Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has laid a foundation stone for the construction of a school block at Khunguni Primary School in Traditional Authority Chikumbu in the district and warned that government will not hesitate to blacklist building contractors who would not deliver good quality projects. Nankhumwa stressed that incompetence would not […]
According to a recent statement from the State House, President Peter Mutharika does not see anything wrong whatsoever in the suspiciously corrupt disbursement of K4 billion to members of Parliament (MPs) by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe. Just as he never saw anything wrong in the actions of George Chaponda’s Maizegate until his eyes were brutally […]
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa are facing a public revolt and growing pressure to resign over K4 billion “quick grant” project meant for rural development. Calls for the two ministers’ resignation have come from far and wide practically since the contentious money was initially earmarked for development projects in 86 […]
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), an arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), has added its voice to calls demanding the immediate resignation of Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa for their role to arrange K4 billion ‘budget by-pass’ fund to legislators. The CCJP has since slamed […]
The dust is slowly settling following controversy surrounding the K4 billion constituency development projects allocation under Vote 120, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, passed by MPs during the Mid-term Budget Review meeting of Parliament recently. However, there still remains some few ‘noises’ regarding the manner in which the bill was introduced in Parliament […]
Human rights defender Timothy Mtambo has asked President Peter Mutharika to act on both Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa if they refuse to resign for their roles in the acquisition and distribution of the contentious K4 billion to members of Parliament (MPs). Mtambo, who heads the Centre […]
Leader of government business in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has hailed members of Parliament (MPs), saying the House is showing signs of maturity. Presenting his ‘discontinuance‘ speech in Chamber on Friday, Nankhumwa pointed out that the House experienced heated debates which arose due to different perspectives members had on particular issues, describing this as an important element […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused Ministers of Finance and Local Government of the act of criminalizing the government unbudgeted controversial K4 billion allocated to parliamentary constituencies, saying the opposition has saved the State from being criminalised by regularising the funding with MCP president Lazarus Chakwera demanding that the two ministers should resigns with […]
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, on Sunday, February 25, 2017 led a delegation of members of the Parliamentary Committee on Rural Development on a familiarization tour of Likoma District, an island on Lake Malawi. Members of the delegation included Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Dowa South East, Harry Chipeni, MCP MP for […]
The governing e Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) powerful politician Kondwani Nankhumwa has hinted that their ticking time bomb, which they have been sitting on for too long will explode, with remarks that he made on Saturday to alinate some gurus. Nankhumwa, who is DPP director of elections as well as Minister of Local Government and Rural […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Godfrey Redson Itaye has handpicked two cousins to governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) strongman Kondwani Nankhumwa, who despite moving to Local Government, still calls the shots at the communications regulatory body. Impromptu interviews were called for last week as a cover up where Dan Datchi, a direct cousin […]
Angry villagers from the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Mankhambila in Nkhatabay, on Tuesday stormed the District Commissioner’s office demanding the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa to stop elevating Baden Chakwanika to the position of TA Mankhambila or face bloodshed. The villagers accused Nankhumwa of politicising the chieftaincy by not following […]
Minister of Local Government, Kondwani Nankhumwa has been stopped from installing Ackim Kawonga as the Chief Nthakire of Chitipa by members of the protesting family in the Nthalire chieftaincy as there is unresolved court case. Nankhumwa was expected to install the Traditional Authority (T/A) on Monday defying the court order obtained by Judge Kawonga from […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nakhumwa is running damage control after a controversial move when recently elevated chiefs in the Yao-dominated district of Machinga as part of a covet mission to expand the so-called Lhomwe Belt -is the bedrock of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Yaos are reportedly angry because government has […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa – who has ambitions to succeed President Peter Mutharika in power – has been in the headlines for “dangerous mission” for promoting two chiefs from mere village headmen to Traditional Authoriries (TA) in the Yao dominated district of Machinga in a move to expand Lhomwe influence, triggering […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development , Kondwani Nankhumwa has fuelled the the reported expansion drive of the Lhomwe ethnic grouping by bulldozing Traditional Authorities Chamba and Mlomba of Machinga who refused to cede part of their territories, and pressed Yao Paramount Chief Kawinga where he has elevated group village heads Nyumwanyumwa and Saidi […]
As the battle for the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, post intensifies, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been facing undue influence to clear Minister of Local Government Kondwani Nankhumwa who is party’s director of elections and is aspiring to unseat the incumbent George Chaponda. Nankhumwa, who is also Mulanje Central member of Parliament, was […]
Malawi’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Director of Elections and Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has refuted claims that he is championing the removal of former Agriculture Minister, Dr. George Chaponda, as DPP Vice President responsible for Southern Region. Media reports indicate Chaponda is under pressure from some quarters within the DPP […]