Nkaya

thumb|Nkaya Nkaya, also known as Nacaia, is a town in Malawi, located in the district of Balaka and in the Southern Region of the country.

In 2022 the local Rivi Rivi River which feeds the Shire River diverted by about 500 metres as the result of rainfall and Tropical Storm Ana. A village called Chipanga and a railway line was under threat. The river was preventing people from using the existing road. The local MP Ireen Mambala organised a negotiation with four local families in Nkaya for a new route to be established across their crops. Mambala made them a present of two bags of maize and some money and thanked them publicly for their munificence.