Member of Parliament in Malawi have been reminded on dress code s provided under Parliamentary Standing Order 104(c) that hat wearing nthini ot any other cultural regalia is not allowed in the august House. Speaker Richard Msowoya said this in the House communicating a court ruling on the matter. “In the ruling, the court observed […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Monday responded to the address which President Peter Mutharika made on Friday, November 10, while opening opening of the 47th Session of Parliament and painted Mutharika as a “broken” leader. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, termed Mutharika’s leadership as characterising of […]
Malawi’s flagship newspaper, the Daily Times, is proposing a referendum on electoral reforms should government continue to drag its feet in tabling the Electoral Reforms Bill during the current sitting of parliament, which many feel it’s likely. President Peter Mutharika’s address on Friday during the opening of the 47th Session of Parliament did not mention […]
Leader of Opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has branded President Peter Mutharika’s address on Friday during the opening of the 47th Session of Parliament in which he did not mention the issue of electoral reforms as ‘a public lecture’ on what ‘Parliament is all about’. In his immediate response to the […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika Friday opened the 47th Session of Parliament in Lilongwe by calling members of the house to rise above cheap politicking and serve the interest of people they represent. In a statement that ran close to 40 minutes, President Mutharika highlighted progress his government is making in macro economy, food security, energy, […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday ruffled feathers of Parliamentarianswhen he challenged that the august House is not bigger than government. Mutharika has since challenged Parliamentarians to ask themselves on why they are attending the meeting. The President was opening the 47th session of the National Assembly in the Capital City of Lilongwe when he made […]
Malawian civil society organisations (CSO) are calling on legislators to boycott the 47th session of Parliament to be opened by President Peter Mutharika this Friday until Cabinet approve the Electoral Reforms Bill that should be on the lists if business to be deliberated in the august House. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu […]
National Assembly will have among the business to be tackled in the 47th session the gazetted National Intelligence Service Bill, with critics condemn its sweeping powers they warn could be used to crack down on political opponents and stifle civil liberties. National Intelligence Service Bill is among the six Bills to be tabled when Parliament […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya is leading a delegation of members of Parliamentary Service Commission to a tour of duty in Britain when they visited Houses of Parliament at Westminster in London. In an interview with Nyasa Times, Msowoya said the tour of duty is under the invitation of the UK parliament. Msowoya said […]
President Peter Muthatika will perfrom the state opening of 47th session of parliament on November 10 by delivering a State of the Nation Address (Sona), it has been disclosed. Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya said a new session of parliament shall be held at Parliament Buildings in Lilongwe, and shall begin on the […]
Malawi Parliament has been caught embroiled in financial mismanagement with an audit report revealing of suspicious payments amounting to at least K165 million with some of the legislators also paid allowances dubiously as there is no trace of business undertaken while others claimed double allowances. An audit for the financial year ending June 2013 revealed […]
That we cut an image of a country that is unable to govern itself is a foregone conclusion. Whether in the Executive, the Legislature or the Judiciary, we seem to have no clue about what we should do to forge ahead. Specifically to take the majority of Malawians wallowing in excruciating poverty out of their […]
Malawian judge, Justice Michael Mtambo, has asked the country’s Members of Parliament to pass legislation to protect borrowers from rampant exorbitant bank interest rates and penalties just as other countries such as Kenya and Zambia have done. He made the appeal in his judgement made on 2nd July, 2017 when he ruled in favour of a […]
Speaker of Malawi’s National Assembly, Richard Msowoya, has said he is not opposed to changing parliament’s dress code, as long as such change is a reflection of what the people of Malawi want. Msowoya was speaking when he presided over 2017 Young People for Democracy Awards organized by Free Expression Institute (FEI) in the capital […]
Malawi Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said it will summon all district commissioners whose offices were concerned with the K80 million constituency development fund by some members of parliament. Chairman of PAC Alekeni Menyani said the parliamentary committee feels the members of parliament have no case to answer on the issue. Finance minister Goodall […]
Graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it has instituted an investigation into allegations that 20 members of parliament abused the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in their respective areas. ACB director Lucas Kondowe said the probe is different from what Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe said the government has set […]
Chancellor College based Political and Social Commentator, Professor Mustafa Hussein, has described the just ended parliamentary sitting as profitable. Speaking to the Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Wednesday, Hussein said Members of Parliament (MPs) have done very well by discussing issues of national importance in the house. “The Members of Parliament were able to discuss […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said the cash-strapped government will not accept Members of Parliament (MPs) 70 percent salary hike pursuits. Gondwe said instead MPs will get the 10 percent pay rise just like other civil servants. “The government has no money,” Gondwe said. MPs are now getting over K1 million and […]