Members of parliament have threatened to boycott the mid year review sitting of parliament on Monday unless the National Assembly gives them K2 million allowance for each legislator in advance. However, parliament says there is no way the allowance can be disbursed before the members of parliament report for duties. At a meeting on Tuesday, […]
A parliamentary inquiry on maizegate has set another hearing with embattled Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda. Officials from the inquiry said the inquiry extended its hearing after the request from Chaponda who failed to turn up on Friday. He claimed the invitation to appear before the inquiry reached him when he […]
Parliament through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said it will wait for the Speaker Richard Msowoya to return from foreign trip before releasing names of individuals and businesses identified in the recent forensic audit that established that about K236 billion in public funds could not be reconciliated between 2009 and December 31 2014. The […]
Malawi opposition parties have warned that they will take Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to task in the forthcoming mid-year budget review of parliament which reconvenes next Monday. Parliament meets to review the national budget that was passed in June last year. But leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera […]
Malawi Parliament reconvenes in Lilongwe from February 6, 2017 to March 2 for the mid-term budget review, Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya has disclosed. “All Cabinet Ministers, deputy ministers and honourable members if parliament are summoned toattend the metting ar the time and place indicated until adjournment sine die and herein fail not,” a statement issued by […]
A 21 year old member of youth parliament from Salima Central, Promise Mjima, has urged for the politics of inclusiveness in the country among all sectors especially between the elderly and the young, and has since called for support from Members of Parliament (MPs) across the country to work with them in their initiatives. The […]
The Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa has been asked by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to disclose names of serving Cabinet ministers implicated in the recent forensic audit report christened as K577 billion Cashgate. PAC chairperson Alekeni Menyani has said it is against the spirit of fighting corruption when the Auditor General’s office and other government arms […]
Opposition parliamentarians on Friday shot down proposals in a bill that would have empowered a sitting head of state appoint public officers. Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe had tabled in the House a bill seeking to establish a National Planning Commission. Gondwe proposed in the bill that commissioners be appointed by a […]
The petition that some concerned citizens delivered to Parliament on Rwandan genocide fugitive Vincent Murekezi has been referred back to Parliamentary Committees on Defence and Security and International Relations for further scrutiny and investigation before it can come back in the chamber for deliberation. A group calling itself Concerned Citizens petitioned Parliament to have Murekezi […]
Firebrand Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua has become the darling of the media after he succesfully lobbied that the media should cover live parliamentary committee meetings. Kalua said after the succesful passing of the Access to Information Bill, the media should no longer be controlled and told what to cover in parliamentary committee meetings. “We […]
A male journalist from Channel 10 of Israel on Thursday put the House in an uproar over his dress code. Member of Parliament (MP) for Mzimba Hora, Rev Christopher Mzomera Ngwira rising on a point of order , questioned the dressing of the international journalist who was busy filming in the chamber. “Mr speaker sir, […]
Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya, credited for taking a neutral stand in running Parliament’s affairs despite being vice president of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), on Thursday made a rare tie-breaking vote and sided with opposition. Msowoya was called to cast a tie-breaker vote after there was no accuracy of the voice vote. Kasungu West […]
Member of Parliament who had a rare night shift on Wednesday to pass the Access to Information Bill will work extra time on Friday for full day instead of its usual half day. The Business Committee of Parliament agreed on Thursday that the House should meet Friday from morning to afternoon, according to the announcement […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said government will facilitate that parliamentary committees of Legal Affairs and Budget should meet weekend to scrutinise the Financial Crimes Bill so that it should be fast track scrutiny so that it can be brought back to House for approval. Gondwe tabled the Bill in the House […]
Malawi opposition members of parliament (MPs) were steadfast to object to DPP-led government machinations to suffocate the Access to Information Bill (ATI) as they wanted to waive Standing Orders to accommodate other bills and they pressed on to have it passed in a late night. Information Bill allows the public to seek for any information […]
Malawi government on Tuesday created excuses to derail the process of passing the Access to Information (ATI) Bill with amendments which the Legal Affairs and Media Committees suggested after consultations. Government side suffocated the enactment of the ATI because amongst the amendments, there is a proposal that tax-funded constitutional body the Malawi Human Rights Commission […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked for neutrality in the appointment of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) officials including Director General for it to perform competently. Currently there is a bill which if approved will see it being upgraded to Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA). MCP spokesperson on Finance Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi made the call on Tuesday […]
Parliament on Monday passed a bill authorising government to obtain a grant of US$ 104 million (about K74.05 billion) for the Malawi Drought Recovery and Resilient Project. The bill authorises government to enter into agreement with the International Development Association of the World Bank for a multi-billion grant geared towards enhancing resilient systems in Malawi. […]