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Malawi President Peter Mutharika visits Chikwawa flood victims

Speaking at the camp where people from the areas of village headmen Tizola, Nyakayekha and Thedzi are being kept, the President described the flooding as a new phenomenon for the country.



In Chikwawa there are 7,987 households from the areas of traditional authorities Lundu, Ngabu, Makhuwira, Mlilima, Maseya, Kasisi, Katunga and Ngowe who have been left homeless by the floods.



Mutharika assured the families that Government is working hard to ensure that the plight of the affected people is alleviated by making sure that there is enough provision of basic necessities in all the camps. Malawi President Peter Mutharika visits Chikwawa flood victims

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