Only one Cabinet minister and seven members of parliament turned up for parliament after the four o’clock tea break prompting deputy speaker Clement Chiwaya to call off the sitting. The legislators are deliberating the K1.5 trillion national budget which Finance minister Goodall Gondwe presented to the 193 strong House some weeks ago. Chiwaya told the […]
Legislators on Monday returned to the chamber after a two week cluster meetings with opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on finance shredding the K1.5 trillion national budget describing it as the campaign tool clearly aimed at boosting chances for President Peter Mutharika’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) re-election. MCP spokesperson on finance Kusamba Dzonzi […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has asked the government to bail out the state run power house with a K54 billion which it accumulated as a debt. This came to light during the ongoing parliamentary cluster meetings in Lilongwe. Secretary to Treasury Ben Botolo confirmed the debt. “But we are not bailing them now, […]
State controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) says a K108m unremitted taxes and other debt is choking its operations and has begged legislators for an additional K1 billion for coverage of the 2019 Tripartite Election. MBC director general Aubrey Sumbuleta said this when he appeared before the parliamentary media cluster committee. He was however elusive on accusations […]
Legal Affairs parliamentary cluster on Wednesday pressed on the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on allegations that brought a week corruption case against former Agriculture minister George Chaponda inorder to secure his acquittal. The ACB on Wednesday appeared before the cluster committee on budget related matters but the acquittal of Chaponda took centre […]
Parliamentary Agriculture and Natural Resources Cluster committee has told the government to reduce the staggering K41bn for Farm Input Subsidy (Fido), saying the increase of the beneficiaries is due to political reasons. The chairman of the cluster committee Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the government should be reducing the number of beneficiaries and the budget as […]
Members of Parliament are now scrutinizing the 2018/2019 Budget Statement through cluster format and improve provisions in government’s proposed economic blueprint. In the past, MPs have come under fire for hurriedly passing the budget without informed analysis or scrutiny of allocations as outlined in all budget documents. The proposed budget has received mixed reactions from […]
Spokesperson of finance for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Kusamba Dzonzi has described Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe‘s Budget as “a mish-mash of recycled announcements” that will not translate into any gains for poor Malawian. He said Malawi needed a people’s budget rather than one with random promises. Dzonzi said the 2018/19 financial blueprint which has been pegged […]
As the countdown to next year’s Tripartite elections draw near, it would be appropriate to focus on the state of the nation and judge the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) based on its performance, Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development Grace Chiumia has said. The DPP has come under increasing public criticism and […]
Mulanje Pasani member of the Parliament Angie Kaliati has said it is better that great leaders such as President Peter Mutharika are recognised and given their dues respect while alive. Kaliati said in Parliament that it is not right for members to accuse Mutharika that he has “miserably failed” to deliver on its socio-economic promises […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholous Dausi cautioned opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Mchinji South West Deus Gumba Banda against during derogatory terms to describe government’s performance when contributing to debates. Dausi said the “adjectives” used by Gumba Banda could no enrich the debate in the House. Gumba Banda accused the Democratic […]
Member of Parliament for Machinga Likwenu, David Lally on Friday commended President Peter Mutharika for the economic recovery the country is currently achieving. Commenting on State-of-the-Nation address delivered by the President during the official opening Friday last week, Lally said he was impressed with the way the president is handling developmental issues in the country, […]
Outspoken Peoples Party (PP) parliamentarian for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua sent some members of parliament into stitches of laughter in the House on Thursday with the bragging of the party’s president Joyce Banda’s return into the country. Banda has been in a self-imposed exile abroad since losing the 2014 Presidential Elections to Peter Mutharika and […]
Kasungu north east MP Wakuda Kamanga has described as cosmetic the current performance of the economy. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday during his contribution to President Peter Mutharika’s tate of the nation address, Kamanga doubted the economy is performing well. “The government is just preparing figures just to please the IMF. The reality on the […]
Mzimba West parliamentarian and Mzuzu-based business magnate, Harry Mkandawire, has echoed many other quarters in blatantly accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of failure to deliver on its promises. Mkandawire said in parliament while contributing to President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on Friday last week during the opening […]
Vocal Dedza East Legislator, Juliana Lunguzi, says Malawi’s current macro-economic outlook with a single digit inflation, is overly praised “cooked up” economics which does not mean anything to a common Malawian. She said this in Parliament on Tuesday when responding to President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on Friday last week […]
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera met his day of fate on Tuesday when prominent Members of Parliament took their turns to roast him after his hard-hitting speech in response to President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) tpresented in Parliament on Friday. Mutharika asserted and showcased that “we have delivered” development to […]
Mr Speaker, Sir Since His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika came here on Friday to subject us to yet another display of his dereliction of one of the most sacred duties of the Office of the President, the task of reporting to you the true state of the nation and what we must do about […]