During the just ended sitting of Parliament an opposition legislator from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Willard Gwengwe alleged or rather exposed to the nation that our government currently has an external debt of about K150 billion. Repeatedly I have heard our honourable members debating on various loan authorization bills that have been tabled in […]
Malawi’s Health and Population Minister, Jean Kalirani, on Saturday addressed a handful of diasporans in London and demanded if there was anyone from Nyasa Times online publication. The meeting took place at the Malawi High Commision office at 36 John Street near Holbon and lasted for two hours. According to the High Commission, the objective […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has issued threats to all civil servants to stop reading titles of the independent Nation Publications Limited (NPL) and renewed the directive of withdrawing all official advertising from the company’s titles. DPP’s Director for Youth, Frank Mwenefumbo, issued the threats at a public rally attended by President Bingu wa […]
In 2004, when the leadership of this country changed hands, hunger was a song throughout the country. In fact, we had just survived as a nation from the 2001/2002 hunger that severely struck the entire nation and had left a good number of Malawians dead. The sorry part of the story is that, while people […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika said on Sunday that he did not meet the visiting World Bank officials headed by African Director of Economic Management, Marcelo Giugale , becasue they were very low. Mutharika said he allowed his officials to meet their counterparts because as head of state, the officials did not deserve to meet […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika blasted Traditional Authority Chekucheku of Neno for not following protocol after the Chief wrote him a letter in which he alleged that Neno District Commissioner Lawford Palani had mismanaged government funds, Nyasa Times has established. According to impeccable sources, Bingu is reported to have dressed down the Chief and then ordered […]
The truth remains the truth. You can hide it but one day it will come out. Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika, who sneaked out of the country two weeks ago, revealed on Sunday that the Nyasa Times story that he went to Nigeria was credible. Commenting on the scarcity of fuel in the country, Mutharika […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has named the Blantyre-Zomba road as John Chilembwe Highway. The John Chilembwe Highway stretches from Maselema in Blantyre to Liwonde Bride in Machinga. Mutharika announced the new name when he opened the construction work of the new road in Zomba on Sunday. He said the name was arrived at after consultations […]
SPECIAL COMMENTARY: The Press Release from the State House signed by Albert Mungomo in his capacity as the State House Press Officer at Sanjika Palace, Blantyre on March 8, 2012 might have as well read: I, President Bingu wa Mutharika, by the powers vested me by Malawians through a land-slide victory on May 19, 2009 […]
The Regional Secretariat of Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) on Friday reacted to accusations by Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika that the media is causing anarchy in the country by insulting him. The media watchdog, said in a statement, obtained by Nyasa Times that it notes, “with profound distress”, the growing intolerance of media […]
Although African nations have made tremendous progress institutionalizing democracy, good governance and the rule of law, all too often these gains are eroded and result in a poor-governance trap. Of particular concern are leaders who win competitive elections primarily because of their seemingly uncompromising support of good governance, but upon attaining power steadily adopt autocratic […]
The State House has yet again noted with grave concern the continuing habit by some civil society organizations and sadly too, media houses to insult the Head of State, His Excellency Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa Mutharika. Deliberate attempts have been made to distort statements and actions by the State President with the intention to misinform […]
Malawi’s State House has issued a warning to all media houses in the country to stop referring to the Head of State with names like ‘Big Kahuna’ or ‘Moya’, warning that it will ‘deal’ with journalists who continue doing that. In a statement issued Friday by presidential press officer, Albert Mungomo, the State House said […]
Malawian authorities Friday accused a leading rights group of plotting “regime change” and blocked a meeting meant to discuss political and economic challenges in the southern African state. Hetherwick Ntaba accused the Public Affairs Committee of calling the meeting to propose a recall movement against President Bingu wa Mutharika, whose second term in office has […]
A senior U.S. official urged Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Friday to respect his citizens’ right to freedom of expression, days after he accused Western donors of funding an opposition protest movement in his country. Mutharika told state radio on Sunday that the opposition planned to stage demonstrations in March financed by foreign donors […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has warned Malawians are yet to witness a political campaign the country has never witnessed before ahead of the 2014 presidential and parliamentary polls. The party has since challenged opposition parties and Malawians at large it will repeat the historic 2009 landslide victory come 2014. DPP Secretary General Wakuda […]
Leaders of opposition parties in Malawi on Thursday addressed a joint press conference in the commercial capital, Blantyre, where they admonished President Bingu wa Mutharika and his DPP regime over various governance lapses. The leaders, who included NRP president Gwanda Chakuamba, PPM leader and business magnet Mark Katsonga, MAFUNDE leader and Balaka legislator George Nnesa, […]
The Orange Partners, a youth organ of the Peoples Party (PP), say they are seriously disturbed by remarks made by President Bingu wa Mutharika in Thyolo where he urged his loyalists to deal with anyone who question his style of leadership. Mutharika had publicly ordered his DPP Youth Cadets to disrupt any peaceful demonstration in […]