Beneficiaries of Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme (Dahsp) also known as Malata and Cement Subsidy in Dowa have asked government to continue with the programme so that other needy people also benefit. The beneficiaries made the request when Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Dr. Jean Kalilani inspected some of the houses constructed […]
Parts of Mchinji, Mzimba, Kasungu and Rumphi districts have been declared to belong to Zambia during the border re-demarcation exercise. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Jean Kalilani told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the physical demarcation of border lines started on a pilot basis in 1993 and boundary inspections have been carried […]
Some chiefs in Dowa have angrily reacted to the decision by President Peter Mutharika not to show up for the opening of Mauni Telecenter at Mponela in Dowa Central constituency as he kept the traditional leaders in the dark on the postponement hours on end. Group village heads Kampote and Kapichi said they were told […]
Gender minister Jean Kalirani is under intense fire from her Dowa central constituency for creating her own area development committee which works in parallel with the established committee. During a Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) moderated discussion, most people in the area say development has stalled because there are two parallel development area […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social welfare Jean Kalirani says increasing women participation in politics is one of the ministry’s top priority. She said on Tuesday during an Interview that the ministry has set up an independent 50-50 Management Agency to increase women participation in politics. Said Kalirani: “We want to encourage more women to contest […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr Jean Kalirani has warned that anyone found violating the rights of people with disabilities will bear the consequences of facing the long arm of the law. Kalirani issued the warning on Tuesday when she presided over the launch of the National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy at Bingu […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Dr Jean Kalirani hasdisclosed that the country has reduced the prevalence of child marriages from 50 per cent in 2015 to 42 per cent in 2017. Kalirani disclosed this during a news conference in Lilongwe held on Tusday on the progress made to ending child marriages in […]
Malawi is expected to have a universal old age pension scheme for the elderly to address social and economical challenges faced by older persons in the country. This follows a study report on the feasibility of a universal old age pension in Malawi which was commissioned by Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare […]
Outspoken legislator for People’s Party (PP) Kamlepo Kalua wondered what is so special with Thyolo district – the home of President Peter Mutharika – after government allocated K1.5 billion in the Social Cash Transfer programme. Kalua made the query in Parliament on Tuesday after the Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. Jean […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Dr Jean Kalilani has hinted that the county has made tremendous progress in service delivery on Early Childhood Development (ECD) program since 2008 and promised that government will develop deliberate strategies aimed at increasing accessibility to ECD services in the country. She made the remarks in Lunzu, […]
Despite recent legal victories, child marriage remains a key challenge in the country having the 11th highest rate in the world and the 9th highest rate in Africa. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. Jean Kalirani disclosed this in Lilongwe during the Gender Policy Dialogue aimed at catalyzing and strengthening the ongoing […]
The Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalirani, has told a news conference that continued cases of attacks against the elderly in communities on allegation of witchcraft are worrying government. Speaking in Lilongwe to reporters ahead of the commemoration of the 2017 International Day of Older Persons to be held on Wednesday, October […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Jean Kalirani said despite making progress in reducing child marriages there has been a challenge to support girls who have been readmitted into schools and those removed from marriages with basic needs. She said on Friday in the capital Lilongwe during a High Level Panel discussion on Child Marriages that […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. Jean Kalirani said on Wednesday that high poverty rate among women is worsening the country’s economic status. Kalirani was speaking during a launch of Women Empowerment Project implemented by the Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera in Lilongwe. She […]
Cases of early and child marriages have significantly dropped with the country recording a four percent reduction rate following a 2015-2016 Lekeni (Stop) campaign, government has said. Minister of gender, children, disability and social welfare Dr Jean Kalilani said this on Tuesday in Lilongwe during a press briefing on the current situation of child marriages […]
Malawi on Tuesday laid to rest Gerald Kalirani, who was an Aerospace Engineer and the first Aircraft Engineer for Air Malawi. President Professor Peter Arthur Mutharika, Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima, former First Lady Calista Mutharika and other government officials attended the burial ceremony of Kalilani who was also a brother to the Minister of […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Dr. Jean Kalilani has reiterated government commitment towards promoting rights of people with albinism with a goal of curbing atrocities and attacks directed at them. The minister made the remark Tuesday at this year’s commemoration of the International Albinism Awareness Day at Mkolimbo Ground in Ntcheu. Kalilani […]
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 […]