Youth Decide Campaign says Malawi’s 2019/2020 national budget, has already let down young people in the country on the implementation of the national youth manifesto because of what the consortium describes as “several misplaced priorities” including having meagre allocations to Ministry of Youth and Higher Education Students’ Loans Board. Team Leader for the campaign, Charles […]
An anti-education quota system movement has organised demonstrations in the north to show displeasure over the selection of students to secondary schools in public schools. Charles Kajoloweka, one of the officials of the movement said the peaceful protests will be held in all the districts in the north except Likoma Island. “We are demonstrating because […]
A youth rights activist organization has reported the ministry of Youth, Sports, Labour and Manpower Development to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over missing K30 million. Mzuzu-based Youth and Society officials say ministry officials allegedly abused the money in the name of meetings for the construction of a youth centre in the northern region city but they […]
Youth and Society (YAS) has called on the United State of America (USA) and all bilateral partners in Malawi including but not limited to the European Union (EU), Britain, Norway, and Irish government to join in imposing travel bans to all “politically-connected thieves”. The call comes after the United States of America (USA) has banned […]
After Attorney General Kelekeni Kaphale demanded K15 million from Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka as costs for a case in which the latter sued President Peter Mutharika to fire his then Cabinet minister George Chaponda in connection with a controversial maize import deal in 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered […]
A youth body has launched a blistering attack on President Peter Mutharika for hiring a 24-member cabinet excluding the youth. Charles Kajoloweka of Youth Decide said all the 24 members of the cabinet are above 35-years-old. “We are very disappointed with the cabinet. In this era, we expected a cabinet with youth representation. After all, […]
Malawi youth and rights activist Charles Kajoloweka has confirmed his appointment as United Nations (UN) Youth Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 16. SDG 16 advances in promoting the rule of law and access to justice. However, progress is being made in regulations to promote public access to information, albeit slowly, and in strengthening […]
UTM Party’s presidential torchbearer Saulos Chilima, who disclosed that he will also be minister responsible for the youth should he be voted into power on May 21, has appended his signature to the National Youth Manifesto to commit himself that he will address numerous challenges youths are facing in the country. The youth movement which launched […]
The Youth Decide Campaign (YD-2019) is next week scheduled to engage Malawi’s presidential candidates to obtain their official commitment to fostering youth-led agenda in their campaigns and beyond the May 21 Tripartite Elections by endorsing the pro-youth policy document known as the Youth Manifesto. Executive Director for Youth and Society Charles Kajoloweka whose organization is […]
Government is demanding K15 million from Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajaloweka after the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal ordered him to personally bear all costs incurred during the case in which it reversed a High Court order that sought to compel President Peter Mutharika to fire his then Cabinet minister George […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO), has taken to task Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika and 11 other officials over the flouting of the law prohibiting employees of a procuring and disposing public entity from bidding for its auctioned assets. Namalika and other officials bought cars from their ministry in a […]
Leaders of Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have expressed their delight at being jointly named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Nyasa Times. Malawi flagship online news platform ‘person of the year’ recognizes “the person or group of people who most influenced the […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have been jointly named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Nyasa Times. Nyasa Times sought nomination from various reputable commentators and analysts to nominate and give reasons for the accolade and has collectively named the Charles Kajoloweka led YAS […]
Mzuzu-based civil society organisation, Youth and Society (YAS) has told the government to shelve off the amended Corruption Bill, saying it should not be brought in parliament because it still gives more powers to the president to appoint the director of graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Executive director of Youth and Society Charles Kajoloweka […]
About 300 youth aspirants are expected to contest in the 2019 Tripartite Elections, in what activists are describing as youth-dominated elections. This is according a Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS). Executive Director for YAS, Charles Kajoloweka said this at Illala Lodge in Mzuzu on Tuesday during a meeting with media representatives in Mzuzu under the […]
The High Court has saustained a gagging order business magnate Leston Mulli and his two companies—Sunrise Pharmaceuticals and Chombe Foods Limited—obtained against rights activist Charles Kajoloweka, restraining him from commenting on the companies’ K8 billion claim case against government. Mulli obtained the injunction against Kajoloweka after his statements to the effect that the businessman’s K8 […]
The grouping running a national elections campaign, code-named Youth Decide 2019, to dial up youth energies and active participation ahead of 2019 Tripartite Elections will on Thursday November 8 convene at a conference at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on how the youth can influence political outcome and steer the country’s development agenda. According to the campaign’s […]
The Hgh Court in Blantyre has set November 7 2018 for the hearing of inter parte application on an interlocutory injunction which business magnate Leston Mulli and his two companies—Sunrise Pharmaceuticals and Chombe Foods Limited—obtained against rights activist Charles Kajoloweka, restraining him from commenting on the companies’ K8 billion claim case against government. In the […]