PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people of Chipata district in Eastern Province has ordered that all people attending next week’s Nc’wala traditional ceremony at Mtenguleni village must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking when Special Advisor to the President for COVID-19 Dr Roma Chilengi paid a courtesy on him at his Ephindukeni palace in Chipata, Chief Mpezeni said this year’s traditional ceremony would attract thousands of people from within and outside the country, adding that precautionary measures must be taken against the pandemic. The Paramount Chief said over 800 headmen across all the Ngoni chiefdoms have already been sensitized on the need to have their subjects vaccinated before the ceremony next week. “We are talking to our people to follow...
