About half a million Malawian pensioners are expected to benefit from a government scheme whose purpose is—to a greater extent—aid their day-to-day lives for the better hotly due to their diminished revenues. Zomba Chingale MP John Chikalimba of Peoples Party (PP), who is spearheading the move in parliament, said once instituted—most probably this year—men and […]
Zomba Changalume legislator John Chikalimba (People’s Party-PP) has said President Peter Mutharika made the “right choice” in appointing Joseph Mwanamvekha, an economist and former banker, as Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development. Mwanamvekha was previously holding the ministerial post of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development where he was credited with boosting food security through surplus harvests of maize, […]
Member of Parliament(MP) for Zomba Changalume, who is also People’s Party(PP) leader in Parliament, John Chikalimba Wednesday pleaded with all Members of Parliament to avoid delivering speeches aimed at ‘insulting’ both current and former MP’s. He made his comments following an ‘insulting’ speech made by the current MP for Mangochi East, who is new in […]
People’s Party spokesperson on Finance John Chikalimba has said extreme poverty remains widespread in the country and accused government of painting a rosy picture of economic growth when people are still impoverished and suffering. His remarks comes at the wake of a report commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) states that poverty stands at […]
After State vice-president Saulos Chilima promised to introduce a welfare benefit scheme for all Malawians aged 65 years and above once he becomes the country’s president under the banner of UTM party, an opposition legislator is taking the matter in Parliament with a motion to introduce the state old-age pension scheme. The planned motion is […]
Peoples Party (PP) Chief Whip John Chikalimba has urged parliamentarians to put politics aside as they scrutinize and pass the various allocations in the 2018-2019 National Budget. He made the remarks in Parliament as he was responding to the National Budget presented before the lawmakers on May 18, 2018 by Finance Minister. “Mr. Speaker Sir, […]
Parliament’s influential public money tracker, the Budget and Public Accounts cluster committee has cast doubt that the K5 billion new version of Ifmis software would stop the continued loot of public money at Capital Hill. The cluster vice chairman John Chikalimba said even after the alarming loot of K30 billion, theft of the public money […]
Opposition People’s Party (PP) legislator for Zomba Changalume legislator John Chikalimba will take on the role of parliamentary enforcer for the party after being appointed chief whip. Chikalimba has been named as chief whip after Ralph Jooma, who previously held the post, resigned and is reportedly now aligned with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The […]
Member of Parliament for Zomba Changalume for opposition People’s Party, John Chikalimba has dismissed reports suggesting that he intends to join the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chikalimba, who is also Director of research for the PP, appeared on the list of politicians DPP were vetting before accepting in their rank and file. But like some […]