Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya said the august House will not debate and pass the electoral reform bills especially in the ongoing session as demanded by members of the clergy. According to Msowoya, who is also the vice President for the main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Karonga Nyungwe legislature, it is not practical […]
Mchinji North East member of Parliament (MP) Alex Chitete (Malawi Congress Party –MCP) courted controversy in Parliament when he referred Malawi as “hell” and not its standing as the Warm Heart of Africa. The country markets itself as the Warm Heart of Africa but it has been subject of depressing news such as rampant corruption; attacks on […]
Mulanje South lawmaker Bon Kalindo for the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said Malawi Parliament should be vigilant against Asian business community from abusing local citizens. Kalindo, who is also a comedian popularly known by his stage name Winiko, said this in the House regarding the court order that Transglobe Limited issued to Parliamentary Committee on […]
Dowa East MP Richard Chimwendo Banda (MCP) taunted Mulanje Bale legilstaor Victor Musowa (Democratic Progressive Party-DPP) that his president is at psychiatric facility. “I would like to ask the Honourable Member for Mulanje Bale which sovereign state is he because his President is now at Zomba Mental Hospital,” said Chimwendo Banda. He was actually referring to self-styled supreme leader […]
Zomba Chingale, member of Parliament (MP) Wallace Chawawa (People’s Party –PP) has said the micro-economic indicators that governmetn says were stable and inflation was declining will somehow “trickle down” to the poor. He told Parliament that micro-economic indicators given by government that they were stable and that inflation was declining and that the exchange rates were […]
With claims of corruption and bootleg deals in the procurement of standby generators that were expected to add 78 megawatts (MW) to the national grid to minimise the intensity of current blackouts, opposition members of Parliament (MPs) took government to task in Parliament. Raising a question is national importance, Kasungu Central MP Amon Nkhata (Malawi Congress […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) on Thursday march in the Capital Lilongwe to present the petition to President Peter Mutharika and Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya at Parliament building demanding the tabling and passing of Electoral Reforms Bills. The quasi-religious grouping has given government seven days to table Elector0 PAC, which is demanding commitment […]
The Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has lobbied members of Parliament pass the Political Parties Bill during its current meeting, saying the organisation strongly believes the legislation is set to transform the country’s political landscape. CMD is a platform for dialogue on political parties in Malawi which sets out to contribute towards consolidation of multiparty […]
The Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme (Dahsp), popularly known as Malata and Cement Subsidy programme should be reorganised as opposition members of Parliament (MPs) argue that it is a corruption scheme and that procurement processes should better be decentralised. The MPs were discussing the joint report on the programme by Parliamentary committees on Government […]
Security officials from Mozambique are harassing Malawians living along Lukono border, the Parliament learnt on Tuesday from Mangochi North member of Parliament (MP) Benedicto Chambo (independent). Chambo asked Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security to deploy Malawi Police near Lukono border to protect local people. He said Mozambique security officer on October 14 this […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe said Treasury is making efforts to start processing payments of former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYPs) as they are finalising the verification exercise to make sure that money is given to the right beneficiaries. Gondwe assured Parliament in Lilongwe on Tuesday that disbanded ex-MYPs will soon […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lilongwe City South East’s member of Parliament (MP) Ulemu Msungama used his first speech in Parliament to say the young generation which he belongs shall rise to have an active role in trans-formative politics and governance. Delivering his maiden speech in the House, Msungama who won the recent by-elections after challenging […]
Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hora, Reverend Christopher Mzomera Ngwira who rejoined Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) the party he dumped and joined People’s Party when it was in power has been given the go-ahead to relocate to the government benches in the National Assembly. Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya announced the new arrangement in the […]
A word that has been said may be unsaid; it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can our thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs that may follow.-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-An America Poet and Educator Speaker of the Malawi National Assembly Richard Msowoya should indeed be applauded for […]
Nsanje Central Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Kasaila, who is also Minister of Labour, Youth and Manpower Development, on Monday afternoon provoked the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) when he said Nsanje district is developing under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as it was dead during MCP reign. Making his contribution to President Peter Mutharika’s opening […]
Thyolo-Thava member of Parliament (MP) Mary Navicha (Democratic Progressive Party -DPP ) has sid DPP should be “hopeful” about winning the 2019 Malawi Tripartite Elections, saying opposition support will be dropping off life’s conveyor belt as time draws near to next election. “We need to start realising that this is not time for politics. Malawians and everyone […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has faulted President Peter Mutharika for attacking leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera, suggesting that he is mentally unstable and should undergo psychiatric evaluation, saying the citizenry should make their own choice who should quality for mental examination. Mutharika speaking at Kasungu Boma during his road trip from Mzuzu in the […]
Lilongwe Msozi South MP Vitus Dzoole Mwale told Parliament that president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera,has rapidly gained ground in the country, steadily eating into President Peter Mutharika’s grip and that Malawians should not despair of the plethora of crises “because in 18 months’ time, the MCP will reverse this trend once it goes […]