Malawi government on Monday issued a media statement hitting back at former ruling Peoples Party (PP) and its leadership for alleging that President Peter Mutharika induced cashgate main suspect, Oswald Lutepo to implicate former president Joyce Banda in the scandal but later withdrew the statement without giving reasons and resubmitted it. Lutepo in a Zodiak […]
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it; I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against” –Malcolm X This week was dramatic enough we needed no additional executive comedy from the likes of Kondwani Nankhumwa. Look, the arrest of Paul Mphwiyo, him whose September 13, 2013, shooting unravelled the whole ‘cashgate’ affair, was […]
Commentators have asked government to reveal the names of those suspected to be at the centre of the plunder known as cashgate as contained in the forensic audit by Baker Tilly so that they can show up at the police or Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) . Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa warned those involved to […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Center for Development for the People (CEDEP) have urged the Malawi government to stop police brutality, in light of the arrest and beating of BNL Times journalist Archibald Kasakura. Kasakura was roughed-up and arrested on Tuesday as he was taking pictures of law-enforcers chasing street […]
Malawi government has said it has launched an investigations into the missing state property from the presidential palace . Government spokesperson, Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture in s said some property, including chairs with the presidential emblem, plates and medical equipment are missing at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. […]
Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa has assured the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation of editorial independence and non-interference from government in its day to day work. Nnakhumwa said this Monday when he visited MBC’s Kwacha television studios and the broadcasting house at Chichiri in Blantyre. Said Nankhumwa: “I would like to assure that you […]
Malawi Government has said that it will consider calling for a referendum to give a chance to Malawians to decide on the future of the country as a federal state. The Government made the pronouncement following pressure from people of the northern part of the country who have been calling for a federal state or […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika Wednesday October 1 returns home from the recently concluded trip to New York for UN general assembly, only to come face to face with the growing calls for federal system of government There has been strong movement from the people of the North Malawi proposing federalism and calling for a national […]
Minister of Information and Civic Education Kondwani Nankhumwa has disclosed that the much touted tabling of the Access to Information (ATI) Bill during the current session of 2014-2015 national budget will not be possible, saying the draft bill and Communications Repeal Act.will be tabled in the next sitting of parliament. Speaking when he updated media stakeholders […]
Malawi government spokesman Kondwani Nankhumwa has said donors are still supporting the country despite freezing budgetary aid. Nankhumwa said that regardless of the aid freeze to the Budget, international cooperating partners are still funding other sectors like Agriculture, Health and Governance. “Our bilateral donors feel we have to make some strict measures including other corrections […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has clarified that President Peter Mutharika will contest to become the party’s torch bearer in 2019 elections alongside other aspirants. Mutharika told a mass rally in Blantyre two weeks ago that he is DPP candidate for the 2019 elections and “there will be no Plan B”. But Minister of Information, Kondwani […]
Malawi Government has expressed concern over some commentators who have “deliberately twisted” the remarks made by President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika regarding the experience he went through when he was arrested for treason charges during the Joyce Banda administration. President Mutharika shared his experience on his arrest some couple of weeks ago during public rallies […]
Malawi government through the ministry of information, tourism and culture has warned some fuel service stations for selling fuel prices at old prices. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) on Wednesday announced a reduction in fuel prices and other petroleum products effective Thursday, September 4. Despite reduction in prices, according to government, some gas service stations were […]
“The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie” Paul Joseph Goebbels Next time Kondwani Nankhumwa accompanies his boss on a foreign junket I recommend he seeks out a good bookshop and search for one Joseph Goebbels, the […]
After the Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) ecommended to government the need to reduce the number of State Residences as part of austerity measures, the DPP-led administration has said it will reduce the number of State Houses. Ecama made the recommendations through its newly-elected president Henry Kachaje at a pre-budget consultation meeting in Lilongwe. Kachaje said […]
Malawian journalists and media practitioners have teamed up to raise money for medical treatment of one of veteran journalists Limbani Moya who is required to be air-lifted to India to seek help that includes a kidney transplant. The journalists are looking for K10 million out of the required K15 million and have since organized a […]
“That’s the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against, and everybody’s going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn’t mean anything.” ~ Noam Chomsky Last weekend’s Backbencher column in the Weekend Nation – 23rd August 2014, made what I consider a […]
President Peter Mutharika has declared his assets but has since sought advice from the Attorney General (AG) as to who is appropriate to handle his file while newly appointed Director of Public Officers Declaration (DPOD) is yet to start work, Nyasa Times understands. The country’s Constitution Section 88 (a) gives elected President three months to […]