Malawi Parliament has set rules for newly elected members of parliament to follow when taking oath of office on Monday and Tuesday. Clerk of parliament Fiona Kalemba says the rules have been made in order to ensure that there is orderliness and decorum during the swearing in ceremony of the new members of parliament. “In […]
Members of parliament have been summoned for the last meeting of parliament before the highly contested May 2019 elections and it starts from November 19 to December 14. Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba, in a brief statement seen by Nyasa Times , is calling all legislators to attend. No business has been indicated for the […]
Law expert Fiona Kalemba has finally been sworn in as clerk of parliament, two weeks after the state won a legal battle against some legislators who wanted to block her ascendency to the position. Administering the swearing in on Thursday, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda asked Kalemba to be professional, saying this would enable her do […]
A court tussle on whether newly appointed Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba should take oath of office or not after emerging third in Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) interviews has been completed with Mzuzu High Court Judge Dingiswayo Madise ruling that the President did not error in appointing her and she will now be eligible for […]
The High Court in Mzuzu registry, Dingiswayo Madisehas ruled that Fiona Kalemba can be sworn in as Clerk of Parliament (CoP) dismissing four members of parliament who sought a court injunction to block her from taking oath of office, challenging President Peter wa Mutharika’s decision to appoint her. The Four MPs, Harry Mkandawire (Mzimba West, […]
Mzimba South legislator Harry Mkandawire has pulled out of the clerk of parliament case and Lilongwe Msozi South MP Vitus Dzoole Mwale has joined the case, a twist of events to characterise more during the hearing of the case. This was revealed on Tuesday when the hearing resumed at the High Court in Mzuzu. Court […]
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs says the High Court in Mzuzu has set December 18 to rule on whether Fiona Kalemba will be parliament’s clerk of parliament or not. The ministry spokesperson Apoche Itimu confirmed that the ruling on the matter will be handed down by Judge Dingiswayo Madise of Mzuzu High Court next […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has refused to lift an injunction that four MPs got preventing Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba from taking oath of office since her appointment last month. Judge Dingiswayo Madise who granted the MPs; Harry Mkandawire (Mzimba West, People’s Party-PP), Kamlepo Kalua (Rumphi East PP), Peter Chakwantha (Lilongwe South West, Malawi […]
State House is urging women lobby groups to rise up and protest against four legislators who are blocking the swearing in of Fiona Kalemba as Clerk of Parliament, saying this male chauvinism must by condemned. However, one of the members who sought a court injunction to block the swearing in of Kalemba, Kamlepo Kalua said […]
People’s Party (PP) leader in parliament Uladi Mussa has questioned President Peter Mutharika’s appointment of Justice and Constitutional Affairs chief legislative counsel Fiona Kalemba as the new Clerk of Parliament (CoP) amid controversy that she was not the first among candidates interviewed by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). Uladi said in parliament when he was […]
President Peter Mutharika has picked Fiona Kalemba as the new clerk of parliament, heightening the tension between the President and the Speaker who had his own choice. Sources at Kamuzu Palace confirmed the appointment of Kalemba. Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya preferred former industrial court judge Charles Mkandawire who reportedly came first during […]