Pressure continues to mount on President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s administration to release the report on Public Sector Systems Review, with the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) now condemning the President for deciding to conceal contents therein. This comes after leaked pages of recommendations from the much awaited […]
Civil society organisations, including Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have requested the Malawi Law Commission to review section 138 of the penal code, raising two “failures” of the legislation which they say “bring about unfairness” in the application of the law. Section 138 of the Penal Code provides for the offence of defilement […]
An influential youth rights activist has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to stop the recruitment of Tony Blair and his team as advisors to the government, with some observeser saying his administarion has failed to explain what is their challenge. Charged Kajoloweka, who is the executive director of Youth and Society has described the government’s […]
Youth Policy review study has revealed that inadequate financing towards implementation of the strategy affected its implementation. Presenting the study findings Wednesday to Journalists at Illala Lodge, Youth and Society (YAS) Executive Director, Charles Kajoloweka said though Malawi made some strides in the implementation of the policy, inadequate financing was a major challenge. “One key challenge that […]
The Youth Decide Campaign has said President Lazarus Chakwera has excluded the capable youths in his public appointments and that his administration’s agenda is not clear “even after 100 days.” This was stated by the grouping when it presented its assessment of Chakwera’s first 100 days in office on Saturday. The youth claimed the job […]
The National Alliance against Corruption has called for the removal of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from the ambit of the Executive arm of government to ensure it discharges its mandate with complete independence, effectiveness and efficiency. Briefing journalists after meeting the ACB director general Reyneck Matemba in Lilongwe on Monday, the alliance’s executive member, Charles […]
Amid increasing and continuing dissatisfaction with President Lazarus Chakwera’s maiden cabinet appointments, the Youth Decide Campaign (YDC) has also poured out its own misgivings–expressing anger over what it describes as “violent and heartless” exclusion of youths from the cabinet. Apparently, the inclusion in the cabinet of youthful politicians such as Ulemu Msungama, Timothy Mtambo and […]
Leader of Youth Decide Campaign, Charles Kajoloweka, has called on the new administration led by President Lazarus Chakwera to appoint a youth affairs minister of 35 years or below to better co-ordinate youth policies and services for young people. At a news conference held in Mzuzu, Kajoloweka said President Chakwera should include capable youth at […]
YouthDecide Campaign, a grouping of civil society organizations advancing rights of the youth in Malawi, has asked the Malawi government and its watchdog institutions to institute credible investigations into the “shambolic” walk-in recruitment process that ended up creating a deadly stampede at Katoto in Mzuzu. The Ministry of Health on Tuesday conducted a walk-in interviews […]
Youth and Society (YAS) executive director, Charles Kajoloweka, has said he is delighted with the launch of investigations into the suspected professional misconduct by Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale and the illegal payment he allegedly received from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). YAS, a Mzuzu-based human rights and governance watchdog, had initially written the Office of […]
YouthDecide Campaign (YDC), a consortium of some youth civil society organisations in Malawi championing the implementation of a national youth manifesto, has called upon President Peter Mutharika to halt the rising wave of political violence and intolerance in the country. Pouring out its misgivings in a strongly worded statement made available to Nyasa Times, YDC […]
Mzuzu-based governance and human rights watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS), has commended the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for stopping the dubious recruitment of revenue and customs officers at Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and called upon the tax collection body not to turn into a ‘camp-site’ for the governing Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP). MRA wanted to […]
The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) has suspended the enforcement of the decision by the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal to slap Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka with a K21.6 million costs bill in a case in which he sued President Peter Mutharika to fire his then Cabinet minister […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation, has penned Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale to querry the hiring of foreign lawyers for the election appeal case at a staggering $788 000 (about K600 million) million on public funds and why he is still acting for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) indirectly through procurement of legal services. In its […]
Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka has accused the government of a “complete abuse” of the Malawi Police Services for political reasons thereby turning the country into a police state. Kajoloweka said in Mzuzu on Thursday when group of people turned out to protest the arrests of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) barely […]
Mzuzu-based human rights and governance watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS), has officially penned business tycoon Thomson Mpinganjira demanding his immediate resignation as Board Chairperson of State owned power distributor Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), following the charges levelled against him by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). ACB slapped Mpinganjira with three counts in a case […]
The YouthDecide Campaign, a grouping of young people who prior to the 2019 tripartite elections advocated that youths get elected into positions of power, has joined voices that are welcoming the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for nullifying last year’s presidential election, saying the ruling is “a progressive expansion of the jurisprudence on laws on credible elections.” […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment, has called for the resignation of business mogul Thomson Mpinganjra as board chairperson of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). The call comes just a day after Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) effected his arrest on his suspected involvement in the alleged […]