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Mbeya. The Mbeya Regional Commissioner, Mr Amos Makalla, has appealed to religious and traditional leaders to help in ‘cleansing’ the region by revoking bad rituals. Speaking in a meeting which brought together more than 500 religious and traditional leaders as well as ward executives, Mr Makalla blamed superstition as being the major force behind a number of bad incidents which have happened in the region.

Mbeya. The police are holding a Form Three student after they allegedly found him in illegal possession of 24 pellets of cocaine in Mbalizi. Mbeya regional police commander Dhahir Kidavashari said on Tuesday that the police arrested the student, while selling the drugs to various people earlier this week and investigation was still going on to nab more drug dealers.

Mbeya. Renovation that has been going on at Mbeya Referral Hospital has now been completed, a health official has said. The Mbeya Referral Hospital medical officer, Dr Godlove Mbwanji, revealed this recently, saying the renovation involved creating a unit that would handle Ebola testing. According to him, initial Ebola tests will be conducted at the facility after training of lab technicians.