Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator has asked the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to resign. The Salima north west MP said the Peter Mutharika administration has failed Malawians with the way it handled the procurement of maize from Zambia. She said this as the parliamentarians made contributions to a parliamentary inquiry report on […]
Malawi Parliament says it was baffled to receive communication from the director general of state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Aubrey Sumbuleta over a rejected board member. The chairman of Public Appointments Committee of parliament Lingstone Belekanyama told the House on Wednesday that his committee had rejected the appointment of a board member to MBC […]
Deputy speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje has thrown out a newspaper cutting as evidence incriminating seven cabinet ministers in the infamous K236 billion cash. Lilongwe Msozi South MP, Vitus Dzoole Mwale provoked the government side on the issue when he was contributing on the mid year budget review presented in the House by Finance minister. He […]
Member of parliament for Lilongwe Msozi south on Tuesday surprised his colleagues on the opposition side when he said Malawi Congress Party (MCP)N president would win the 2019 election. The veteran law maker, Vitus Dzoole Mwale, was contributing to the debate on mid year budget statement presented in the House on Friday by Finance minister […]
Opposition Peoples Party (PP) has told government to increase salaries for civil servants to meet the rising cost of life. Ralph Jooma, finance spokesperson for PP said that civil servants have been caught up in the ever escalating cost of life due to economic dwindling. He therefore wondered why Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and […]
Opposition members of parliament on Tuesday morning gave embattled Agriculture minister George Chaponda a tough time in parliament as they booed him whenever he wanted to answer a question, drowning his voice in the process. As Chaponda tried as much to ignore his detractors and answer the questions during question time, the more the booes […]
Chitipa Central legislator (DPP) Alinuswe ‘Fukumele’ Mukumbwa on Monday used about six minutes of the ten minutes allocated to him to comment on finance minister’s revised budget to hit at the opposition, saying they are always negative with government for nothing. Mukumbwa repeatedly called the opposition rants “unjustifiable,” challenging further that the Democratic Progressive Party […]
Malawi Parliament’s Budget Committee has come out panting, accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of high level corruption in Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) and Cement and Malata Subsidy Program. Chairperson of Agriculture Committee Joseph Chidanti Malunga has since said his committee will join forces with parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to make an […]
Opposition members of parliament on Friday threw sarcasm and innuendos on the first day of the embattled Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda to stand up in the House and answer questions in his capacity as a cabinet minister. Opposition back benchers took turns to mock and frustrate him. This was the […]
Government members of parliament managed to hold the opposition from passing the Electoral reforms bill. Lilongwe South MP Peter Dimba presented the contentious bill to the House on Thursday but the government side rejected it, saying a serious bill of national importance could not be presented by a member of parliament as a private motion. […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in Dedza east Juliana Lunguzi took government to task to improve the country’s security and ensure that the life and properties of Malawians is secure. Lunguzi asked the minister of home affairs and internal security Grace Chiumia what the government is doing about the Capital […]
Malawi Parliament on Thursday was in a lock down as government and opposition back benchers were in a show down over an opposition sponsored electoral reforms bill. The members of parliament went into division, an in house vote in the Chamber four times as the opposing sides of the Chamber disgreed on whether Lilongwe South […]
Machinga Likwenu MP David Lali of United Democratic Front (UDF) has asked the government to look for money elsewhere in order to buy police vehicles. He said the Chinese, who had pledged 100 vehicles, are not fulfilling their promise, after all. Lali said this when he asked for a police vehicle at Liwonde police station. […]
Tempers flared in the House as Lilongwe south MP Peter Dimba told the House that Home Affairs minister Grace Chiumia threatened to deal with him. Dimba also said he has received verbal abuses and attacks from MP Cecelia Chadzama and Civic Education minister Patricia Kaliati. The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MPsaid he has received […]
A joint committee of Parliament which conducted an inquiry into Admarc maize procurement from neighbouring Zambia finally presented its report to parliament on Wednesday which also echoed recommendation of presidential commission of inquiry that Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda should be further investigated on corruption element. Inquiry chair Joseph Chidanti Malunga said […]
Members of parliament from across the political divide in parliament on Tuesday threw behind their differences and unanimously agreed to raise the definition age of a child from 14 to 18. This being a Constitutional amendment, there was need for two-thirds majority in the 193 strong House to make the amendment. The first attempt to […]
Member of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday asked Minister of Information and Communication Technology Nicholas Dausi to consider requesting mobile phone service companies to sort out network glitches. There have been complaints about users losing signals on their mobiles. Mobile phone users have reported issues yet Malawi is one of the most expensive countries in the […]
Opposition members of parliament on Tuesday took the government to task for paying US$48000 airport lift for Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, a lift which never came. This was brought to the House by Chitipa South MP Welani Chilenga. He said the government has been paying for the new lift since 2014 up to last […]