“Senseless levies imposed on farmers increase cost of production.” Barely days after President Dr Lazarus Chakwera sanctioned Tobacco Commission to look for new markets in order to increase competition, Serbia tobacco prospective buyers have already jetted into the country where they are discussing with Malawi government on deals on buying tobacco this season. Speaking in […]
Tobacco regulators, the Tobacco Commission has hired former UTM publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti-Malunga as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Malunga an irrigation engineer who was a lecturer at Lilongwe University for Natural Resources before joining politics, has confirmed the appointment. Chidanti Malunga was UTM Party spokesperson from its formation until some months ago when […]
Former UTM publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti-Malunga has said he has quit frontline politics to go back to his lecturing job at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) where he would serve his final five years. Malunga said his leave of absence has expired and he has to comply with conditions to ensure that […]
Over 100 ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets descended on UTM Party spokesperson Dr Joseph Chidanti Malunga beating him up in Nsanje on Sunday afternoon and had to run to Police to save his life. Chidanti confirmed in an interview with Nyasa Times that indeed he was beaten and is taking refuge at Nsanje Police […]
Veteran politician Brown Mpinganjira has assured the electorate in Nsanje South West constituency that by voting to parliament a ruling Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate hat they have secured development as the party will continue ruling after 21 May Tripartite Elections. Mpinganjira made the remarks on Wednesday at Dinde Primary School in South West constituency […]
Malawi Parliament has recommended for a more powerful Tobacco Control Commission to regulate the growth and trading of tobacco and that leaf buyers should stop growing the country’s gold leaf. Parliamentary Committee chairman on Agriculture Joseph Chidanti Malunga said this in the 193 strong House on Tuesday when he presented a report on Tobacco industry […]
Pie in the sky? Maybe. But make no mistake: the battle for 2019 is on as State Vice President Saulos Chilima’s United Transformation Movement (UTM) is unstoppable as its spokesperson, Chidanti Malunga, has said the movement is determined to save Malawians from the worsening jaws of hopelessness. Malunga was speaking on a Tiuzeni Zoona radio […]
Communities in Group Village Headman Nsilanga under Traditional Authority Malemia in Nsanje can breathe a sigh of relief following their Member of Parliament’s promise to construct a clinic and drill two boreholes this financial year. Member of Parliament for Nsanje South West, Dr. Joseph Chidanti Malunga – who is also spokesman opf United Transformational Movement […]
National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust in Nsanje has started engaging the communities in hard to reach areas in the district that are eligible to vote in the fourth coming tripartite elections to get prepared for voter registration which will start in October. NICE District Civic Education Officer, Kondwani Malunga Sunday during one of […]
Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa has confirmed that the Business Committee of Palriament, which comprises the Speaker of the National Assembly and leaders of political parties in Parliament and sets out business to be discussed, has approved for tabling a motion Nsanje South West MP Joseph Chidanti-Malunga plans to move on the age […]
Debate has ensued over the move by Nsanje South West MP Joseph Chidanti-Malunga who has filed a motion to trim President age limit to 65. The motion seeks to have Section 80 (7) amended to provide for age for one to serve as President. If approved a new clause (h) will be added to the Section […]
Nsanje south west MP Joseph Chidanti Malunga on Wednesday decorated Vice-President Saulos Chilima for his bold decision leave the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and not enter a leadership charade to challenge President Peter Mutharika at the party convention slated for this month. Chidanti hailed Chilima—who remains Vice-President until the end of his term next May—for deciding to […]
Parliamentary Agriculture and Natural Resources Cluster committee has told the government to reduce the staggering K41bn for Farm Input Subsidy (Fido), saying the increase of the beneficiaries is due to political reasons. The chairman of the cluster committee Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the government should be reducing the number of beneficiaries and the budget as […]
Parliament’s Agriculture committee has asked the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) to change its tobacco classification system, saying the current system does not favour a tobacco grower. The committee chair Chidanti Malunga said better tobacco prices depend on the tobacco classification, arguing the current classification system leaves a lot to be desired. He said this on Saturday when committee members […]
Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday received a petition from maize traders who are protesting the suspension of purchases of the grain by the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA). Manganaye Kambauwa, who presented the petition to the committee’s chairperson Chidanti Malunga, said maize traders are paying huge sums of money to transporters for waiting charges, […]
Speaker of National Assembly, Richard Msowoya, on Thursday told Members of Parliament that a court case involving Chairperson of Parliamentary Committee of Agriculture, Joseph Chidanti Malunga and Transglobe Produce Export Limited, will not affect Friday parliament proceedings. Msowoya, who is also the Vice President for main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), said this Thursday morning […]
Malawi Parliament, through its Business Committee, has resolved to take over the case in which Chairperson for Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture Joseph Chidanti Malunga is facing contempt of court charges issued by Transglobe Export Limited. Deliberations were suspended Tuesday morning for an hour after lawmakers threatened not to proceed with the day’s business until the […]
Outspoken chairman of the Parliamentary committee on Agriculture Joseph Chidanti Malunga committee has been slapped with a contempt of court charge for advocating that Transglobe Limited should be banned from conducting business in the country following an injunction stopping the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) programme. Transglobe lawyers applied before High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda […]