Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) has asked Members of Parliament to consider speeding up deliberations on the revision of the Road Traffic and Fines Act. Northern Region Director of Road Traffic and Safety Services, Leonard Ntonya said Wednesday in an interview that the revised Act is expected to come up with new […]
Former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri, who is Balaka West legislator (independent) who used to occupy a section reserved for independent MPs on the government side of the House, has asked to move to opposition benches. Dzimbiri joined newly formed UTM party that is promoting the presidential banner of Vice President Saulos Chilima in the May […]
Smoke filled the Parliament chamber in Lilongwe when it opened for the Fourth Meeting of the 47th Session and legistors brought to the attention of Speaker Richard Msowoya who brushed off the claims. Lilongwe South West MP, Peter Chakwantha, stood on a point of order during ministerial statement by Minister of Heath and Population, Atupele […]
Government has lined up 10 bills for debate in the forthcoming seating of parliament which starts Monday but officials from the National Assembly say the legislators will not discuss the expulsion of six members of parliament for failing to declare their assets. Parliaments spokesperson Leonard Mengezi said the 10 bills include a constitutional amendment bill, […]
Opposition Peoples Party (PP) leader in parliament Ralph Mhone says the missing crucial Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) biometric voter registration kit should be debated in the forthcoming November 19 last seating of parliament. “We would like to find out how this missing biometric kit is affecting preparations for the elections, this is an important issue […]
National Assembly officials say they are yet to be served a formal letter from the Office of the Declaration of Assets for Speaker Richard Msowoya to fire six members of parliament who failed to declare their assets. National Assembly spokesperson Leonard Mengezi said the Speaker cannot just work on media reports. “When the Speaker gets […]
The Malawi government’s contentious MK4 billion which was disbursed to Members of Parliament (MPs) during this year’s budget session, continues to stir even more controversy with fresh information revealing that some district councils have not yet started implementing proposed projects under the fund while others are yet to identify such projects. Even more worrying is […]
Members of parliament have been summoned for the last meeting of parliament before the highly contested May 2019 elections and it starts from November 19 to December 14. Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba, in a brief statement seen by Nyasa Times , is calling all legislators to attend. No business has been indicated for the […]
Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee says it is ready with its report which seeks to make the National Assembly independent and autonomous. Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee Maxwell Thyolera said the report would be presented in parliament for plenary discussion during the November seating of parliament. “We want to make parliament more independent so that […]
The International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF), an educational foundation for United States of America (USA) leaders in international conservation based in Washington D C, has invited Co-Chairs of the Malawi Parliamentary Conservation Caucus (MPCC) to a global legislative conservation summit to be held on 24 September in the USA capital. The summit will focus on […]
Budget and Finance Committee of parliament has sent back accountant general Clyton Chimombo and his team from a meeting for failure to give substantive answers on the decision by the government to buy integrated financial information management system (ifims) from Zimbabwe. Budget and Finance Committee chairman Rhino Chiphiko said Chimombo and his team seemed not […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya has opted to hire private lawyers to represent him in the Section 65 case ignoring the Attorney General who has a political compromised stand as he is also the legal advisor to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). DPP funded Forum for National Development (FND) has taken Msowoya to […]
Civil society organization leaders say they will go to court to force Treasury fund the November sitting of parliament which is supposed to commence impeachment proceedings for President Peter Mutharika over corruption allegations. Human Rights Defenders Coalition chairman Timothy Mtambo said Treasury should fund the seating of parliament where the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]
Forum for National Development (FND) which is reportedly being bankrolled by the State machinery, has asked Speaker of Malawi’s National Assembly Richard Msowoya to resign within seven days, saying he has lost legal authority to apply section 65 (1) of the country’s constitution which prohibits Members of Parliament (MPs) from crossing the floor. FND National Coordinator […]
There was drama in parliament on Friday when parliamentarian for Mchinji North East, Alex Chitete, in a satirical manner teased on who was the eligible president for Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) between Enoch Chihana and Karonga Central legislator Frank Mwenifumbo. Chitete wondered and asked the Speaker, Richard Msowoya, if it was in order to have […]
Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has expressed “disappointment” over what he described as “chameleon” conduct by some Members of Parliament (MPs) “who change colours at will”. “They pass laws in this House only to backtrack later reaching an extent of joining street demonstrations against the same laws they passed just to please […]
President Peter Mutharika, former president Joyce Banda and opposition leader Lazrus Chakwera have escaped the 2019 presidential race disqualification over age matters after legislators from both sides of the House dismissed a motion which seeks to limit the presidential age to 65. Nsanje south MP Joseph Chidanti Malunga moved the motion on Thursday, saying Malawi […]
A motion that would have forced a sitting President to face trial while in office if suspected of committing a crime including corruption was not moved in parliament on Thursday because the mover was not in the House. Chiradzulu North member of Parliament (MP) Willet Kalonga (independent) had given the notice to table a Private […]