Malawi govt borrowing drive unacceptable, opposition demands report

Government should present a comprehensive  report from 1994 up to now on how much it has borrowed and the impact of the loans have had to the intended beneficiary, opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has demanded. MCP has been accusing the government of high levels of borrowing, saying there is dismal impact on the ground. […]

Lunguzi assures Malawi Parliament will protect life against death culture

Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi  has assured the faith organisations and citizens who took part in the pro-life march on Tuesday and petitioned  parliament against backing government bid to legalise abortion and homosexuality. Lunguzi,  who is also Dedza East MP  (Malawi Congress Party-MCP), received the petition on behalf of Parliament, and  was […]

House approves Malawi Rural Electrification program to include electrifying health facilities

The National Assembly in Lilongwe has  passed the  motion to extend the allocations of the Malawi Rural Electrification Program (MAREP) to all health facilities in the country. Moving the motion in parliament, Member of Parliament for Dedza East, Juliana Lunguzi said the electrification of health facilities in the country will improve service delivery as well […]

Minister Kaliati clashes with MP Lunguzi in Parliament over claims ‘ESCOM management full of Dedza people’

Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development  Patricia Kaliati clashed with opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member for Dedza East Juliana Lunguzi in parliament  when she claimed power untility provider Escom which is blaimed for persistent black-outs has management with people from Dedza. Kaliati raised the issues when Lunguzi was making contributions in the […]

Malawians support MP Lunguzi to table Bill for netball development

A post on Malawian Member of Parliament, Juliana Lunguzi’s Facebook profile has received overwhelming positive response that she goes ahead to move a private member Bill that special funding should be set aside to be invested in the development of Malawi netball. This follows the netball team’s excellent performance at the World Fast 5 Netball […]

MP Lunguzi query Malawi lines of credit: Parliament approves K6bn loan from India  for Blantyre water

Dedza East MP Juliana Lunguzi (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) querried Minister of Finance, Economic  Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe on the burden of taking loans from India and other international lending agencies which lack finer details and that the younger generation will be left with the burden of paying back the loans. Lunguzi made query in […]

Malawi Immigration Department should be independent – MP Lunguzi

Opposition lawmaker Juliana Lunguzi has suggested that government should let the Immigration Department of the Home Affairs and Internal Security Ministry to be an independent body like Malawi Reveneu Authority (MRA). Lunguzi, who is Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislature for Dedza East said in parliament  that if the Immigration Department is made a independent, “they […]

MP Lunguzi ‘delighted’ to meet Malawi ex-president JB in Denmark on global meetings

Former president Joyce Banda is in Copenhagen, Denmark attending international conferences concerning the upliftment of women. She attended a micronutrient initiative and she is now attending a Women’s Deliver 2016 conference which is also being attended by Chief Kyungu, according to Dedza East MP Juliana Lunguzi who is at the meeting. Posting on her Facebook […]

Malawi Parliament demands answers on Phalombe Hospital construction, CHAM pact

Parliament’s Health Committee has told government that it wants progress reports on the memorandum of understanding between the ministry of Health and Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)  and progress on the construction of new Phalombe Hospital. Chairman of the committee Juliana Lunguzi said the government seems to be backsliding on issues that parliament had […]

Malawi Parliamentary committee sends back board CEO

Malawi Parliamentary committee on Health members on Wednesday sent back a chief executive officer of Medicines and Poisons Board because he came alone to face questions from the committee. Chairperson of the board Juliana Lunguzi confirmed the committee sent back Godfrey Kadewere because he did not come with board members and technocrats to answer questions […]

2 MPs obtain court injunction, blocks Malawi govt from selling agriculture machinery

Two opposition members of parliament have obtained a High court injunction, successfully blocking the government from selling farm machinery it bought using a K76.6 billion it obtained from a bank in India. Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi and Lilongwe South West MP Peter Chakwantha, both opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators argued that past experience […]

MP Lunguzi says district hospitals receiving inadequate funding

Chairperson for the Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi on Friday said that District Hospitals across the country are receiving inadequate financial funding from government which is leading to poor quality of service delivered to patients. Lunguzi was speaking during a Health Reform Symposium Agenda meeting held on Friday in Lilongwe. She made the remarks […]

MP Lunguzi says children dying of hunger in Malawi: Queries  on ‘missing’ $156mil from Indian bank

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza East member of parliament, Juliana Lunguzi has said the Peter Mutharika government should stop living a lie that no one will die of hunger in the country, saying already  four children have starved to death in her constituency. Lunguzi said in parliament that four “kids” have died with hunger-related illnesses […]

MP Lunguzi says 2 die of hunger in Malawi: ‘Pupils starved to death’

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi  has said two school going children have died of hunger related diseases in her constituency. Lunguzi said the children, from Lumwira village in traditional authority Kachindamoto’s area in Dedza had gone for days without food because their parents could not access cheap maize from an Admarc market […]

Malawi girl develops banking app: Receives award from Mhub Technologies

Malawian student at Lilongwe Technical College, Tamanda Pius, has developed mobile application called Mobi – Bank, which seeks to ease congestion in banks by allowing users to make bank transactions on their mobile phones. Famous American multinational technology company,Google, and United states based couple through Mhub Technologies, is training young girls and engaging them in […]

I’m not Kanthiti, Lunguzi hits back at ‘shallow minded’ Muluzi

Dedza East member of Parliament (MP) Juliana Lunguzi (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) on Friday hit back at Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi, accusing him of having “shallow thoughts” and campaiging to demonise her after she criticised government over the Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme, popularly known as Cement and Malata (iron […]

Govt targets Dedza MP Lunguzi for political battle – Muluzi

Minister of Lands and Housing Atupele Muluzi has said government officials will soon visit Dedza east to ask traditional leaders if indeed they do not need the subsidised malata and cement programme following MP Juliana Lunguzi’s request for its suspension. Muluzi told the state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) that it was surprising that the […]

MP Lunguzi says ‘start taxing’ Mutharika: ‘Malawi should not focus on resilience’

Dedza East Member of Parliament Juliana Lunguzi (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has said the country’s Head of State should now be liable to pay tax to maximise revenue. In her contribution to President Peter Mutharika’s State Opening Address of the 46th Session of Parliament delivered on November 6 2015, Lunguzi said “we are aware that we […]