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By: Matthews Mfune

The Self-Help Discover Project has expressed satisfaction with the performance of lead farmers that are trained to assist other farmers in animal and livestock farming in Karonga.

Lead beneficiaries in Karonga

Project coordinator responsible for livestock department in Discover project Frank Matchado said this during a handover ceremony of 20 bicycles and drug toolkits to 12 Karonga lead farmers.

Matchado appreciated the work which lead farmers are doing in their communities.

” We trained 34 lead farmers at first in 2012 they have been performing well and now we are adding some 12 lead farmers because we still see the gap and we hear so many successful stories that they are doing a good job training animal health services and animal husbandry practices,” Matchado said.

Meanwhile, District animal health and livestock development officer in Karonga Harvey Kumwenda thanked the Discover project for the donation and the training citing that Karonga is the district in the northern Region where animal farming is practiced so the coming of the training and donations will help farmers to know the skills of how to care for their livestock.

“We thank Discover Project which empowers lead farmers in communities through animal and livestock training, I hope the Project on livestock is a welcome development to the district and we urge beneficiaries to use wisely the agricultural tools they have received,” Kumwenda said

The Self-Help Africa Organization is implementing a five years Discover Project in Karonga with the main goal to support and strengthen the resiliencies of smallholder farmers in the district through the diversification of agriculture production, including livestock to achieve improved household food, nutrition, and income security and is expected to phase out in March 2017.

By: Mathews Mfune

Shocking mood engulfed residents nearby Chitipa depot in Karonga Thursday morning after they discovered the baby dumped in pit latrine.

the remains of a baby in a black plastic bag

Residents and police officers who were at the scene tried to rescue the baby but they were dismayed to find that the baby had already died.

According to eye witness Wiza Kanyinji said she heard tiny voice of a crying baby coming from underground when she went to use the toilet.

“I heard the tiny voice of a crying baby coming from underground so I called my neighbour who was nearby to witness and we alerted the community. She said

” It was shocking and unbelievable but community members assisted in removing the concrete slab behind the pit-latrine. It was gently removed but the baby was already dead.Police officers from Karonga monitored the rescue and the dead the dead body was handed them.” She explained.

meanwhile, Karonga Police spokesperson Enock Livason has maintained that police are searching for the person responsible.

He said if the suspect arrested will appear in court to answer the charges.

 By: Thula Chisamba

Latest findings by The Malawi Star, reveals that there is an increase in the number of babies born in drinking joints across some districts in Malawi’s northern region.

Kaliati: More determined effort required

On the other hand, the population of underage prostitutes is also growing dangerously.

In recent consecutive visits in about ten pubs, particularly in Nkhata bay, Mzimba, Rumphi, Karonga and Mzuzu, this publication has established that the number of sex workers is directly proportional, to the population of babies being raised in the same pubs.

According to Chikondi, one of the workers told our reporter that the situation is triggered by poverty.

“We can charge up to MK 10,000 for clients who prefer unprotected sex, which in most cases results in unwanted pregnancies,” said Maria Zimba at Mzimba pub.

Linda Shaba at Wills tavern in Mzuzu, who also raises her two-year-old baby, she got through her business, told our reporter that she failed to conduct an abortion despite several attempts.

“I then decided to raise the baby after medics at Banja La Mtsogolo refused to help me,” she said.

At Mpamba in Nkhata bay, another worker testified that raising a baby in a tavern is challenging because their clients usually snub mothers.

“This makes us liquor-feed our babies so that they sleep before our clients discover that we have children,” she said.

In veracity, these babies are raised in a doom and gloomy circumstances and surroundings but unfortunately, nothing is implemented to save them from such depraved places.

When Pressed, Minister of gender, disability and children welfare, Patricia Kaliati, concurred with our findings but was quick to invite a determined effort from Malawians, as one way of reducing the problem.

“Government alone cannot manage to solve the problem, but I believe that with contributions from everybody, it can be possible,” said Kaliati.

More non-governmental organizations are being born, in the name of eradicating the problem but nothing tangible is being achieved so far.

Malawi Immigration Officers Aiding Illegal Immigration

By: Thula Chisamba Some Malawian immigration officers at Songwe border crossing in Karonga have been accused of soliciting bribes from  immigrants and transporters whom they allegedly aid into the country illegally. Karonga Songwe border There are also allegations that some officers have a hand in helping transporters to transport and smuggle commodities illegally in and out of the country. A…