A rights activist Billy Mayaya has taken a swipe at President Peter Mutharika and his administration for backtracking on the reduction of presidential powers. Mayaya’s comments come barely a week after Mutharika reiterated that he would veto any bill that seeks to reduce his presidential powers. “This is a great concern to all of us. […]
Rights activist Billy Mayaya is having it tough on radios to defend allegations that he gave in to police to cancel the March 10 peaceful protests over maize scarcity after his position was compromised. Reports indicate that the government moved in swiftly soon after he announced the protest plans to offer him a hefty allowance […]
Malawi’s flagship newspaper, The Daily Times has criticised human rights activist Billy Mayaya for “disrespectfully” cancelling the much publicised maize scarcity peaceful protests “just hours before staging it today.” Mayaya planned endless vigil against President Peter Mutharika from allegedly being insensitive to maize shortage and economic problems but on Tuesday announced the protests will not […]
Rights activist Billy Mayaya has cancelled the much publicised March 10 maize scarcity peaceful protests, saying police have forced the organisers of the demos to cancel it. Mayaya planned endless vigil against President Peter Mutharika from allegedly being insensitive to maize shortage and economic problems In an interview with Nyasa Times on Wednesday, Mayaya parried […]
Some civil rights leaders in Malawi are organising to hold a protest march on March 10 to force the government release maize in Admarc depots for starving Malawians and improve the ailing economy that has skyrocketed the cost of living. Billy Mayaya, one of the organisers of the peaceful march said it is a Republican […]
Some sections of the civil society are planning to hold demonstrations in the eastern lakeshore district of Mangochi to demand justice for murdered Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate affairs Issa Njauju amid growing calls for speedy investigations into his gruesome murder. Njauju’s body was found abandoned in Lilongwe around July 5 close to Presidential […]
President Peter Mutharika faces unspecified action after Friday, November 27 when two crucial civil society organisations issued ultimatums to him expire. In one of the ultimatums, the civil society groups want the President to step down because they claim he has failed to steer the country out of economic turmoil and that he has been […]
Business went as usual in the Capital City Lilongwe as Malawians held peaceful demonstrations to express anger over dwindling of health service delivery in Malawi hospitals although there was drama as the two parallel demonstrators with different issues delivered their petition to authorities. The Tuesday demonstrations took place and finished without serious incidents of violence […]
In ensuring political freedom and civil liberties, Malawi Police Service have approved a request by Civil Society Organisations to hold peaceful demonstrations in Lilongwe on Tuesday October 27 to demand better health service delivery from government. Billy Mayaya, the architect of the demonstrations, has confirmed that letters notifying the authorities of the planned demonstrations have […]
Malawi Civil Society Organisations have set October 27 for peaceful demonstrations in Lilongwe to demand better health service delivery from government. Billy Mayaya, the architect of the demonstrations, has confirmed that letters notifying the authorities of the planned demonstrations were delivered on Tuesday to Lilongwe police and the district commissioner’s office. He says the demonstrations […]
A leading human rights activist in Malawi has cautioned President Peter Mutharika from shouting at Malawians as if there were his own children, saying instead he is accountable to them. Billy Mayaya, renowned for organising peaceful protests, said the intimidation would not stop Malawians from voicing their concerns. “We will not be silenced. Malawi is […]
Civil society groups in Malawi are secretlly meeting to organise “peaceful and constitutional demonstrations” to force President Peter Mutharika to address the country’s deteriorating economic situation and protest that the President is increasingly becoming arrogant and intolerant. Sources close to the organising group confirmed the development but said details of the demonstration like places and […]
A civil society activist and an opposition political party have censured President Peter Mutharika for his outbursts against Malawians’ concern over his blatant abuse of public resources, particularly taxpayers’ money, calling on him to come off his ‘ivory tower’ conditions to address the concerns of the nation. This comes in light of President Mutharika’s utter […]
Human rights activist Billy Mayaya has withdrawn from a case where he applied to join in a matter where 11 United Democratic Front (UDF) members of Parliament (MPs) are challenging their possible expulsion from the National Assembly over their alleged crossing of the floor. Mayaya petitioned Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya to declare UDF MPs […]
Outspoken Malawi human rights campaigner and social commentator Billy Mayaya on Monday accused the Executive and Judiciary for e overstepping their bounds as branches of government by interfering with the legislative arm – National Assembly. Mayaya told a news conference at Crossroads Hotel in the capital Lilongwe on Monday that the legislature is being suffocated by Executive […]
Public Accounts Committee of parliament (PAC) vice chairman Kamlepo Kalua has vowed that he will push to reveal the list of corrupt ministers in the K570 billion forensic audit report that Auditor General Stevenson Kamphasa has presented to the committee to ensure justice prevail, while activist are planning streets protests to demand action. Price water-house […]
The civil society leaders are calling for swift action in form of comprehensive forensic audit into payments amounting to K577 billion (US$1.3 billion) that are shown in bank statements, but cannot be traced in Capital Hill’s cashbook, according to preliminary findings by Pricewaterhouse Coopers. PwC examination of public finances from January 1 2009 to December […]
Vocal human rights activist Billy Mayaya has hit at Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on the way he is acting on issues surrounding the position of United Democratic Front (UDF) MPs in Parliament in the face of Section 65 anti-defection law for moving to government benches. Kaphale wrote Speaker Richard Msowoya expressing that he already […]