26T13:28:07.312+02:00Some Facts about Malawian CropsTea is grown extensively in Malawi, particularly in the South, and “is the second largest producer of tea in Africa after Kenya.
Malawi produced 41.6 million kilograms of tea in 2001, and the crop contributes, at least,7.9 percent of total export earnings.
Over 25 000 hectares of land is used for growing the crop in Thyolo and Mulanje districts, mainly grown for its green leaf which is Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-86560012878167691932011-12-26T12:52:00.000+02:002011-12-26T12:52:02.600+02:00Anonymous Yaps Lyric on Graig Siebenthanks chilombo
for letting us know
you are really the ears and eyes of Malawi
uh uh
Of africa
Since I'm in Zambia for now
Thanks to sieben
It it good to have such a kind man in malawi
More especially at this time
....................................................................
END-NOTE FROM THE MODERATOR: Some say Chilombo. Others say Chirombo. There are running arguments that a name is aRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-49884451581970808992011-12-26T12:33:00.000+02:002011-12-26T12:33:20.718+02:00By the Way, Let Me E-Mail Graig SiebenAnd Learn about Progress and His Where-About.
Oops! I have left his business card at home.
That means it's tomorrow!Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-17970874109119192712011-12-23T18:50:00.000+02:002011-12-23T18:50:45.020+02:00Remembering December 1, 2011: Graig Sieben arrives in MalawiSouth African citizen Graig Sieben, who started walking on foot and
hitchhiking from Pretoria in South Africa 77 days ago, and plans to
reach Egypt’s Capital City, Cairo, by April 26 2012 in a campaign
aimed to raise awareness about the plight of people with disabilities
in Africa, arrived in Malawi on Monday.
Sieben, who has dubbed his sojourn the ‘Walk4Wheels’ campaign, plans
to pass through 15Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-87312432210613007512011-12-23T18:38:00.000+02:002011-12-23T18:38:40.341+02:00Three ideas for economic democracy and economic success...Employee directors, union pension funds & staff share bonuses
Peter Tatchell
Britain is in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s depression - a crisis that has been dragging on for the last four years. Even now, politicians are offering no clear solutions; just tinkering here and there with minor adjustments to a failed system.
We've got to get out of the current messRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-22444276774508369252011-12-22T14:22:00.000+02:002011-12-22T14:22:27.761+02:00Think of The Poor: CfSC Statement on The Current Economic Slowdown.It is no doubt that Malawi is facing an economic slowdown. That Malawians are struggling to make ends meet due to the current economic turmoil is now a mutually agreed fact. In his “Statement on the Status of Economy” in Parliament, the Minister of Finance Honourable Dr. Ken Lipenga, MP indicated that the economy would slowdown by 0.9, from 6.9% to 6% in the current fiscal year. The InternationalRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-43327614226875925432011-12-21T14:30:00.001+02:002011-12-21T15:07:08.530+02:00HIV-Positive Man Sprayed With Lysol at WorkJames White's lawyers in Michigan call his case "the worst case of HIV discrimination we've ever seen." It's hard to believe how much James had to endure:
...When James disclosed his HIV status to his boss at a Great Expressions Dental Center -- where James worked as an office assistant -- James' boss told everyone in the office that James had HIV.
.For months, James' coworkers followed him Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-4879109000978961332011-12-21T11:05:00.000+02:002011-12-21T11:05:12.575+02:00Malawian Media Practitioners Take Their Turn for The CameraRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-44451539681291083362011-12-21T10:25:00.000+02:002011-12-21T10:25:11.718+02:00Inside Cyprus' Migrant Detention CentresBy Giorgos Kosmopoulos, Amnesty International’s Greece and Cyprus campaigner
Hundreds of migrants awaiting deportation from Cyprus are being held for months in squalid conditions with limited access to legal and medical aid.
A few muted rays of light seep through the barred cell windows of block ten of Nicosia’s Central Prison.
Not many miles down the road, a light breeze sweeps over long Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-60125659886634613422011-12-21T10:20:00.000+02:002011-12-21T10:20:31.284+02:00Refugees tell of bombing in Sudan’s Blue Nile State: Part 2By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Crisis Researcher & Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International’s Campaigner for Sudan & South Sudan
The Sudanese government is keeping Blue Nile State closed off to human rights NGOs and aid agencies, including the UN.
The closest we could get to Blue Nile State was New Guffa, a village in South Sudan, near the Sudanese border. Air strikes by the Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-13344391763067327962011-12-21T10:13:00.001+02:002011-12-21T10:14:05.303+02:00Refugees tell of bombing in Sudan’s Blue Nile State: Part OneBy Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Crisis Researcher & Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International’s Campaigner for Sudan & South Sudan
“Because of the bombing” is what every single one of the refugees told us when we asked why they had fled their homes. In the past few days we have been meeting the refugees displaced by repeated Sudanese army airstrikes on their towns and villages in Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-70732931538595045622011-12-21T10:07:00.001+02:002011-12-21T10:17:10.590+02:00Defiance in the face of repression on Iran’s Student DayBy Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International’s Iran researcher
To mark Iran’s National Student Day on 7th December, a letter from imprisoned student Majid Dorri has been smuggled out of Behbehan Prison in southern Iran. In it, he says:
“16th of Azar [7 December] is a day when the university stood against oppression; it stood and gave martyrs; it stood and was dragged over the ground and through bloodRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-62397515857686595232011-12-20T11:08:00.001+02:002011-12-20T17:34:16.410+02:00POEM: Ex-girl friendBy Richard Chirombo
At the accident scene lay a lifeless picture,
More intact than the frame of its fallen beauty who,
Like the broken glass which, on the unconsenting road, made for its pieces a home,
Had, by the impact of the collision, been broken into perceived glasses of immortality:
A passenger stripped of luggage and citizenship;
Oh, forsaken by hope, wishes, and intimacy, too-
Which Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-5313837714336699502011-12-17T13:45:00.000+02:002011-12-17T13:45:21.266+02:00Thanks Incontinent Pads!Good you visited us!Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-49728506081796916502011-12-17T10:55:00.001+02:002011-12-17T10:55:12.175+02:00Trade Unionism in MalawiRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-2509777112441185822011-12-17T09:47:00.000+02:002011-12-17T09:47:35.103+02:00The Relationship Between 1981 and 2005MODERATOR'S NOTE: ORIGINAL SOURCE UNKNOWN
In 1981:
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe .
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.
Then, in 2005:
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe .
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.
Lesson to be learned:
The next time Charles Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-59232203902483402402011-12-17T09:40:00.000+02:002011-12-17T09:40:39.294+02:00Pro-Islam Ads Withdrawn in USLast week Lowe’s Home Improvement pulled its ads from the TLC show All-American Muslim in response to an organization claiming the show "falsely humanized Muslims in America.”
The Lowe’s controversy has exposed more Islamophobia in America. This issue falls directly in line with what the My Fellow American project is trying to prevent and overcome in America.
For more information, please visit Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-35837668854305959732011-12-17T09:33:00.000+02:002011-12-17T09:33:46.970+02:00Criminal probe targets AP, Reuters cameras on MandelaNew York, December 16, 2011- South African authorities announced on Thursday the launch of a criminal probe against international news agencies The Associated Press and Reuters for installing cameras outside the home of anti-Apartheid figure Nelson Mandela, according to news reports.
Invoking the National Key Points Act, an Apartheid-era law designed to curb reporting of areas deemed sensitive, Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-73359811192343442292011-12-17T09:32:00.000+02:002011-12-17T09:32:11.409+02:00Vote Walter Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda!!!As Football Association of Malawi (Fam) affiliates go to the polls in Salima today, to usher in the individual who will take Malawi football to another level, the name that is on every one's lips is 'Water Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda'!
Water Mcmillan Nyamilandu Manda is the name because, for the first time in two decades, the Malawi National Team rode on the back of Water Macmillan Nyamilandu Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-84136489718893355122011-12-16T11:53:00.002+02:002011-12-16T17:17:19.073+02:00Well-Done Malawi Police Service Officers! Other IssuesKudos should, today, go to the Malawi Police Service.
Their officers have just accomplished some commendable job at the Central Medical Stores (CMS) offices in Blantyre.
Reports from senior police officers have it that two newly recruits- brave, dedicated and happy to honour the calls of their noble job- were posted to CMS offices in Blantyre.
Make no mistake about it; these 'boys' were assigned Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-79025342925599309182011-12-16T08:18:00.000+02:002011-12-16T08:18:00.107+02:00Bulletin of the Oppression of WomenNovember 14 - December 15, 2011
November 14, 2011
Egypt
Egyptian women lament how they have been marginalized in the discussion process of the new Egyptian government. "We were at the front of the protests, getting beaten and supporting the future of Egypt," recalls Heba. But now, she says, "Women are not being heard from and this is causing a lot of frustration among myself and my friends who Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-72156640902721288392011-12-16T08:09:00.000+02:002011-12-16T08:09:54.919+02:00Bravo Martin Mphande for Your 'Kalibu' TakeI have been to the place half a dozen time.
Each time, it was such a nice experience.
I have tested the 'Kalibu' food; it is better than what most Third-Grade tourism institutions can offer.
It is rare to find schools that prohibit the use of cellphones, and send 'disobedient' students home on the strength of their phone-addiction!
I have seen some of them (students) shake in the legs.
They know Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-86911601056248408832011-12-15T16:53:00.000+02:002011-12-15T16:53:49.514+02:00Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2012Conference Secretariat
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Culture. Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-55135221066220786002011-12-15T11:00:00.000+02:002011-12-15T11:00:11.471+02:00True or False: Is This Man Walking on Water?Apologists cheat that there are three men who are on record to have walked on water.
Here is what they say: The 3rd man in history to walk on water.
.The 1st one was Christ.
. The 2nd one was Peter (the apostle).
. Then there was this guy, Jose.
Below is Jose, the man they claim to have walked on water. Question is: Is it true, or false? Is Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-48200782865083790722011-12-15T10:53:00.000+02:002011-12-15T10:53:47.059+02:00The Five Stages of ConversionAs we discuss the five stages of Conversion we need to ask ourselves
the question continuously: What motivates us to righteous living?
STAGE 1: PEOPLE
Many of us, in fact most of us are converted to a person at first; the
missionaries, the bishop, a friend or relative. We believe because they
believe. Our testimonies are reliant on their testimonies. We have what is
called a “borrowed Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-26747244815628697912011-12-15T10:47:00.000+02:002011-12-15T10:47:19.818+02:00CPJ: Mission Journal: Secrets bill spurs South African pressBy Robert Mahoney/CPJ Deputy Director
Irrespective of whether South Africa actually implements the most draconian parts of state secrets legislation now under consideration, the media in the continent's most open democracy already feel under threat. The prospect of 25-year jail sentences for journalists publishing "classified" information has galvanized disparate news outlets and journalists Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-87901245286624280642011-12-15T10:38:00.002+02:002011-12-15T10:38:40.940+02:00FIBA Expert to Drill Players/CoachesWith funding from the Olympic Solidarity through Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC), the Basketball Association of Malawi (BASMAL) will from December 16 host a Senegalese FIBA expert Seydou Sano who will run a Development of National Sports Structure programme.
Sano will work with local experts Hope Chisamanga and Blair Phiri who have been identified and approved by The Olympic Solidarity and Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-79787519784119920722011-12-15T10:17:00.000+02:002011-12-15T10:17:09.607+02:00NEW INQUIRY: THE DEVELOPMENT SITUATION IN MALAWIIn July 2011 mass demonstrations against unemployment, high food prices and fuel shortages in Malawi resulted in the deaths of 20 people. Combined with the use of state resources for personal gain and the lack of political freedom, Malawi has entered a political and economic crisis.
In April 2011 the UK's Ambassador to Malawi was asked to leave the country for
criticising its leadership. In JulyRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-20634706707072508572011-12-14T09:47:00.004+02:002011-12-15T18:41:23.009+02:00Oh, Evison Matafale, Oh!'The Black Missionaries' glory is premised on the dead.
Their story, too, is one built around the dead.
The Late Evison Matafale: To Be Always Remembered by Malawians
It (the story) is not about all the dead, though; not about all the people who went towards the way of all the earth.
Theirs is a sad story- one about a man who came back to Malawi after a short stint in Zimbabwe, and, then, died Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-36854033967573249992011-12-13T17:13:00.000+02:002011-12-13T17:13:09.106+02:00Before Gadhafi By the Green-Sword Fell
Malawi's former president, Bakili Muluzi, with the fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
Now, Muluzi about Gadhafi can only remember!Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-19543009884355534132011-12-13T12:07:00.001+02:002011-12-13T12:07:18.317+02:00Development Partners Give USD 33 million for the Procurement of Essential Medicines for MalawiLilongwe, 13th December 2011: The Governments of the United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany are pleased to announce a grant of USD 33 million for emergency procurement of selected essential primary health care medicines and supplies for Malawi to supplement the Government of Malawi’s purchases over a period of 18 months. The project is a result of joint collaboration between the Government of MalawiRichard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-38635953439196178202011-12-09T10:59:00.001+02:002011-12-09T18:38:47.181+02:00Zomba: The Natural, The Historical, The BeautifulNothing feels more natural than being in Zomba, Malawi's former Capital city, first municipality, and colonialist-masters favourite.
For once, there is the natural endowment, the cool breeze that characterise Zomba for most parts of the year, and the crime-free status and more.
That is why tourists, both local and foreign, love to visit Zomba. There, they hop to the famous Chingwe hole on Zomba Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368552148618047106.post-80740847288277931592011-12-05T11:38:00.002+02:002011-12-05T12:26:50.777+02:00To Bingu and His Zealots: Why Grab Land From Orphans?There are children in Mulanje district, children who wish to have been in caring arms, but get the wind instead. The children of Friends of Mulanje Orphans (Fomo).
Their parents, those unforgettable beings, took them this far, and, then, went. There, where people look no back.
Behind- in Mulanje that is- they left something for their children, the children who have found love in Fomo: Richard Chirombohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957983136066809488noreply@blogger.com0