Opposition legislators on Wednesday afternoon demanded a curtail on the debate of the President Peter Mutharika’s state of the nation address in order to discuss an emergency, the killing of yet another person with albinism that morning in Ntcheu. Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi (MCP) was supported by all the opposition legislators to curtail the […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP)leadership of Lazarus Chakwera is plunged into chaos— as he carried out a disastrous frontbench reshuffle moving maverick Salima North West Parliamentarian Dr Jessie Kabwila to the backbench. Kabwila, who is also spokeswoman for MCP, has of late been overshadowed in the party. MCP appointed another lawmaker […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times Outspoken Rumphi East MP Kamlepo Kalua has once again expressed desire to grill President Peter Mutharika in parliament as part of accountability politics, saying the President should face His Excellency’s Question Time (HEQs) style-session soon after delivering a state opening of parliament. Kalua said in parliament that holding the executive to […]
Wanga Gwede -Nyasa Times Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City South East, Bentley Namasasu has hailed President Peter Mutharika for delivering a “comprehensive” State-of-the-Nation Address (Sona) until what he did last year when MPs christened it as a tweet, saying the President set the tone for development. Namasasu, who is ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times First Deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje has asked member of parliament for Lilongwe North East, Maxwell Thyolera (Malawi Congress Party –MCP) to bring to parliament Wednesday after evidence of his claim that ruling Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) are recruiting its cadres in police to rig the 2019 elections. Thyolera made the allegations […]
Parliament has advised its members not to dress casual or anything cultural on Friday as being promoted by President Peter Mutharika who directed all civil servants and those working in government agencies to be wearing casual clothes on Friday as a way of promoting Malawians products. Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya told Parliamenterians that they […]
Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times Graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it is ready to provide more information to parliament on two deputy speakers accused of fraud after they allegedly pocketed K250, 000 each extra on house allowances, money they were not supposed to pocket. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba’s reaction comes […]
Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times President Peter Mutharika has hit back at opposition leaders for declaring his state of the nation address empty, saying the opposition have always failed to understand his development agenda. Mutharika said this in Kasungu on his way to the northern region where he is expected to undertake a dozen official […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Monday performed his constitutional duty to respond to the state of the nation address which president Peter Mutharika made on Friday, May 20, while opening the budget meeting and termed Mutharika’s address as ‘no better than a make-believe and uninspiring bed-time story’. Read the full […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government will have itself to blame when Malawians vote them out of office in 2019, leader of opposition and presidential aspirant Lazarous Chakwera has told parliament. He accused the DPP government of President Peter Mutharika of being “chief culprits” in the miscarriage of the rule of […]
Mphatso Nkhoma -Nyasa Times Leader of opposition People’s Party (PP) in parliament and its acting president Uladi Mussa has blasted President Peter Mutharika, saying he is inept leader, who had no clue how to pull Malawi out of the current economic crisis. In his response to Mutharika’s State of the Nation address (Sona) in parliament, […]
Mphatso Nkhoma –Nyasa Times Leader of the opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has criticised President President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation address (Sona) on Monday, saying he missed an opportunity to restore the confidence of many Malawians and has called on all citizens to wake up and fight for […]
Owen Khamula –Nyasa Times Government spokesperson Patricia Kaliati has spit fire at opposition leaders for tearing apart President Peter Mutharika’s state of the nation address. In an interview, Kaliati described Malawi Congress Party(MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and Peoples Party (PP) acting president Uladi Mussa as empty headed. “The opposition have nothing to offer to Malawians. […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times Leader of the House George Chaponda s not only someone who was sleeping in parliament during Friday’s State-of-the-Nation address by President Peter Mutharika, but also a liar. Chaponda, who doubles as Minister of Agriculture and Water Development, has rejected pictures that have gone viral on social media, showing him sleeping. Nyasa […]
Malawi Parliament has sent back an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) report on two deputy speakers because, according to officials, the report was badly done. Member of Human Resource Sub Committee Vitus Dzoole Mwale said the committee has since told the ACB officials to rework the report. The two deputy speakers Esther Mcheka- Chilenje and Clement […]
Leader of Opposition in parliament and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera said the speech delivered by President Peter Mutharika to official open budget session of parliament on Friday was uttery pathetic as it failed to inspire hope to the nation. Chakwera said Muntharika speech was only descriptive without its prescription, as only telling […]
People’s Party acting president who is also leader in parliament, Uladi Mussa called State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Peter Mutharika s being empty in content that still failed to chart where his administration is heading. Mussa said State of the Nation address could safely be described as boring. He said President Mutharika failed to […]
Follow, follow, follow the leader of the House, George Chaponda into dozing. That was the case of Friday at Parliament as a number of law makers were seen sleeping, yawning, checking their watches and looking bored in general while President Peter Mutharika was delivering a State of National Address at Parliament Building in Lilongwe. While […]