Constituents demand recall of MCP MP:  Pay tribute to Kamanya

Communities from Lilongwe Msozi North constituency are calling for the removal of their legislator Highton Jiya who was elected on a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ticket barely three months after Malawi went to the polls in a tripartite election on 20th May, by among things accusing him of not representing their interests. The call was […]

Ex-minister Kamanya commits suicide after losing in Malawi polls

Peoples Party (PP) National Executive Council member and former Local Government deputy minister Godfrey Kamanya has shot himself dead after failing to reclaim his Lilongwe Msozi North Parliamentary seat. Kamanya fatally shot himself at around 3:30 Thursday morning at his Area 10 residence in Lilongwe. In a suicide note he left behind, which is now […]

PP officials grilled for hijacking funeral program: Chakwera pays tribute to Chief Chanza’s wife

The bereaved family of Senior Chief Chadza have lambasted the ruling People’s Party officials for hijacking the funeral ceremony of the Chief Chadza wife a development which resulted into burying the deceased in the absence of the husband. According to some family members, Deputy Minister of Local Government Geoffrey Kamanya who is also the Member of […]

Malawi junior ministers harass Nyasa Times reporter

Deputy Minister of local government, Godfrey Kamanya and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Ulemu Chilapondwa on Monday intimidated and harassed Lilongwe-based Nyasa Times journalist, Chancy Namazunda. The two deputy ministers harassed the reporter at the funeral ceremony of Senior Chief Chadza’s wife, who is from Lilongwe Msozi constituency of Kamanya. Namazunda who was asked by the bereaved family to take […]

Kamanya apologises to KCH workers over disrespectful remarks

Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Godfrey Kamanya on Thursday apologised publicly for his disrespectful remarks he made against Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) workers who marched and protested over the shortage of medical supplies, including medications. Speaking on Wednesday in Phalombe at a presidential function aired on state broadcaster MBC, garrulous Kamanya said […]

Kamanya irks Lilongwe chiefs for ‘abusing’ Gule Wamkulu

Deputy Minister of Climate Change and Environment Geofrey Kamanya has irked some chiefs from his Lilongwe Msozi South constituency. One of the chiefs who spoke to Nyasa Times said the deputy minister has been abusing the Gule Wamkulu by turning them into his bodyguards. The chiefs, who asked for his name to be shielded for […]

Kamanya tells Parliament: ‘DPP was a killer disease for Malawians’

Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change Management, Godfrey Kamanya on Tuesday referred to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as a disease that would have killed Malawians. Standing on a point of order in the House, Kamanya who accused Member of Parliament for Zomba Central, Yunus Mussa for blaming Government for failing to provide Malawians […]

PP’s Kamanya invites Malawi govt’s critic Kapito into political battle field

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe Msozi North Godfrey Kamanya who is also Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change on Saturday attacked consumer advocate John Kapito for being critical of the government, saying he must join the political battle field. Kapito, Chairperson of Consumers Association of Malawi, is organizing protest demonstrations against President Joyce […]