Malawian civil-society groups plan to hold anti-government protests on January 13 against “bad leadership”, saying they will be “peaceful” and well-coordinated. Spokesman of the street protests, Timothy Mtambo, who is also executive director of Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR), said being the rights campaigners will lead from the frontline. Mtambo said modalities for the […]
Malawi civil society organisations who are planning peaceful protests on January 13 against “bad leadership” have condemned what they call government-orchestrated propaganda to demonise demonstrations, saying that is contrary to the freedom of expression. The CSOs are organising the demonstration over the prevailing political, economic, administrative and governance stalemate currently facing the country to be held […]
Civil Society Organisations in Malawi have expressed their displeasure over what they described as bad governance of the state that is leading to the prevailing economic challenges and that their planned January 13 anti-government demonstrations will go ahead. In a statement endorsed by 20 leading Civil Society Organisations working in the realm of human rights, […]
Malawi human rights campaigners have said they will still protests to secure a refund of K5 million (about $10 000) that the National Aids Commission (NAC) spent during the launch of the Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust launch and have also voiced out the shortage of essential drugs and collapse of heath service delivery system. A […]
Malawi civil society organizations (CSOs) have maintained that they will go ahead to stage a nationwide peaceful demonstration over the prevailing political, economic, administrative and governance stalemate currently facing the country to be held on January 13 in all the major cities and selected districts. The Executive Director of the Centre for the Development of […]
Malawi government said it has received K5 million from well-wishers for First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund the grant to National Aids Commission (NAC). Government Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa confirmed the receipt of the money and that it will be fully paid to NAC. Mkondiwa received the cash from Human Rights […]
Leader of a group of businesspersons who raised K5 million for First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund the grant to National Aids Commission (NAC), Bannet Chinsinga has urged the civil society organisations (CSOs) to cancel demonstrations planned for January 13, 2015 fearing the events could turn violent. The CSOs have scheduled the peaceful […]
Civil Society Organisations in Malawi have observed that President Peter Mutharika’s recent remarks against his critics during the Christmass Children Party may be deemed as ‘self-implicating’ and a “sign of guilty” on his possible role in NACGATE – –taking money from National Aids Commission (NAC) to fund activities that have nothing to do with the […]
Civil Society Organisations under the banner of Anti-NACGATE have hit back at “proponents” of NACGATE –taking money from National Aids Commission (NAC) to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic – citing that their arguments raise more questions than answers especially on their motives and integrity. In a […]
January 13, 2015 business in Malawi cities and possibly other urban areas, will come to a standstill once again as the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have announced its the date they will take to the streets to protest against failure for First Lady Gertrude Mutharika seven days to return the money her organisation Beautify Malawi […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika will not return the money her organisation Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust took from National Aids Commission (NAC) as demanded by civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country, challenging they can go ahead to hold national demonstrations. The President’s spouse personally wrote a letter to NAC alongside, National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund money amounting to K5 million she collected from the country National Aids Commission (Nac) to to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic or else they will hold mass […]
The revelations that President Peter Mutharika dished out K50,000 to media representative during their recent visit to Sanjika Palace has turned scandalous following revelations that the Head of State actually authorized K150,000 to be given to each journalist on the night. State House sources have since disclosed that as much as the President is not […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate refund of money amounting to about K15 million (about $30 000).First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust and tribal grouping Mulhako wa Alhomwe collected from National Aids Commission (NAC) to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic . National […]
Civil Society in developing places needs to trade cautiously. This point is important because it is at their own discretion that this caution can be applied. If government were to request it of them – well, to put it mildly, it would be undemocratic (whatever that means these days). I am of the view that […]
Executive Director for Pan African Civic Educators Network, (PACENET) Steve Duwa has turned down the offer to serve as a board director for Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Esom), saying doing so would be contravening the dictates of his organization that prohibits its employees from political alignment. “I would rather opt to be where I have […]
Former ruling Peoples Party (PP) has defended President Peter Mutharika’s decision to appoint civil society and non-governmental Organisations’ leaders into boards of parastatals. There have been growing fears that the drafting of the CSO and NGO leaders into parastatals would eventually silence the civil society from its noble duty of providing check and balances against […]
A political scientist at the Chancellor College of the University of Malawi Boniface Dulani says the recent appointment of the civil rights activists into the boards of statutory corporations is government’s ploy to weaken the civil society organizations and rights campaigners that have been critical of government. Dulani was reacting to the government’s announcement on the appointment […]