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Rumphi Electoral stakeholders welcome new electoral laws

Political party leaders in Rumphi have said new electoral laws will improve transparency and enhance credibility of the 2025 General Election.

Elderly people in Rumphi tout social cash transfer program

Elderly people in Rumphi say social cash transfer programme (SCTP) has offered them a chance to live dignified lives and has rescued them from abject poverty.

Revised CDF allocation excites youth in Rumphi  

Youths in Rumphi have expressed excitement at the revision of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocation for youth and women empowerment from five to 10 percent describing it as a right direction in fighting poverty.

Rumphi District Council launches investigations into collapsed ablution facility

Rumphi District Council has launched investigations into a collapsed ablution block to uncover root causes that will guide it on subsequent actions to take.

Rumphi Police arrest hospital pharmacy assistant

Just a few hours before Matunkha Development Trust donated K16 million worth drugs to Rumphi District Hospital on Wednesday,police in the district arrested a pharmacy assistant at the facility, Robert Mwale, for allegedly stealing 50 viles of anti-rabies vaccine and a carton of oral rehydration salt.

Rumphi District Hospital receives K16 million drugs’ donation

Matunkha Development Trust, with support from Netherlands, on Wednesday donated medical drugs worth K16 million to Rumphi District Hospital.

High youth crime rates worry stakeholders in Rumphi

Number of youths arrested for various crimes in Rumphi has increased, a situation Rumphi Police Station has attributed to lack of economic generating opportunities among the youths in the district. Read more: https://wp.me/pdc0gp-1Px

Rumphi TB volunteers hail bicycles donation

Volunteers supporting health workers in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in Rumphi have hailed the donation of bicycles by Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Southern Africa Trust (SRHR SAT) which they say will ease their transport challenges.

Rumphi applauded for containing Cholera outbreak

Parliamentary Committee on Health has said it was impressed with strides which are being undertaken by Rumphi District Hospital to contain Cholera cases from over 1,044 cumulative cases to three as of January 11, 2023.