Malawi Police Service (MPS) Inspector General (IG), George Kainja officially opened a police unit at Khonjeni in Thyolo on Sunday, which was initiated by the area’s Member of Parliament and constructed through Constituency Development Fund. Kainja commended Phiri, the Thyolo Central Constituency MP for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying for a long time Police had […]
Claps of contentment flew from both sides of Parliament on Friday when Finance Minister Felix Mlusu revealed that Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has been increased from K30 to K40 million. CDF is the money government gives to MPs to facilitate small development projects in their constituency. Making the announcement, Mlusu said the increased in the […]
Former Member of Parliament for Zomba Malosa constituency Anderson Undani and his personal assistant Pangani Nazombe have been jailed to 18 months and one year respectively for corruptionfor corruption by Zomba Magistrate’s Court. According to a statement issued by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) dated July 14 2020 and signed by senior public relations officer Egrita […]
About 11 councils in the country are facing massive under-performances in their governance and development projects largely because government is failing to disburse constituency development funds (CDF) in time, Nyasa Times has learnt. Except at Mzuzu City Council (MCC) where constituency development funds amounting to K91 million were abused, many councils in the country struggle […]
Government has introduced a constituency bursary scheme which will allow needy students access the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) for their school fees. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has signed the decree. This follows the increasing number of needy students in the country who lack school fees following the decision by the […]
Rumphi District Council says delay in disbursement of funds under Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and other funding windows at district level is said to have negatively affected the completion of projects in the district. The council’s chairperson Richard Chibambo said most of the development initiatives which the council embarked on have not been completed due […]
Zomba Central Constituency parliamentary candidates have expressed different views on the amount that is allocated for Constituency Development Fund (CDF). During a Parliamentary Debate which was organized by National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust at Mponda Primary School ground in Zomba on Friday, UTM Party candidate Noel Masangwi said from his experience, the money […]
The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is the most abused community development fund, Twambilire Mwabungulu District Civic Education Officer at the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust in Mulanje has said. Mwabungulu made the observation at the District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting on Friday when he made a presentation on the the Public Expenditure Tracking (PET) initiative […]
Member of Parliament for Chikhwawa Central Zahil Gaffar has come under fire from an influential chief in his area Traditional Authority Katunga who is accusing him of misappriating funds meant for the purchase of construction materials of his office. In an interview at his Namalindi headquarters in Chikhwawa, Traditional Authority Katunga also accused Gaffer for […]
Malawi’s 193 strong member National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a motion to allow government disburse for utilization all budgetary allocations under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in 2018/2019 within the first six months of the fiscal year, a period from July to December, 2018. CDF helps many under resourced Members of Parliament (MPs) in […]
Karonga North Constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Vincent Ghambi, has been accused of mismanaging Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Members of Ngerenge Development Committee (ADC), Mwenitete Citizen Forum and traditional leaders accused their MP on Monday during an interface meeting with the media organised by National Initiative for Civic Education Trust (NICE). They accused him of […]
The governing Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) is calling for 20 legislators who are accused of misappropriating the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to be named and face the law. Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe told the budget meeting of Parliament in June last year that 20 members of Parliament (MPs) misappropriated K80 […]
People of Inkosi Khosolo in Mzimba District have expressed fear that the K12 million water development fund government has injected into constituencies will not register impact because there is high likelihood that members of Parliament will cling to the resources and abuse them. Alert Khosolo Area Development Committee (ADC) Chair person, Patrick Nyirongo challenged that […]
Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya has ordered Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to investigate members of Parliament who are suspected of mismanaging Constituency Development Fund (CDF) money and risk possible arrest and prosecution. The order comes after President Peter Mutharika demanded accountability from MPs when he addressed the National Assembly last week Friday during the State […]
Rumphi District Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Network has called for the depoliticisation of constituency development fund (CDF) to ensure sustainability and community ownership of the fund. The call was made Tuesday in Rumphi District at the presentation of the CDF Budget Tracking Report by the CSOs network with financial support from ActionAid Malawi (AAM). The report presentation— […]
Mzimba West lawmaker Harry Mkandawire has asked fellow legislators to “swallow their pride” and let councillors administer Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to improve coordination at grassroot level. The call, made during a council meeting in Mzimba on Thursday, comes after Nation newspaper exposed massive misallocation of funds, stalled projects and substandard structures. Mkandawire said time […]