Malawian member of the Reality of Aid Africa, who is also Southern Africa sub regional representative of the civil society partnerships for development effectiveness, Dalitso Kubalasa says the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mantra of leaving no one behind will not come to fruition without civic space and civic engagement in a truly enabled environment for inclusive […]
A renowned economist has warned the government and parliament to weigh the merits and demerits of the legalization of industrial and medicinal hemp in the country. Dalitso Kubalasa, the executive director of Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) said there is need for a critical analysis of the economic merits of the industrial and medicinal hemp. […]
Malawi Economic Network for Economic Justice (MEJN), a local economic watchdog, has said it is never too late to fight; saying giving up on the fight is more dangerous for the country. MEJN said although it is clear that the country’s endeavour to root out corruption in not inspiring, throwing in the towel will be disaster […]
An economic think-tank, the Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) says it is doubtful that Malawi will this year achieve the targeted six percent economic growth due to several factors including natural disasters. Mejn executive director Dalitso Kubalasa said this on Wednesday when asked if Malawi would achieve the six percent economic growth target. “This is […]
The Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) has shown that the country is losing a lot of public funds through corrupt practices in procurement procedures. Speaking during the dissemination of the simplified foundation and principles of the procurement Act in Blantyre on Monday, MEJN Executive Director Dalitso Kubalasa said if procurement is done in compliance with the […]
Malawi analysts have hailed President Peter Mutharika State opening of parliament’s speech, saying it was progressive and well-focused. Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) boss Dalisto Kubalasa said the speech was rich because it highlighted a number of commitments which would help better the lives of ordinary Malawians. “We are optimistic. We are seeing that quest, […]
Malawi’s Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are promoting fair and better ways of using tax revenue will launch the Tax Justice Campaign on Friday, December 20, 2013 in Lilongwe. The CSOs will launch the campaign through a forum called the Tax Justice Platform, which is aimed at advocating for tax reforms so that corporate institutions, […]
Government has faulted the Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) for reportedly “misleading” Malawians by providing them with wrong and misrepresented information. This follows a report which was published in the media issued by MEJN titled “Gross public resource wastage and inefficiency in the public service” that dwells on misuse of public funds. Government states that […]
Malawi government has been taken to task by Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) following revelations that poor fiscal policies on public resources and financial expenditure have resulted in billions of Kwachas of tax-payers going in drain without sanctioning the culprits. Mejn in its statement made available to Nyasa Times, has lamented on how grants and […]
One of the country’s renowned economists and human rights campaigner, Mavuto Bamusi, has described the 2013/2014 K603 billion national budget which was presented in Parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga as a “a risky budget.” During interviews monitored on local radio, Bamusi said: “It is a political budget, a risky budget as it has given away […]
In an effort to supporting the fight against corruption in Malawi, the National Integrity System (NIS) Support project run by the Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) and African Institute for Corporate Citizenship has established the National Integrity Platform (NIP) a multi-stakeholder anti-corruption space for identifying issues, analyzing information and advocating on matters relating to national […]
Malawi has slightly improved citizen access to budget information over the past two years, according to a major biennial report, 2012 Open Budget Survey (OBS) by International Budget Partnership. The OBS found that Malawi increased its budget transparency score from 47 points out of 100 in 2010 to 52 points out of 100 in 2012 […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says human rights issues need to be integrated in HIV and AIDS programmes especially at work places, saying the latter (HIV and AIDS) is in also a human rights issue. Commissioner for the MHRC, Dalitso Kubalasa, made the remarks in Mzuzu when he opened a meeting on rights based approach […]
In a move that has confirmed many Malawians fears on the country’s ambitious allocation paper, the Malawi Economics Justice Network (Mejn) has hammered the last nail invalidating the relevance of the much-touted zero deficit budget. Speaking in an interview with Zodiak Broadcasting Station Mejn Executive Director Dalitso Kubalasa said the zero-deficit has definitely failed. Kubalasa, […]