By Draxon MaloyaOne of the civil rights organisations, Youth and Society (YAS) has written the office of the Ombudsman to probe the Attorney General for his continued involvement in procurement of legal services for the embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which is in bleach of the February 3rd, 2020 Constitutional Court ruling.In a letter addressed…
Category: Politics
Tempers flare high at full Council Meeting in Mzuzu
By Draxon Maloya There was drama at an emergency Mzuzu City full council meeting on Wednesday which was called to deliberate on the Mk35 million kwacha budget meant for the prevention of coronavirus which causes the deadly Covid19. The coucillors refused to pass the budget sighting among others lack of transparency on the part of…
CTF public statement on COVID-19 lockdown
For Immediate Release: 15|04|2020 The Citizens for Transformation (CFT)-People Power Movement is upset by the unreasonable, autocratic and insensitive manner in which the administration of the Caretaker President has conceived and undertaken to implement LOCKDOWN due the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision by the interim Mutharika’s administration confirms and vindicates our 14th April 2020 statement that…
Msonda embarrass DPP top brass
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is expected to discipline one of its National Governing Council (NGC) members, Kenneth Msonda for issuing a document which supported insults that are being heaped on Constitutional Court judges who made a landmark ruling in the high profile presidential case. This follows mayhem that ensued on Tuesday when the…
Zambian opposition blame themselves for the closure of the pro opposition Prime TV
By Our Zambian reporter As Steven Nyirenda cries as he exposes Mr. Hichilema’s self centred politics! The lamentations of Steven Nyirenda, the proprietor of Muvi TV on Diamond TV last night, while crying requires deep reflection from media owners and all of us. We have said it all but now hearing it from the man…
APM concurs with Minister of Health on the declaration of 21 days lockdown beginning 18th April to 8th May
My Fellow Malawians Today, Government has declared a 21 Day Lockdown. It will initially be effective at midnight on Saturday, 18th April, 2020 and it will end on Saturday 9th May, 2020, at midnight. This lockdown may be extended beyond 9th May as circumstances warrant. The Minister has done so using powers vested in him…
Malawi Law Society gives clarity on High Court order
By Draxon Maloya Malawi law society has cleared up the confusion surrounding the High Court judgement delivered on public holiday (Easter Monday morning ) concerning the South African lawyers who wanted to represent the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the on going presidential election appeal case. MEC‘s Defence council applied for the South African lawyers…
Malawi on the verge of a lockdown – Draxon Maloya
Malawians should expect to be under a state of emergency following government plans to impose a complete lockdowns in the wake of fighting the further spreading of coronavirus which causes the deadly Covid19. Going by the Gazette draft which this reporter has seen clearly shows that within 48 hours after its publication the health Minister,…
MEC application thrown out by Justice Nyirenda – Its now MCPUTM/ Judiciary 5-0 DPPUDF/MEC
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has thrown out the application for admission of the two South African Lawyers Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza and Elizabeth Makhabani Baloyi-Mere to represent the Malawi Electoral Commission in the presidential elections case appeal. The two South African lawyers did not arrive in the country due to public health concern. As a result…
Malawi Embassy officials defied lockdown order in South Africa
Since the South African government imposed a lockdown order in the wake of coronavirus which causes Covid19 several government businesses have been paralyzed to a point of rendering many departments almost incapacitated.Last week, almost all the officials in the Malawi mission to the rainbow nation contravened the lockdown order by going about processing their travel…