Malawi’s foreign minister and MCP’s secretary general has come out of hiding to express his anger and defiance over allegations of his involvement in corruption and abuse of office since appointed minister in the Tonse Alliance Government. The social media has been overwhelmed with many cases of corrupt practices and abuse of office by mostly…
Misunderstandings have emerged in former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) over the appointment of a Regional Governor. The party’s Governing Council is reported to have submitted to the party president, Peter Mutharika the names of:– Akim Mwanza – Regional Organizing Secretary – Kavuli Mhango – Deputy Regional Director responsible for Rumphi district. – Kelvin Chirambo,…
The Mzimba senior resident magistrate has sentenced Democratic progressive party regional governor for the north Reverend Christopher Ngwira to four years imprisonment for abuse of office in the use of local development funds. Reverend Ngwira abused K250000 of local development funds meant for construction of a teachers house at Lukwelukwe in the constituency when he…
Parliament has passed the K2.2 trillion 2020-21 national budgetwith minor amendments to some votes. The passing of the budget means Parliament has allowed the TonseAlliance government to spend on social services and developmentprojects. Before the budget was passed, members of Parliament tookgovernment to task to justify some allocations and praying forincreased funding for some Ministries,…
By Draxon Maloya What started like a simple concern over how some Asians and other foreigners acquired pieces of land has become a very hot talking point among Malawians from all walks of life. On Thursday and Friday in parliament, Democratic Progressive Party Member of Parliament, Sameer Suleiman breathed fire in over land in the…
By Draxon Maloya Following recent appointments of minister and parastatal board members which seems to have sidelined women, several civil society organizations led by the 50-50 Campaign Management Agency have organized nationwide demonstrations aimed at registering their displeasure with the remarks the president made as regards to their exclusion in public appointments. Scores of women…
By Draxon Maloya Chieftaincy wrangles of Traditional Authority Mankhambira in Nkhata Bay District have resurfaced following government’s coronation of one Budden Banda as the new Chief Mankhambira. On October 1, this year Banda was crowned new TA Mankhambira by Minister of Local Government, Lingson Belekanyama. Ironically, on Tuesday, scores of villagers from Sanga which is…
By Rodgers Kadiso Banda His Excellency the State President of the Republic of Malawi Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera today on 6th October 2020 has left for Mozambique through Kamuzu International Airport in Malawi’s Capital City Lilongwe for a One day Visit. He was accompanied to the airport by State Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima…
By Our Correspondent. President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi who was expected to be on a two day official visit to Zimbabwe on Thursday and Friday last week was forced to cut short his stay in Harare and return home after his talks with the Zimbabwe president, Emerson Mnangagwa collapsed. As chairperson of the Southern African…
By Draxon Maloya President Lazarus Chakwera says Malawians should start thinking of how to create more jobs rather than just thinking of getting employed in the civil service. In his state of nation address on Monday the Malawi leader says the whole civil service can only absorb about 200,000 people. He further described the first…
