Business came to a standstill in the central business district of commercial capital Blantyre Thursday morning when school kids from different primary schools in the city took to the streets singing anti- Joyce Banda songs. Clad in their school uniforms, the children were running in the streets causing traffic jam while singing that ‘Mayi achoke!’ […]
Civil servants in Malawi have remained adamant and continue defying government’s call to end their stay-away as the situation is steadily getting worse. There is no sign of an end to the ongoing nationwide strike which is in its second week as more essential government sectors have also started downing their tools. Public teachers across […]
Malawi has failed to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) set targets on social spending by small margin, the global leader said on Tuesday. The IMF’s mission head for Malawi, Tsidi Tsikata, told a news conference in the capital Lilongwe the Fund’s mission which was in the country blamed the Malawi government for failing to meet agreed […]
Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting president Peter Mutharika has challenged Malawi President Joyce Banda’s government to take the responsibility of reviving the ailing economy and stop blaming DPP regime. Mutharika, speaking on popular interview programme Tiuzeni Zoona on Zodiak Broadcasting Service, on Sunday said it was a surprise that the country is facing […]
On January 17, a few Malawians took to the streets to demonstrate against the Dr. JB administration. In their perception, the present government had failed to address the effects of the devaluation and floatation of the Kwacha. The demonstrators, led by the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) Executive Director, John Kapito, peacefully demonstrated in Malawi’s […]
President Joyce Banda is appealing for patience from the striking civil servants who have been staging a ‘stay-away’ since Monday demanding 67 percent salary increment and improved working conditions. The strike started on a very dull note with some civil servants working but reached boiling point on Tuesday when irate strikers in the capital Lilongwe […]
Malawi Finance Minister Dr Ken Lipenga says by adopting the Automatic Price Mechanism (APM) on fuel in May 2012, it has saved K36 billion an amount which could cut into the Budget or incur increased borrowing. Lipenga disclosed this on Friday when he presented the Mid-Year Budget Review statement in Parliament, Lilongwe. The Minister said […]
Finance Minister Dr. Ken Lipenga on Friday announced a revised 2012/2013 Fiscal Year Budget which has been revised from K461.4bn from K394.9bn. Lipenga said Domestic Revenues had been revised upwards to K278.9 billion from K 270.4 billion approved in the Budget and that the revised targets comprise K243.8 billion tax revenues and K35.1 billion non […]
Motion Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Honourable Members, I beg to move that this House debate the Supplementary Estimates of Recurrent and Development Accounts for the 2012/13 Fiscal Year and that the estimates be referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to consider them Vote by Vote, and that thereafter, they be adopted. INTRODUCTION Mr. […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) in Malawi are demanding a whooping K2 billion (about US$5,600,000) from Government as fuel allowance arrears dating back to May 2009, threatening they will sabotage government business if their demand is ignored. Each MP’s demand would be close to K10 million. The MPs are currently attending the 44th midterm budget review […]
Malawian controversial legislator for Thyolo Thava, Lifred Nawena, stood on a point of order in the National Assembly to quash Member of Parliament (MP) for Dowa West, Abel Kayembe who claimed the People’s Party government of President Joyce Banda is alleviating people’s suffering with social protection programmes. Kayembe was making his contribution towards the state of the […]
Malawi’s renowned playwright and actor has warned that the ‘pediatrics politics’ being played by President Joyce Banda is an appropriate recipe for civil strife in the country. Michael Usi, popularly known as Manganya, believes one day Malawians will be forced to go in the streets for an insurrection because of frustrations due to government’s failure […]
Malawi Government on Wednesday invited the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) committee to round table discussions after civil servants brought government business to a halt on Wednesday, as they staged a walkout to demand higher wages. Workers in and around Lilongwe’s Capital Hill – home to the presidency and over 20 ministries blocked entrances to office […]
Deputy Minister for Economic Planning and Development, Khwauli Msiska has said people in this country should work together for the country to recover economically. Msiska made the remarks on Tuesday during the 1st meeting of the 44th session of parliament in Lilongwe. He said the challenge to take the country to economic recovery is for everyone, saying Government […]
Leader of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), Atupele Muluzi, says time has come for Malawian politicians to shift their focus from short term to long term imperatives that are at the heart of the country’s transformation. Responding to the State of the Nation address delivered by President Joyce Banda last Friday, Muluzi lambasted the politicians’ […]
Malawi civil servants have resolved to embark on a full-scale strike, saying they have been provoked by government’s move to ambush them in announcing that the planned stay-away against poor salaries has been called off. On Monday a media statement was released purportedly jointly written by the leadership of the Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo on Monday threw away his prepared speech in response to the State of the Nation address delivered President Joyce Banda last Friday, which had attacks on the administration and avoided to directly attack the current administration. The only areas of note for Tembo, who is also […]
Leader of one of Malawi’s main opposition the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Parliament George Chaponda has called the President Joyce Banda’s speech when she opened the House on Friday as an empty rhetoric and a self-glorification that does not give hope to the suffering people of the country. Malawi is going through one of […]