President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika says the country needs a vibrant and well organised transport system for it to become a middle income economy.

Former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara has been granted bail by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Blantyre in a case he was convicted by the High Court to conspiracy to murder Paul Mphiyo, pending appeal of his conviction and 13-year-long jail sentence.

A Netherlands national committed suicide by hanging himself on Sunday night at Henry Henderson Institute (HHI) residential area in Blantyre over relationship wrangles with his girlfriend who stays in South Africa.

President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika says Malawi is a country rich with natural resources and the human capital needed to take the country from poverty to prosperity.