Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it will hold a central executive committee meeting to fill positions of the party’s first vice-presidency and director of research left vacant following the death of its title holders, two Cabinet ministers last week. MCP lost its vice president Mohammed Sidik Mia and Lingston Beleyankama who was director of research. […]
Minister Local Government, Lingson Belekanyama, has been confirmed to have died of Covid-19, becoming the first minister and lawmaker in the country to succumb to the disease. Belekanyama, a conviction politician and loyal member of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), died after two weeks of illness. Minister of Information and government spokesman Gospel Kazako has confirmed […]
Minister of Local Government, Lingson Belekanyama, has challenged District Commissioners (DCs) to produce required results because Tonse Alliance led government has removed political interference in the line of their duty. The minister was speaking Friday in Mzuzu at performance sensitization meeting for district councils in the northern region which centered on effective use of District […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Lingson Belekanyama has warned against tribalism and regionalism, saying are affecting implementation of development activities in councils. Speaking when he met council secretariat at Zomba district counci, Belekanyama said his ministry is aware that some senior council members are sidelining fellow officers because of where one comes from […]
Zomba City Council has asked government to extend city boundaries as one way of enhancing development activities in the city. The call was made on Wednesday when Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Lingson Belekanyama had a talk with city secretariat and elected council members before visiting Zomba mini stadium currently under construction. Mayor […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Lingson Berekenyama said government will not entertain corruption and laziness in various public institutions. The Minister made the remarks when he visited National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) offices in Lilongwe. “The ministry will ensure that whosoever was and is still involved in hook and crook businesses in […]
In a twist turn of events, opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) executive member and legislator, Lingson Belekanyama has, contrary to earlier media reports, been revealed to be playing double standards regarding to an emergency convention Secretary General, Gustav Kaliwo called for in April, Nyasa Times can reveal. Recently Belekanyama told the media that he had removed himself […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) executive member and legislator Lingson Belekanyama has snubbed party secretary general Gustav Kaliwo who included his name in planning a controversial convention from July 7 to 9 . Belekanyama said the convention being organised by Kaliwo is unlawful and he cannot be party to it. “I refuse to be party to it,” […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika was forced to correct an amount which was indicated that he holds in a bank in the United States of America (USA) after hearing that a verification exercise would follow and realised that the figures might not tally with what he had declared, Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament chairperson Lingson Belekanyama […]
In a twist of events, the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has faulted Malawi government for interdicting the Director of Public Officers Declaration Christopher Tukula, arguing the suspension is illegal. Government interdicted Tukula on half pay, two months after his arrest by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for interfering with investigations relating to cashgate. Tukula, […]
Some members of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have been implicated in plunder of government resources dubbed cashgate amounting to K24 billion between April and September, 2013. The names are contained in the Baker Tilly forensic audit report which Malawi government released on Thursday. The MCP members implicated include lawmaker Lingstone Belekanyama, Wyson Zinyemba […]
Thoko Banda, son to former cabinet minister Aleke Banda, is not going to Belgium as earlier announced due to his unsatisficatory qualifications and performance during the interviews by the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Malawi Parliament. Banda, the newly-appointed Malawi’s envoy to Zimbabwe who initially appeared on the lists of diplomatic appointments made in August […]
Malawi opposition lawmaker has strongly persuaded government not to offload the presidential jet which was bought by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika . Mutharika, who died in April, bought the French-made presidential jet Dassault Falcon 900 EX in 2009 for K3.4 billion (about $22.4 million) with projected maintenance and insurance costs at US$300, 000 per […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) will remain in opposition and only support the government of President Joyce Banda when it brings good policies in tandem with the wishes of Malawians, the party’s parliamentarians have resolved. According to The Nation of Tuesday, MCP MPs held a caucus on Monday evening at the residence of the party’s […]