Malawi Police summoned Nyasa Times journalist Watipaso Mzungu on Tuesday and held him detained at Area 30 Police headquarters in Lilongwe, interrogating him over a story published online on 1st April 2021 that quoted head of Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (Cdedi) Sylvester Namiwa who called President Lazarus Chakwera a joker and a […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has given the Tonse Alliance-led government seven days to remove “punitive taxes” on essential goods and services or face nationwide protests. Addressing journalists in Lilongwe , CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa said they were concerned with neglect of duty by the Tonse Alliance to protect and promote the […]
The vibrant human rights watchdog, the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has described President Lazarus Chakwera as a Fools’ Day comedian for deferring indefinitely the release of the new Cabinet. In February this year, Chakwera promised the nation that he be reconstituting his Cabinet before the end of March 2021 after assessing […]
Smallholder farmers from Dowa and Mchinji have expressed disappointment with the delay by the Tonse Alliance-led government to start championing pro-poor policies. Speaking at a press briefing in Lilongwe this morning, the concerned farmers pleaded with the government to remove value added tax (VAT) on cooking oil to save local cooking oil producers from closing […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) is not bulging in its crusade to reclaim the land from British-owned conglomerate companies so that the same should be distributed to landless people in Thyolo and Mulanje. Having received a blind eye and deaf ear from President Lazarus Chakwera on his prayer to the Head […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has alleged that the recent increase in fuel prices is a result of the poor administrative decision President Lazarus Chakwera made to fire the whole Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Board. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa argues that the dismissal of all the board members was […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has threatened to hold nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday should the government stick to its guns on its refusal to pay teachers Covid-19 risk allowances. Teachers in Malawi are currently staying away from their work, demanding that the government should pay them K35, 000 each for six […]
Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has criticized the Malawi Police Service for alleged abandonment of its core duty and responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Malawians in preference to cashing in on poor citizens in the name of enforcing Covid-19 preventive measures. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa has observed that […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has yet again dared President Lazarus Chakwera, asking him to walk the talk on his promise to trim presidential powers and depoliticize the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa argues that Malawi cannot win the battle against corruption and theft of public funds when […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) in collaboration with the Concerned Landless People in Thyolo and Mulanje have given the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development up to March 23, 2021, to distribute idle land to the landless people in the two districts. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa has written Msukwa, […]
Malawi Police in Thyolo on Friday detained for 20 minutes the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) executive director, Sylvester Namiwa, just as the activist was about to address landless people at Khonjeni in Thyolo. Namiwa was, however, released unconditionally after being interrogated over his involvement in the land issues concerning the people […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has accused President Lazarus Chakwera and Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani-Hara, of paralysing parliamentary committee meetings to dodge questions on the K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds, which is feared to have been looted. CdediI executive director Sylvester Namiwa claims that their independent investigations revealed […]
A local human rights body, the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has written President Lazarus Chakwera, cautioning the Head of State against ignoring the legal opinion of the Attorney General (AG) Dr. Chikosa Silungwe on the status of the embattled Commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has decried high levels of nepotism and corruption in government and, challenged President Lazarus Chakwera to clear himself on allegations that he is entrenching the two vices in his leadership robbing the country of its development opportunities. Cdedi executive director Sylvester Namiwa said the vices are […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) and the Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators led a peaceful demonstration against the Tonse Alliance government in Blantyre on Tuesday with dozens of protestors giving the leadership a demand for an immediate reduction on fuel prices in light of Covid-19 lockdown measures and governance queries. Cdedi and […]
Good governance activists and small scale traders have today postponed demonstrations against the influx of foreign traders following the declaration of three day mourning for the departed two powerful cabinet ministers. Minister of Transport and Public Works Sidik Mia who was also vice president for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and minister of Local Government […]
Malawian small scale business operators in Blantyre have rescheduled to next week protests against the influx of foreign nationals running illegal businesses in the commercity city. Initially, the grouping along with the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives, were supposed to hold the protests on Friday in the commercial city. According to Tennson Mulimbula, […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (Cdedi) has expressed disappointment over the manner the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama, has handled his medical trip to India. Cdedi executive director Sylvester Namiwa says Msungama had violated the rights of the poor and deserving patients who have been on the waiting list for months without […]