Malawi Parliament has been urged by civil society organisations to reject the adulterated Access to Information Bill (ATI) when government tables it in Parliament. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times expressing their “disappointment” at the “undemocratic elements” in the […]
This video some legislators trying to remove roadblocks that the police had amounted at the National Assembly as they waited to arrest opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson and Salima North West member of Parliament (MP) Jessie Kabwila and Lilongwe South West MP PeterChakhwantha. Kabwila was arrested and charged with sedition on what MCP claims are trumped […]
Deputy leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa says the government expects parliament to help find lasting solutions to the current crisis of food shortages and the economy. Nankhumwa said this ahead of parliament seating which starts this Monday. “The minister of Finance will tell the House the overall performance of our economy for the last […]
Malawi opposition parties have said they will take government to task in the forthcoming mid-year budget review of parliament, accusing the Peter Mutharika administration to have failed to address the problem. The opposition lamented food and medicine shortages and skyrocketing food prices as the nation grapples with a severe drought. Parliament meets from February 22 […]
Law expert Fiona Kalemba has finally been sworn in as clerk of parliament, two weeks after the state won a legal battle against some legislators who wanted to block her ascendency to the position. Administering the swearing in on Thursday, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda asked Kalemba to be professional, saying this would enable her do […]
Malawi Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said it wants answers from government why it undertook a multi-million public relations project with Time magazine when the majority of Malawians are living below poverty line in a feeble economy. Deputy chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Kamlepo Kalua said government explanation of the payment of a […]
A court tussle on whether newly appointed Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba should take oath of office or not after emerging third in Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) interviews has been completed with Mzuzu High Court Judge Dingiswayo Madise ruling that the President did not error in appointing her and she will now be eligible for […]
The High Court in Mzuzu registry, Dingiswayo Madisehas ruled that Fiona Kalemba can be sworn in as Clerk of Parliament (CoP) dismissing four members of parliament who sought a court injunction to block her from taking oath of office, challenging President Peter wa Mutharika’s decision to appoint her. The Four MPs, Harry Mkandawire (Mzimba West, […]
Blantyre Archdiocese Archbishop Luka Msusa of the influential Roman Catholic Church has advised all Catholics Member of Parliament to defend Christian family against what he described as evil forces promoting alien homosexual lifestyle, which he said is sinful. The Archbishop Msusa made the appeal during Holy Family Day mass at Limbe Cathedral in Blantyre, where […]
Mzimba South legislator Harry Mkandawire has pulled out of the clerk of parliament case and Lilongwe Msozi South MP Vitus Dzoole Mwale has joined the case, a twist of events to characterise more during the hearing of the case. This was revealed on Tuesday when the hearing resumed at the High Court in Mzuzu. Court […]
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs says the High Court in Mzuzu has set December 18 to rule on whether Fiona Kalemba will be parliament’s clerk of parliament or not. The ministry spokesperson Apoche Itimu confirmed that the ruling on the matter will be handed down by Judge Dingiswayo Madise of Mzuzu High Court next […]
President Peter Mutharika and Speaker of National Assembly Richard Msowoya on Thursday met for the first time in Lilongwe, a week after parliament stopped the government from implementing the secondary school fee hike. The two did not talk to each other during the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day but their body language told […]
Speaker of Malawi National Assembly, Richard Msowoya, will not attend to the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) due to economic challenges that the country is experiencing. Msowoya was expected to travel to Mauritius for this year’s high level SADC-PF for regional integration meetings which will take place on 16 and will end on 18 […]
Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Lazarus Chakwera, accused government of systematically blocking opposition MPs from introducing motions on national issues on Thursdays, which are private members’ day. Chakwera, who is also president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), is quoted in the press that MPs wanted to move a motion on the independence of parliament. “For […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has refused to lift an injunction that four MPs got preventing Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba from taking oath of office since her appointment last month. Judge Dingiswayo Madise who granted the MPs; Harry Mkandawire (Mzimba West, People’s Party-PP), Kamlepo Kalua (Rumphi East PP), Peter Chakwantha (Lilongwe South West, Malawi […]
Government said it followed all procedures in the distribution and sale of 177 tractors and 144 maize shellers which government acquired for the mechanisation of smallholder farming in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Dr. Allan Chiyembekeza said in parliament on Thursday there was nothing dubious in the way his ministry distributed and sold […]
Opposition parliamentarians on Thursday successfully forced the government to postpone its fee hike in colleges and secondary schools until the economic situation improves. Salima Central MP Felix Jumbe (Malawi Congress Party) had moved a motion to stop the government from implementing its decision to increase school fees in public colleges and secondary schools, in some […]
Outspoken Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua on Thursday prompted the government to make serious denials that former head of state Bingu wa Mutharika personally benefitted from 177 tractors that the government of India donated to Malawi. Kalua had asked the ministry of Agriculture to explain the whereabouts of the tractors and their components, and 144 […]