Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South West, Sameer Suleman of governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said President Peter Mutharika is doing a “great job” and wished his legitimacy should have been extended up to 2084. Mutharika secured his re-election during the May 21 Tripartite Elections and according to the Constitution his mandate expires in […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) have given President Peter Mutharika a stamp of approval to maintain the targeted Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) in the next five years despite calls to have the programme abolished. Since 2005, Malawi has invested about K398.6 billion in Fisp, an equivalent of a third of the K1.4 trillion national budget, raising […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Kasungu North, Mike Bango, made his maiden speech in the august House on Friday in which he took a swipe at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for neglecting Kasunda District. “Madam Speaker, the people of Kasungu North, those from Senior Chief Kaluluma, T/A Chisemphere, STA Kalikokha and […]
Parliament on Friday passed a four-month K511.3 billion provisional budget presented b new Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha which forms part of the 2019/2020 national budget amidst concerns that there is more borrowing both on domestic and foreign debts. Member of Palrliament for Lilongwe Msozi North Sosten Gwengwe, who is also Malawi […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator for Mangochi central constituency, Victoria Kingston, has said the State of the Nation Address (Sona) President Peter Mutharika delivered in the House it is “a clear indication” that in the next five years, the country will transform “very fast.” Kingston, in her contribution to Sona titled Consolidating our Gains […]
Malawi parliament has cracked the whip on truant legislators who absent themselves from National Assembly business, saying they risk having their K80 000 daily allowance deducted. Second Deputy Speaker Aisha Mambo Adams communicated that the Business Committee—which comprises the leadership of political parties on both sides of the House—have made the resolution. “Honourable Members, the Business Committee […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha has presented a K511.3 billion provisional budget in Parliament which allows Treasury to tap funds from consolidated account to carry on government services from 1st July to 31st October, 2019. Total revenue and grants are estimated at K410 billion, according to the budget. Mwanamvekha, an economist […]
Member of Parliament(MP) for Zomba Changalume, who is also People’s Party(PP) leader in Parliament, John Chikalimba Wednesday pleaded with all Members of Parliament to avoid delivering speeches aimed at ‘insulting’ both current and former MP’s. He made his comments following an ‘insulting’ speech made by the current MP for Mangochi East, who is new in […]
Newly elected Nkhata Bay South Member of Parliament (MP) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Director of Strategic Planning, Dr Kenneth Zikhale Ng’oma, told Parliament on Thursday that government is neglecting his constituency, alleging that no tangible development projects have been allocated to the area since 1964. Ng’oma said this when he was delivering his maiden […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) lone legislator Yeremiah Chihana has said President Peter Mutharika is an infirm leader being betrayed by the treachery people he has around him, particularly pointing at governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) frontline troops sitting in Parliament. Chihana made this statement in his maiden address in the National Assembly since his election […]
Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party-PP) has warned that tribes might evolve into unarmed militias if politicians continue to make tribal war or words. Kalua said in Parliament as some legislators are accusing each other on tribal lines. “Madam Speaker, I also fought for multiparty democracy in this country. I did not anticipate that one day […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) leader in parliament Lilian Patel on Monday responded to State of the Nation Address (Sona) address by President Peter Mutharika and said while the Head of State mentioned that Malawi has been declared one of the most peaceful country on earth and that third most in Africa, the current post-election […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has strongly denied taking responsibility of settling bills for the damaged properties during the June 20 demonstrations and other costs of post-elections demonstrations. The development comes after Homeland Security Minister Nicholus Dausi told parliament on Tuesday that calculation to find the total cost of damaged properties is underway and that thereafter […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has said Malawi Congresss Party (MCP), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) qualify for representation in the House’s Business Committee. Madam Speaker however said UTM Party which scooped four legislators, Aford with one MP and People’s Party (PP) which has five members in the House have not […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has maintained that they will not take up a Leader of the Opposition role in parliament or respond anything from government as opposition because they are challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, saying he won the May 21 elections by fraud. MCP Chief Whip Lobin Lowe said the party was […]
Machinga South East Constituency legislator Fyness Magonjwa, 23 — the youngest of the members of Parliament elected on May 21— has said she is fired up after President Peter Mutharika made a special mention of her in the State of the Nation Address he delivered when opening Parliament on Friday. Magonjwa has achieved a feat […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has appealed to Malawians to trust the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government because it has the best laid out plans to continue developing this country. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times in Lilongwe on Sunday, June 23, 2019, Nankhumwa said under the visionary leadership of President Peter […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera – who sworn in to start his second term as a member of Parliament (MP) and possibly Leader of Opposition, depending on outcome of the election petition case in the Constitutional Court – has said he will not respond to President Peter Mutharika’s state of the nation address as […]