Kalirani booed: MPs concede flouting procedures on Constituency Development Fund

Members of parliament, including cabinet ministers, concede they do not follow proper procedures on the use of constituency development fund (CDF). At a  development interface meeting facilitated by Development Communications Trust (DCT) implementing a Public Expenditure Tracking (PET) project in the area alongside Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP)  in Dowa on Saturday, Democratic […]

MP Elias Chakwera says ‘nothing to celebrate’ as Malawi MPs pass K1.149 trillion budget

Malawi Parliamentarian had to do over time on Thursday   to  pas  the Appropriation Bill 2016 clearing the proposed expenditure of  K1 149 375 259 646 National Budget for the 2016/17 fiscal year starting July. After a gruesome scrutiny exercise in the committee of supply stage, which saw the budget being revised upwards by K7.7 billion, members […]