Police have nabbed 16 suspects over violence over the weekend in the Lilongwe South constituency by-dereliction set for November 5, as the blame game begun between governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its main political rival Malawi Congress Party (MCP).

President Arthur Peter Mutharika said Saturday the current political instability is scaring potential investors from coming to Malawi.

On Sunday, fire gutted part of houses belonging to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, in Blantye and State House Information Technology Officr Chancy Chigwalungwalu in Lilongwe.

Both fires were said to have been ignited by children who were playing with matches, Kaphale and Chingwalungwalu confirmed to the media.

Kaphale said the house is extensively damaged and that property worthy millions of kwacha went up in flames. In bothe incidents, no life was lost.

No further details were reported, nor why children were found with the match sticks. 

Kaphale himself stays in Lilongwe where he is the government’s top lawyer but currently is preoccupied with the landmark presidential elections case in which he is the lead lawyer for the respondent, the Malawi Electoral Commission.

Large crowds of people from Chatha area in Chileka flocked to Kaphale's house to help in salvaging property.

As Russia moves to build closer ties with Africa, officials of one of the global leaders in  nuclear energy, Rosatom, have expressed interest to invest in Malawi.