President Peter Mutharika has called for transparency and accountability from civil society organisations (CSOs) to ensure that the corruption is not entertained. Mutharika encouraged NGOs to be “accountable” especially in the way they manage results from various programs and the way they manage funds in various institutions. “We need to root out corruption not only […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has said his government will work in close collaboration with the civil society organisation and can ill-afford confrontation which was a hallmark of his late brother Bingu wa Mutharika’s regime. “Time for confrontation between civil society organisations (CSOs) and government is no longer here,” said Mutharika on Friday. He was speaking […]
Today is a great day in the history of relations between civil society and Government. It is a day when we gather to renew our mutual commitments towards serving the people of this beloved country. From the pavilions and displays that CONGOMA has lined up, it is clear to notice that both NGOs and government […]
Malawi government has paid K15 million compensation to four human rights activists and a youth arrested in October 2011 during the previous brutal Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule. Rights campaigner Billy Mayaya, Ben Chiza Mkandawire, lawyer Habiba Osman, politician Brian Nyasulu and Osman’s cousin, Comfort Chitseko, were locked up in October 2011 for a demonstration […]
The newly appointed advisor to the President on Non-Governmental Organizations Mabvuto Bamusi says he will ensure co-existence between government and civil society organizations. Bamusi said Mutharika is fully committed to frequently engage and work hand in hand with the Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) in an effort to bring back on track the economy of the […]
Ronald Mtonga of the Council for Non Governmental Organisations (Congoma) has said the civil society organisations (CSOs) have let people down. He was speaking on the background that most of the vibrant CSO members have gone quiet and more are seeking elected positions. Speaking during the Conference on Consolidation of Democratic Governance and the Electoral […]
Some Civil Society Organisations leaders in Malawi have hit back at their critics who have of late accused them of being passive in taking government to task, arguing that the blame should be extended to the citizenry who have often played the role of a spectator in the face of cashgate saga and other pressing […]
Malawi rights campaigners on Thursday held peaceful anti-government protest in the commercial hub Blantyre to press for quick action after an audit revealed officials had stolen at least K13 billion ( $30 million) from the state the corruption scandal which has been christened as cashgate. Hundreds braved the chilling weather to join leaders of Grand […]
Malawi Government spokesman Brown Mpinganjira has accused activists of working with the West to promote instability and an agenda of regime change. Mpinganjira, who is Minister of Information and Civic Education, accused the West of bankrolling civil society activists to hold mass protests over the cashgate corruption scandal and reports that proceeds of jet vanished. […]
Malawian activists are planning a mass protests against the Joyce Banda government in what they call “casual approach” in dealing with the cashgate corruption scandal and also demanding answers on the proceeds of the sale of presidential jet Civil rights groups want President Joyce Banda to explain the whole transaction of the presidential jet sale. […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda will not be stampeded by some activists calling her to resign from her office in respect of Section 80(7) (e) which bars a person from nomination as a President or First Vice-President if he/she holds a public office, government spokesman has challenged. Minister of Information and Civic Education, Brown Mpinganjira, who […]
Civil and human rights activists in Malawi have called upon the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to disqualify President Joyce Banda and her running mate from the May 20 tripartite elections, for failure to resign from public office. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday in Lilongwe, the activists Mabvuto Bamusi, Phillip Kamangira, Billy Mayaya, Lucky Mbewe and […]
Malawi’s Civil Society Grand Coalition has expressed disappointment over donors’ stand to be ‘hoodwinked’ by President Joyce Banda’s administration on how it is handling Capital Hill’s cashgate investigations. Government has said investigations into the scandal will require more time thus giving a hint that it may go beyond next year’s elections before anything tangible comes […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said her administration wants to do a good job on the investigations and prosecutions involving the looting of government finances, saying that hasty work risks costing the country more resources. The President asked those who want government to rush the prosecutions to hold their patience and appreciate the technicalities involved […]
A grouping of civil rights organizations under the Forum for National Development (FND) have denounced the proposition by the Grand Coalition calling for “civil disobedience” arguing that active members of the Council for Non Governmental Organization (CONGOMA) have been left out in their activities deemed unrealistic and non-consultative. Unandi Banda Executive Director for National Elections […]
Incessed by government’s failure to pay salaries to some civil servants, civil society organisations operating under the Grand Coalition has launched the most awaited Black Monday movement on Friday instead of Monday next week. The activists have proposed — in coordination with other 13 high-profile civil society organisations — calling a ‘Black Monday’ when Malawians will dress […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) operating under the Grand Coalition have announced that t ‘Black Monday’ protests against the Joyce Banda government over the looting of public resource dubbed cash-gate scandal involving top ruling People’s Party officials and some civil servants will begin from December 9. Malawi has been rocked with an embarrassing wide scale embezzlement, which […]
A group of young people calling itself Malova Youth Association of Malawi (MYAM) has condemned the recent demands by Civil Society Organisations (SCOs) in their communiqué which is proposing for the introduction of an interim government. In a letter by MYAM president Tega Mwaluwasa which Nyasa Times has seen, the group attacks the CSOs and […]