The National Assembly has announced that the third meeting of the second Youth Parliament of Malawi (YPM) will be held at the Parliament building in Lilongwe from April 8 to 12 2018. Members of the youth parliament are selected from all the 193 constituencies through a process that includes the involvement of the councils. A statement […]
The Human Rights Defenders Forum (HRDF) says Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and h Local Government Minister Kondwani Nakhumwa must listen and “honourably” step down since the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is in the thick of investigating them over the K4 billion parliamentary allocation. Last month ACB opened a file to probe Gondwe and Nankhumwa “after receiving […]
Some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country are planning to organize nation-wide demonstrations aimed at forcing the resignation of Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe for allegedly orchestrating the ‘K4 billion payout’ to Members of Parliament (MP). The CSOs led by Gift Trapence and the usual suspects of Timothy Mtambo, Charles Kajoloweka, Billy Mayaya and […]
The controversial K4 billion initially earmarked for development in 86 constituencies and was agreed by Parliament to be shared to all 193, has not been disbursed and that it awaits Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to collect enough money through taxes to finance the quick grant projects, eMinister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has clarified. […]
Officials from the ministries of Finance and Local Government confirmed that they do not have projects which are to be financed by the controversial K4 billion. Ministry of Finance spokesperson Davies Sado said officials from the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development were well placed to respond. “There are guidelines which were put in place on how to […]
Government says it will not rescind its decision to give out K20.7 million to each of the 193 constituencies in the country, saying Finance minister Goodall Gondwe has not violated any law. Speaking during Views Triangle program on Zodiak, presidential aide on NGOs Mabvuto Bamusi said the K4 billion set aside for the development projects […]
At the expiry of a seven-day ultimatum given by some civil society organisation over the distribution of the contentious K4 billion to members of Parliament (MPs), President Peter Mutharika and leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera have rebuffed the activists. The CSOs leaders, who include Youth and Society (YAS), Centre for Human Rights and […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has scoffed at calls for his resignation over K4 billion allocation made to parliamentarians during the Mid-Term Budget Review Meeting as the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) accuses leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) of the plot to champion the breakup of the country. CSOs’ representatives, Gift Trapence, who […]
Three civil society organisations (CSOs) on Friday met Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe on the controversial K4 billion payout to legislators, and have stuck to their guns they that the transaction was fraudulent therefore the fiscal chief must resign together with accomplice Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa. […]
Former vice president Dr Cassin Chilumpha has come out of political hibernation to join opposition parties outside parliament calling for corruption investigations over the irregular K4 billion allocation to constituencies during the Mid-Term Budget Review Meeting that which they equate to ‘money laundering’. Initially, the K4 billion was meant to benefit 86 constituencies only with each receiving […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) pushing for resignation of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe—who is under pressure over the K4 billion allocation to legislators that critics say is irregular— on Wednesday accepted Gondwe’s request of holding a roundtable discussion on the matter. In a letter dated March 12 2018, Gondwe invited leaders of […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, has said he has np intention to step down as Cabinet minister which some civil society organisations members have demanded over the controversial K4 billion impending disbursement to legislators but has invited the activists pushing for his ouster to a meeting on Wednesday. According to a letter dated […]
Reputable legal expert Chikosa Silungwe has said the decision to share the K4 billion rural development funds among all the 193 constituencies from “budget by-pass” is unconstitutional and warned that if Treasury was to proceed with the disbursement of such funds to the District Councils it risks facing legal action. Government said it will distribute the […]
According to a recent statement from the State House, President Peter Mutharika does not see anything wrong whatsoever in the suspiciously corrupt disbursement of K4 billion to members of Parliament (MPs) by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe. Just as he never saw anything wrong in the actions of George Chaponda’s Maizegate until his eyes were brutally […]
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa are facing a public revolt and growing pressure to resign over K4 billion “quick grant” project meant for rural development. Calls for the two ministers’ resignation have come from far and wide practically since the contentious money was initially earmarked for development projects in 86 […]
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), an arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), has added its voice to calls demanding the immediate resignation of Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa for their role to arrange K4 billion ‘budget by-pass’ fund to legislators. The CCJP has since slamed […]
Four leading Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and some activists have demanded Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe to immediately resign because of allegations of abuse in his role for government to allocate K4 billion to 86 parliamentary constituencies. In a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to Nyasa Times, the CSOs […]
The dust is slowly settling following controversy surrounding the K4 billion constituency development projects allocation under Vote 120, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, passed by MPs during the Mid-term Budget Review meeting of Parliament recently. However, there still remains some few ‘noises’ regarding the manner in which the bill was introduced in Parliament […]