Published: August 25, 2010
Search for new Malawi Ombudsman begins |
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The Malawi Parliament’s Public Appointments and Declaration of Assets Committee will this Thursday conduct interviews for the vacant post of Ombudsman, Parliament has disclosed. “We are all set for the interviews,” Ian Mwenye, spokesman for the Malawi Parliament, told PANA Wednesday. The Office of the Ombudsman, the official public protector, has remained vacant since the [...]
Published: August 20, 2010
Malawi rights group launches guidebook for MPs |
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The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), a network of several civil society organisations working to promote and protect people’s rights, democracy and accountability environment in Malawi, on Friday launched a book called “Making Parliamentary Democracy Work for the People” to guide parliamentarians to work effectively with non-state actors. HRCC Chairperson Undule Mwakasungura said in Lilongwe [...]
Published: December 18, 2009
Speaker, Clerk of Parliament in China for massive shopping spree |
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Barely a week after government recalled Roads Authority officials from a China trip allegedly to save forex, a five-member delegation from the Malawi National Assembly led by Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu-Banda, has left the country, sent by the President on a shopping spree to Beijing and Dubai. The five include Clerk of Parliament Matilda [...]
Published: July 4, 2009
Budget to fight water borne diseases -Kandodo |
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The Minster of Finance Ken Kandodo has assured Malawians that government will strive to rehabilitate both Blantyre and Lilongwe Water Boards in a bid to contain water borne diseases. Kandodo was speaking on Friday at Parliament when he presented the 2009-2010 financial year. He said government was aware that the water utility sector needs to [...]
Published: July 4, 2009
Local Government polls, pension scheme miss out in 2009/10 budget as parastatals marked for reform |
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The 2009/10 fiscal budget for Malawi has not included the much awaited local government elections and the pension scheme which government promised to implement. Malawi has not had councilors and Mayors since 2001 local elections but government had assured that the polls would take place next year. Electoral Commission chairwoman, Justice Anastasia Msosa recently also [...]
Published: July 3, 2009
Kandondo unveils K257 billion Malawi budget |
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Finance Minister Ken Kandodo on Friday made his maiden budget speech when he presented a K257 billion Budget for 2009/10 fiscal year pointing out that the economy will grow 7.9 percent while inflation will stand at an average 9.7 percent. Presenting the Budget in the national budge, Kandodo told lawmakers:“Despite the global economic downturn, we [...]
Published: July 2, 2009
LEG urges legislatures to ensure education gets 20% of total budget |
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Link for Education Governance (LEG) has appealed to members of parliament to allocate at least 20% of the total national budget to education. LEG made the appeal to the legislatures in a media statement made available to Nyasa Times reminding them that Malawi signed a commitment under Education for All (EFA) Goals to allocate at [...]
Published: July 2, 2009
We’re a pressure group for MCP leadership change – Kadzamira |
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Former MCP Member of Parliament for Lilongwe Central Boniface Kadzamira has said a pressure group in the party fighting for change of leadership will exist until party president John Tembo quit. Kadzamira described the existence of the pressure group to fight for leadership change as a sign of “democracy is maturing” in the party. “This [...]
Published: June 30, 2009
Parliament passes six loan bills |
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Parliament on Monday passed six loan authorization bills presented by Finance Minister Ken Kandodo. The House approved the Bill which Finance Minister presented requiring government to get a credit in form of a MK980 million loan from Opec Fund for International Development for rehabilitation of Kamuzu International Airport in the capital. Parliament also approved a [...]
Published: June 30, 2009
MCP supporters to march for Tembo ouster |
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Police have given permission to a group of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters to march on Wednesday and present a petition to party leadership calling for the resignation of party president John Tembo. The march has been organized by a group calling for party reform and resignation of Tembo which is led by former spokesman [...]
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