Members of parliament have asked the government to review conditions of service for tax funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), saying they should not be drawing a monthly salary as they are not full time employees of the state rights body. Legislators from both the government and opposition sides temporary spoke with one voice on […]
Parliament on Friday passed four votes amid great critics from the opposition who demanded proper explanations in why other bills have been allocated more money and others less. The votes which included the National Assembly, Office of President and Cabinet (OPC), National Local Government and the Ministry of Sports and Culture were all passed one […]
Justice Link executive director Justin Dzonzi has advised legislators to avoid taking to ransom government on issues of budget allocations lest they be called greedy and selfish. Dzonzi said this Friday after members of parliament refused to approve any other budget for government departments and ministries on Friday unless the National Assembly budget was increased. […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri was not in Parliament on Friday but his e name caused storm nearly derailing deliberations as firebrand Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua alleged the government want to secretly give cabinet ministers huge sums of money for campaigns and political machinisations using the bloated Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) vote budget. Kamlepo […]
Karonga Central legislator Frank Mwenifumbo on Thursday became the lone voice in parliament welcoming the reduction of Malawi police budget, saying the law enforcers should cut roadblocks in Karonga. Mwenifumbo lamented that on a 50 kilometre stretch of land in his constituency, there are 12 roadblocks translating into two roadblocks per every one kilometre of […]
Finance Minister Goodall has said President Peter Mutharika has put on hold plans to construct a K110 million banqueting hall at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe because of the volatile economic situation prevailing in the country. Gondwe said this in parliament Thursday as members of parliament were about to start debating on a K5.1 billion State […]
Malawi Parliament prematurely adjourned Thursday as opposition wanted government to raise budget line for parliament a move Leader of the House Francis Kasaila described as unpatriotic. The parliamentarians had successfully passed all but four votes, budget lines for each ministry including the contentious State Residences vote. When Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe moved a motion on […]
Government has made a dramatic cut on the budget of Kamuzu Memorial Park from K150m to K50m prompting Kasungu south east parliamentarian to demand that government takes away the remaining money as it will not have an impact on the development of the resting place of the first president of Malawi. This was after Finance […]
First Deputy Speaker of parliament, Esther Mcheka Chilenje on Wednesday had bad blood with opposition members of parliament when she exchanged words with some backbenchers while challenging that she cannot be intimidated. Chilenje had verbal clashes with Mzimba Hora MP, Reverend Christopher Mzomera Ngwira and Dowa East Parliamentarian Richard Chimwendo Banda. It all started when Mzomera […]
Members of parliament from government side Wednesday afternoon contributed immensely to the mid-year budget review, a day after the opposition claimed President Peter Muthartika muted them with money. Minister of Labour Henry Mussa surprised his colleagues on the front bench of the House when he asked the government decision to reduce the Home Affairs vote […]
Nkhata Bay North member of Parliament (MP) Ephraim Mganda Chiume (People’s Party-PP) has frantically pleaded with the government to repay a debt of K30 billion to private sector, saying the continuous withholding of the money is choking the already ailing economy. Chiume, a former minister of Foreign Affairs during the Joyce Banda administration and also Minister of […]
Minister of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation, George Chaponda has told parliament that the sacking of daughter of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila barely a month after being hired as intern in the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been “blown out of proportion.” Chaponda made the comment […]
Malawi Parliament has said it is unlikely that the Access to Information bill would be passed in this sitting, saying there is need to critically scrutinise the bill and probably make amendments as demanded by representatives of the media. Chairperson of Media Committee of parliament Sam Kawale said after minister of Information Jappie Mhango presents […]
Legislators sitting on government side on Tuesday afternoon broke into jubilation after beating the opposition on a vote to decrease a budgetary allocation to the struggling education ministry. Ministre of Finance Goodall Gondwe had proposed to cut the budget by K500 million from K113.8 billion to K113.7 billion. Gondwe said the ministry does not need […]
Malawi Parliament on Tuesday morning deferred a budgetary vote for Malawi Defence Force (MDF) as opposition took to task Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe over some aspects of the increased budget. Opposition members of parliament took turns during the morning session to quiz Gondwe but he reluctantly answered the queries. He told the inquisitive parliamentarians that […]
Opposition Members of Parliament on Monday took government to task to explain to the house and the nation some changes in the budget specifically the increased figures to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) which has been increased from K6,595,724,601 to K9,720,345,944 and forced the deferment of the revised budget for State Residences […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church International (ECG) received another commendation in Malawi Parliament for his relief support to people affected by hunger in the country. Recently, Member of Parliament for Karonga central, Frank Mwenifumbo told the House his appreciation to Bushiri for his maize distribution. And adding his voice of appreciation to the […]
Member of parliament for Mulanje South Constituency, Bon Kalindo who is also deputy publicity secretary of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says he does not agree with calls from some quarters to impeach Speaker Richard Msowoya, saying he is highly competent. Speaking in National Assembly during his contribution to Mid-term Budget Review, saying calls […]