Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed High Court Judge Lloyd Muhara as Deputy Chief Secretary of government. According to a statement signed by Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa, Muhara appointment is with immediate effect. “The President of the Republic of Malawi …. Peter Mutharika in exercise of his powers confered to him by the constitution of […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gurus are pressurizing President Peter Mutharika to remove Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Commissioner General Ralphael Kamoto and replace him with former Commissioner General now High Court Judge Lloyd Muhara. Impeccable sources confided to Nyasa Times that beleaguered businessman and DPP MP Noel Masangwi is the one who is in the fore […]
Arrested Malawi’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo is bound to spend some more days in police custody after an attempt to file relevant papers for bail application crumbled after High Court judge in whose court the papers were filed Lloyd Muhara recused himself from the case. Mphwiyo’s lawyer Shadreck Mhango confirmed that Muhara has recused […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to Tuesday the case in which Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lilongwe City South East candidate Ulemu Msungama wants to vacate a stay order in which Member of Parliament (MP) for the area Bently Namasasu obtained against a recount of the votes. Justice Lloyd Muhara, who initially granted the injunction, adjourned the […]
Malawi opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) – the forerunner in last week’s poll – has obtained a court injunction restraining the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) from embarking on a ballot re-count over fraud concerns. DPP through lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale sought a court order on Sunday which was granted by newly appointed Judge Lloyd Muhara – […]
President Joyce Banda appointed and swore in former commissioner general of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), Lloyd Muhara as a High Court judge and also swore in Justice Dunstain Mwaungulu as a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal. The two judges were sworn in on Tuesday during the ceremony held at Sanjika Palace […]
With a cloud of uncertainty still hovering over disenchanted Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), latest revelations indicate that the revenue collector spent billions on cargo scanners that were donated as gifts to Malawi by China government, the Weekend Nation reported on Saturday.. The paper has based its revelations on an approved budget for the scanners where […]
Commissioner General of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Lloyd Muhara has been replaced by NBS Bank’s Chief Executive John Biswick, Nyasa Times understands. Muhara has been sacked after MRA image has been bruised when it was revealed that it did borrow money from commercial banks to paint a picture that the infamous zero-deficit budget was on […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), which has denied borrowing from commercial banks to spruce up revenues, has said the country’s central bank-Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)-also has to answer how huge sums of money from commercial banks’ liquidity reserves found their way into a government account. Reports surrounding the tax collection institution so far indicate that […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which is currently struggling to clean up its image following the K30 billion zero-deficit budget scandal, has once again presented sexed up figures to Parliament of the deficit in their overall revenue collection in the 2011/2012 fiscal year. MRA management team led by Commissioner General Lloyd Muhara met the Budget and […]
President Joyce Banda has appointed Thom Mpinganjira as board chairperson for the troubled Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) replacing Dr Charles Mataya who has since resigned. Mataya has resigned after Minister of Finance Dr Ken Lipenga confessed that the tax collecting body cooked up figures and lied in Parliament that government had over collected during the […]
For starters, the country’s sole tax administration agency otherwise known as Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1998 and was launched in February 2000 to enhance capacity for economic growth in the country. Among its vast responsibilities is the legal and moral mandate it has of ensuring that it […]
Malawi’s vocal Civil Society Organizations have unequivocally demanded that Finance Minister Ken Lipenga and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) boss Lloyd Muhara spare themselves the embarrassment by voluntarily resigning from their respective posts with immediate effect. Lipenga admitted the revenue authority borrowed K15 billion to paint a picture that the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s initiative–Zero Deficit […]
Just days after shocking revelations of Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) plans to build four multimillion swimming pools, new information has also emerged of similar extravagance by the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). Reports indicate that MRA plans to construct a K30 million worth swimming pool for the Commissioner General, Lloyd Muhara, at its newly acquired […]