Renowned legal scholar Professor Edge Kanyongolo of University of Malawi at Chancellor College has appealed to President Lazarus Chakwera against being mum on human rights abuses as he visits Zimbabwe this week. Chakwera is set to leave for Harare, Zimbabwe, this Wednesday on a two-day State visit. Writing on his Facebook account, Kanyongolo was blunt saying:“During his planned visit […]
Two renowned law professors say the gazetted rule which prohibits the congregation of more than 10 for worship is still in force despite the government announcement that it has been reviewed. University of Malawi law lecturers at Chancellor College, Garton Kamchezera and Edge Kanyongolo say the government has no powers to amend a law through […]
Renowned legal scholar Professor Edge Kanyongolo of University of Malawi at Chancellor College has faulted President Lazarus Chakwera for disregarding COVID-19 regulation of limiting funeral services to 50 people. Chakwera attended the funeral of Mayi Dinala—one of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) longest serving member—and reports show that thousands of people also attended. Writing on his […]
A legal expert has said the Legal Affairs Committee has no powers to write the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to set date for the holding of the presidential election. This was after the Legal Affairs Committee of parliament chairperson Kezzie Msukwa confirmed having written MEC that the election be held on June 23, 2020. But […]
A law expert has suggested that the Asset Declaration Act must be attached to the Electoral laws so that those seeking political public office should be declaring their assets before an election. This follows concerns that some public officers, including cabinet ministers, failed to declare their assets in the last five-year political public office life […]
Law professor at the University of Malawi Edge Kanyongolo has said Malawians might not have faith and trust in the newly appointed task force which is to probe the Bingu National Stadium disaster. Kanyongolo, who is based at Chancellor College in the Eastern Cirty of Zomba, said people will now be questioning the independence of […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has spoken on the legality of making “regime change” calls, saying it is “unconstitutional” and may only divide the country but a constitutional law expert Edge Kanyongolo, who is lecturer at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, has differed. Some delegates at the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) Sixth All-Inclusive Stakeholders Conference […]
A constitutional law expert Edge Kanyongolo, who is lecturer at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, has said every decision by the Executive is subject to review bu the courts if the society decided to challenge it. Kanyongolo was commenting after High Court in Mzuzu sustained an injunction against Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister George Chaponda […]
Some sections of the society has trashed President Peter Mutharika’s commission of inquiry on Zambian maizegate scandal. Law professor at the University of Malawi Edge Kanyongolo said experience has shown that commission of inquiries do not do any good. Mutharika has appointed a four member commission of inquiry led by former chief Justice Anastanzia Msosa […]
As the fight over Lake Malawi between Lilongwe and Dar es Salaam rages on, one of the country’s law experts Edge Kanyongolo has advised Malawian authorities to stay put and not to be moved by the new map being promoted by Tanzania, which shows the north-east part of the lake as belonging to her territory. […]
The use of sedition laws to punish government critics is inconsistent with the spirit of the new Malawi Constitution which guarantees freedom of opinion, expression and the press; law scholars have said, revealing that the High Court declared the sedition laws invalid. The comments come in the wake of the arrest of opposition members charged […]
A Chancellor College law expert has asked the government either to scrap off gay laws or maintain them, saying its lack of decisiveness on the matter is confusing Malawians. Law lecturer Professor Edge Kanyongolo said Malawi cannot rely on a moratorium, a written commitment by the government that it would not arrest and prosecute anyone […]
There are calls for the repeal of a controversial provision of the law making insulting the Malawi President a crime punishable by prison sentence or a fine. University of Malawi law professor Edge Kanyongolo and Media and Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter chairperson Thom Khanje have argued that individuals should not be criminalised for […]
Ufulu, 21-year-old son of two of Malawi’s top legal activists Edge and Ngeyi Kanyongolo, died after drowning in a swimming pool at the on-going Lake of Stars music festival, police and family have confirmed. “Yes, we can confirm the death by drowning early this morning but we’re still investigating what happened,” said Mangochi police spokesman […]
Selling the idea of changing the way Malawi is governed it is not an easy task. Leading public intellectual Edge Kanyongolo points out that the “federalism debate has quickly descended into emotive quarrels that cloud rather than clarify issues at stake”. Proponents of federalism, says Kanyongolo, have failed to “explain how federalism or secession in […]
There are a number of rude words that begin with the letter “F”, but federalism is not one of them. Yet, judging by the horrified reactions that have greeted recent calls for converting Malawi into a federal state, federalism might as well be at par with other more notorious f-words. As has been the case […]
Malawi law experts have dismissed as inconsequential President Joyce Banda statement on Saturday that she was annulling the country’s presidential election because of “irregularities” and ordered a fresh vote in 90 days. University of Malawi’s Constitutional Law expert, Edge Kanyongolo, said the Malawian president has no power to order a fresh election and nullify the […]
Law experts have argued that State Vice President Khumbo Kachali, who has resigned from People’s Party to rejoin opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cannot be disqualified as parliamentary candidate for Mzimba South West. PP officials are asking the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to consider postpone elections in the constituency which Kachale was contesting as a […]