The feud over projects, funds and grants between local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGOs) and International NGOs (INGOs), has prompted the NGO Board of Malawi to start getting recommendations from stakeholders to feed into the development of subsidiary regulations that will help enhance good working partnerships between LNGOs and INGOs. According to the board, the recommendations will […]
The appointment of new board members of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Board of Malawi, has stirred the NGO community with some people suspecting that the law may have been flouted in the appointment of the new board members. But the Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (Congoma)–which government consults whenever appointing board members of the […]
Minister of Population Planning and Social Welfare, Clara Makungwa, on Tuesday became the first senior government official to tour the newly purchased headquarters of the Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board of Malawi in the capital Lilongwe where she promised to help address the board’s challenges including resolving its misunderstandings with the Council for Non Governmental […]
Malawi’s Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma) said the country should address the need for electoral reform in Malawi. CONGOMA, whose mandate is to coordinate NGOs in Malawi and represent their interests and concerns, says in the statement issued by its chairperson Steven Duwa, that government should exercise its powers and quickly take appropriate […]
Council for Non-Governmental Organisation (Congoma) says 60 per cent of last year’s K1.3 trillion national budget went to kickbacks. Congoma chief executive officer Ronald Mtonga said this at a meeting on Thursday in Lilongwe. “This lack of transparency in our national budget is fueling poverty in the country,” said Mtonga. He said it was sad […]
Malawi’s NGO Board has been receiving K250,000 as revised membership fees from local and international non-governmental organisations, defying a court injunction which restrains the board from implementing the new membership fees. The malpractice in the collection of the fees was revealed Thursday during the 2018 annual general meeting (AGM) of the Council for Non-Governmental […]
Council for Non-Governmental Organisation (Congoma) has chastised officials from NGO Board for suggesting that out of the 680 NGOs in the country, only 25 per cent are working legally in the country. Congoma chairman Steve Duwa accused the NGO Board chairperson Agnes Dzimadzi of politicizing the organization. “When people are appointed to the board, they […]
Council for Non Governmental Organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA) has revealed that NGOs, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and state sponsored Forum for National Development (FND) are not registered, a development which it says is a gross violation of the NGO Act. CONGOMA says the NGO Act stipulates that NGOs in Malawi must register with the Ministry […]
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Board of Malawi has embarked on NGO mapping exercise at Traditional Authority (TA) level, a move which it believes will save a lot of money from being syphoned. The board’s Chief Executive Officer, Voice Mhone, told Mzimba District Executive committee on Thursday that the exercise has started with Dowa District where 33 […]
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country have mandated their mother body Council for Non-Governmental Orgamisations (CONGOMA) to seek a court injuction or hold demostrations if dialogue with government on hiked annual fees that NGOs pay to NGO Board does not yield desired results. In an update to NGOs dated March 20, 2018 CONGOMA says regional meetings […]
The situation of poverty in Malawi “is deplorable”, and the Council for Non-governmental organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA) has challenged government to up its game in addressing it. A taskforce, Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP) on sustainable development goals in Malawi, which CONGOMA is championing said “poverty levels were worsening.” In an exclusive interview […]
The High Court will soon be tasked to interpret the meaning of a clause in the NGO Act which requires proof of an NGO`s membership with Council for Non-Governmental Organization (CONGOMA) as one of the conditions for registering with NGO Board, after Counseling Adolescent and Youth Organization (CAYO) has gave notice to challenge the CONGOMA […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) in the country wants reinstatement of their mother body ‘Council of Non-Governmental Organisations’ (CONGOMA) into the newly formulated NGO policy. The NGO draft policy which was recently released by the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, does not recognise CONGOMA, the country’s mother body for coordinating the operations of […]
Council for Non Governmental Organisation (Congoma) says it is finding ways on how best to discipline activists who are politically charged. Congoma chairman MacBen Mkandawire said there are some NGOs who solely register to back government mediocrity. “Some NGOs are in politics against the rules of NGO board,” said Mkandawire. He said it is sad […]
Malawi’s Non Government Organisation leaders fear government is strategising to ‘kill’ civil society. Council for Non Government Organisations (Congoma ) Board chair Macbain Mkandawire has claimed that the NGO Borad report that about 90 percent of donor money has not be accounted by the CSOs in the country is a gimmick that is meant to […]
Malawi government wants to remove regulation powers of Council for Non-governmental Organization in Malawi (Congoma) the draft NGO policy has indicated as stakeholders want government to factor in some clauses which will enable the independence of the NGO Board of Malawi. Among others, government is proposing to allocate all the powers to register, deregister, regulate […]
Council for Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGOMA) on Monday launched NGO week in the Capital City Lilongwe a mid division locking the NGO fraternity. Addressing reporters in Lilongwe, CONGOMA Executive Director, Ronald Mtonga, said the event is very important because it gives chance to both local and international NGOs to showcase their activities. According to Mtonga, 30 […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed former Council for Non Governmental Organisations(CONGOMA) board Chair Voice Mhone as its Chief Executive Officer. In a statement signed by NGO board chair, Emily Banda, the appointment is with immediate effect. This is in conformity of NGO Law section 5 subsections 19 (1) when it is said that the […]