The main opposition Malawi Congress Party ( MCP) has challenged President Peter Mutharika that he should know that he can’t rewrite Malawi’s history by what the party calls “misguided utterances.” The sentiments comes against the background of the President’s remarks which insinuated that MCP did not bring in any tangible development to the country. APM […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has hit back at government accusing it of trying to divert people’s attention from pressing issues that are affecting the country. This comes hot on the hills of accusations by the executive arm of government against the legislature of reckless spending tax payers money on the buying of […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will not waiver governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) propaganda to attack the party leadership over the purchase of new top-of-the-range vehicles for the Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya, his deputies, and leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera who is also MCP president. New MCP spokesperson Alekeni Menyani […]
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee continues meeting in Lilongwe to try to get to the bottom of the matter of K572 billion presumed stolen from public coffers. The auditor general’s report shows the money went missing from 2009 to 2014 spanning two presidential administrations of late Bingu wa Mutharika and Joyce Banda. Chairman of the Public […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani has bemoaned declining education standards in the country, saying the executive need to live and breathe the services that they expect the public to use. Menyani said it outrageous for DPP ministers to understand the need to improve the education standards as their kids don’t use the public […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Dedza North West, Alekeni Menyani was forced to make a point of order in parliament that opposition members were equally Malawians who pay tax like those in the corridors of ruling power. Menyani stood for a point of order after ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP for […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani has hit out at “nonsense” suggestions that he may work with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. Menyani told Nyasa Times in an interview on Tuesday evening that reports that President Peter Mutharika is luring him with a cabinet post to work with DPP should not be entertained. […]
President Peter Mutharika and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has engaged on poaching exercise from opposition camps, luring Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani and People’s Party (PP) MPs Harry Mkandawire and Rev Christopher Mzomera Ngwira. DPP insiders say Mutharika had cast his net wider to woo more lawmakers to his party, a […]
Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture Principal Secretary Chimwemwe Banda on Tuesday refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to respond to Treasury minutes. Banda, one of the most powerful women in government, and other officials from the ministry were summoned to explain the loss of about K15 million as part […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been accused by Malawi Parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee of fuelling the plundering and looting of public resources christened as ‘Cashgate’. According to the Committee, the effects of cashgate would have been minimized had it been that DPP paid attention to an ‘interim report’ of Auditor General’s audit […]
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Malawi National Assembly Parliament wants to summon again several stakeholders in the ongoing probe into how government lost billions of taxpayers’ money in what has come to be called Cashgate. In an interview at the end of a three-week review of audit reports on Friday, the committee’s chairperson Alekeni Menyani […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani has backed calls to adopt a federal system of government in Malawi. Alliance for Democracy (Aford) president Enoch Chihana, who is the only lawmaker for his party which once held control of all seats in the north, first said a federal system of government would be ideal […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza North West serving Member of Parliament Alekeni Wodala Menyani last Friday emerged with a massive win over his five contenders during primary elections held in the area. Way before voting begun, it became evident that the youthful parliamentarian would triumph with simplicity when nearly every person talked about him. […]
Member of Parliament for Dedza Northwest (MCP), Alekeni Wodala Menyani has told Parliament that President Joyce Banda’s State of the Nation address did not chronicle the brutal harships Malawians are going through, saying austerity measures being touted by government is lip service which has to be left out of podium politics. Making his contribution to […]
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Water Resources Bill which among other things seeks to address the problem of water pollution in the country’s numerous water bodies. After facing heavy scrutiny from members of parliament sitting in Lilongwe the bill was being debated on the floor and finally passed into law after the Minister of Water […]
Opposition lawmaker, Alekeni Menyani on Thursday asked government to improve the conditions of service for the police. Menyani, MCP Member of Parliament for Dedza North West made the plea in Parliament when said police officers were operating under strenuous conditions that tempted some of them to solicit for bribes. The MP said Police need sufficient […]
The Legal Affairs Parliamentary Committee said Tuesday there is general consensus among Malawians across the country that holding of tripartite elections should commence with the 2014 polls and not in 2019. Parliament during the last budget sitting referred back to the Legal Affairs Committee the Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2012 which sought to amend section […]
Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Enock Chakufwa Chihana who is also Aford’s MP for Rumphi Central says the police officer who used lethal weapons to kill 20 demonstrators on July 20 2011 should be caged, saying they don’t belong in a democratic society. Chihana made the call in Parliament on Wednesday, stressing that the […]