Minister of Youth and Sports, Grace ‘Obama’ Chiumia has her image dented after an order of High Court in Mzuzu to the Sheriffs to seize her property for duping a widow Cecilia Mkandawire MK13, 647,237.00. The court issued an order on June 11, 2014 after the minister who is also ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
Newly appointed Minster of Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Grace Obama Chiumia has said she will do her best to fight for the development of sports in Malawi. Chiumia, who was appointed alongside eight other ministers sworn in on Thursday at Ntunthama State Lodge in Lilongwe, said she was aware of the challenges that sports face. The […]
The first set of Malawi’s new slimmed down Cabinet was sworn in on Thursday as President Peter Mutharika signalled a renewed drive to have transformational leadership with technocrats running the administration that is committed to development and zero-tolerance to corruption. Mutharika on Thursday named half of his 20-member cabinet, nearly a month after the chaotic […]
Malawian President Prof. Peter Mutharika has appointed his maiden cabinet, mainly stalwarts from his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with new faces of technocrats, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to list sourced by Nyasa Times at midnight, Mutharika has restructured and merged some ministry to honour his election promise of a ‘lean’ cabinet to cut down […]
The Youth Consultative Forum (YCF) has petitioned the Malawi National Parliament on the delay to review and adopt the National Youth Policy (NYP) which was formulated in 1996. The petition was presented through the Member of Parliament of Nkhatabay West Grace Chiumia. According to YCF National Coordinator Edward Chileka-Banda, the petition is a call to […]
Malawi youths have called upon the country’s 193 Members of Parliament to pay sober attention to the catastrophic state of the 55,000 hectare Viphya plantation in Mzimba district arguing that Parliament has an obligation to enact effective policies to safeguard the man made forest. “We do not regret to openly state that the plantation…continue to […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it has to embark on a radical programme to wrestle back power from the People’s Party and has made new appointments into the National Governing Council. DPP spokesman Nicholas Dausi said the appointed officials will serve for a short period before an open contest at the party’s convention slated […]