President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will stick to his plans to open a Malawi diplomatic office in Jerusalem, Israel and that “it is never intended to have Malawi isolated.” Chakwera said Malawi is a sovereign state with its own foreign policy and there should be no question on the country’s decision including on who […]
Parliament has confirmed that President Lazarus Chakwera has already been given nine questions which legislators will ask him this Wednesday afternoon when he appears before National Assembly to answer questions as provided for in the Constitution. Nine questions have been submitted to Chakwera through the Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara according to Parliament spokesperson […]
Malawi Parliament has passed the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (amendment) Bill which seeks to direct that 50-percent-plus-one vote threshold should not be used in deciding winners to parliamentary and local government elections but candidates should they be elected with a simple majority (first past the post). The passing of the Bill to clarify Section 96(5) […]
Malawi Parliament on Monday passed the Taxation amendment Bill which among others seeks to introduce a 20 percent tax on winning bets and lotteries and also fulfill Tonse Alliance promise of K100 000 tax free band. The bill went through the committee stage without any amendment. Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu has, however, underlined that […]
On February 20 this year—at the height of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) power built on electoral sand, parliamentarian for Blantyre City South East Sameer Suleman and then Deputy Minister of Transport Charles Mchacha, brought their thuggish behaviour right inside the National Assembly in the middle of parliamentary proceedings. Having probably forgotten that they were not […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday passed a K2.1 trillion 2020/21 national budget statement as presented by Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu on September 4, 2020 . Development expenditure is projected at K511.2 billion, consisting of K100.9 billion for domestically financed projects and K410.3 billion for foreign financed projects. The budget has a fiscal deficit of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is set for a grilling as he returns to the Parliament Wednesday next week (October 21 2020) for his second His Excellency’s Question Time (HEQ) since he defeated former president Peter Mutharika in the June 23 presidential election re-run. Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara announced Monday afternoon in Parliament […]
Malawi Parliament on Thursday turned into an arena of racial tirade as legislators debated private members motion moved by Member of Parliament for Mulanje Bale, Victor Musowa of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with some expressing concern that despite Malawians of Asian origin doing business in the country being linked to financial scandals it is only indigenous […]
Member of Parliament for Mulanje Bale, Victor Musowa of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has asked Parliament to take action and deal with increasing cases of racial discrimination being perpetrated by foreign nationals against Malawians. Using private members motion, Musowa said some places of entertainment and hotels are barring Malawians from access and that in some […]
The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara, of betrayal following the decision by the Speaker not to recognize member of Parliament (MP) for Machinga East, Esther Jolobala, as Commissioner for the party in the Parliamentary Service Commission. Nyasa Times understand that after the Constitutional Court had nullified […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara on Friday confirmed that Mulanje Central legislator Kondwani Nankhumwa is Leader of Opposition after being elected by former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators in compliance with the Standing Orders, the laws governing the august House. The Speaker said this in communication to the House before adjourning for weekend […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has said all Malawi’s foreign missions has been abusing visa fees and all audited embassies failed to account for them, therefore the committee has asked the new Tonse Alliance led government to act on errant diplomats. In a report of PAC’s scrutiny of the Auditor General’s reports of […]
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Madalitso Kazombo has dismissed a communication from the former president Peter Mutharika, which suggested to depose Kondwani Nankhumwa as leader of opposition, to replace him with Francis Kasaila. The decision came following a protest from Mulanje West MP Yusuf Nthenda who claimed that the Leader of Opposition is not appointed […]
There was an uproar in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon as member protested over a newspaper report that the House dispenses about 10 000 condoms every month. The Nation newspaper quoted Parliament’s head of administration, Maggie Chinsinga after receiving on behalf of Parliament a donation of 206 000 condoms from Aids Health Foundation (AHF), that the condoms are used […]
Parliament’s Public Appointments and Commissions, Statutory Corporation and State Enterprises budget cluster committee has recommended an additional K2.4 billion budget allocation to the State Residences. Presenting the committee’s report in Parliament, chairperson Joyce Chitsulo said the committee noted that the K5.5 billion allocation to State Residences may be inadequate, considering that last year; State Residences […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has pended the Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament scrutiny to the 2020/21 national budget as presented by the Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu after some members of her committee claimed her response was not part of the original report they had unanimously agreed. Ganda, a Democratic Progressive Party […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson on finance Joseph Mwanamvekha on Monday punched holes in the K2.2 trillion maiden substantive budget for the Tonse Alliance administration, christened the 2020/21 budget as a consumptive financial plan as opposed to development-oriented as 92 percent of domestic revenues are financing recurrent expenditures. =Political parties represented in Parliament have […]
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Mathews Ngwale has challenged the youth in the country to lobby their members of Parliament to support the Termination of Pregnancy Bill also known as the Abortion Bill when it is tabled in Parliament. Ngwale, who is expected to move the motion on the bill as a private […]