Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Dowa Ngala, Dr Elias Chakwera has said technical colleges in Malawi have failed to develop because the nation has no “systematic policy” that sustains technical training in this country. Chakwera was speaking parliament after Chairperson of the Parliamentary committee of Social and Community Affairs , […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has set Friday as the day it will have the inter-party injunction hearing after State legal team asked to vacate an injunction that is restraining parliament from swearing in Fiona Kalemba as clerk of parliament. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice Apoche Itimu said the legal team was putting up […]
Vocal Rumphi East MP Kamlepo Kalua on Tuesday stunned his fellow legislators when he querried the government why it was not paying the members of parliament their November salaries. With shouts of “Kamlepo maluzi” from the government side, the undeterred and unshaken Kalua said it was not in order for the members of parliament to […]
Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua has asked Local Government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa to apologise to him for allegedly linking him to the infamous cashgate. Kalua had stood up on a point of order on Tuesday to challenge Nankhumwa why he kept on saying that the government could not go ahead with some projects due to […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya on Monday afternoon told parliament that Machinga Central MP Shaibu Kaliati (United Democratic Front-UDF is out on bail. Kaliati was arrested on Friday for sexual activity with an underage girl. He allegedly has a sexual act with a 16 year old girl from Bambino Private Schools at Annies […]
Dedza East member of Parliament (MP) Juliana Lunguzi (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) on Friday hit back at Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi, accusing him of having “shallow thoughts” and campaiging to demonise her after she criticised government over the Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme, popularly known as Cement and Malata (iron […]
Member of Parliament for Zomba Malosa, Roy Kachale of Peoples Party (PP) has said Malawi is now a nation that is “satisfied in the face of shameful mediocrity.” Kachale said in parliament condemning financial scandals that have seen the nation losing donors trust. “We have become a nation content in the face of wanton thievery, […]
Lilongwe Msozi south legislator Vitus Dzoole Mwale on Friday demanded debate in parliament on Republican Constitution Section 65 following the decision by the United Democratic Front (UDF) to join government benches in the House and allegations that the two deputy speakers were pocketing K500, 000 each in exaggerated house allowances. Dzoole Mwale complained to first […]
Minister of Lands and Housing Atupele Muluzi has said government officials will soon visit Dedza east to ask traditional leaders if indeed they do not need the subsidised malata and cement programme following MP Juliana Lunguzi’s request for its suspension. Muluzi told the state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) that it was surprising that the […]
There fierce debate in Parliament over the Automated Car Park system and the Malata and Cement Cement Subsidy which clearly showed that all is not well between the government and opposition. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Mzimba Solola legislator Jacob Hara questioned governments wisdom in subjecting civil servants who work at Kamuzu International Airport to a […]
Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua nearly threw Parliament into chaos Wednesday when he called MPs sitting on government side as “those people” irking the government bench that demanded his unconditional apology. Phalome north MP Anna Kachikho said Kalua is always fond of provoking and insulting the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members of parliament whenever […]
Opposition legislators on Wednesday pressurised Speaker Richard Msowoya to allow the House debate a K577 billion cashgate report after Finance minister Goodall Gondwe presented the government report. Gondwe presented a comprehensive report to parliament which contained, among others, replies to cashgate queries from the House. After presenting the report, Speaker Msowoya told the House that […]
Some civil rights groups have engaged parliament to reduce the number of constituencies from the current 193 to 100 owing to the current economic turmoil, among other reasons. Citizen Alliance officials on Tuesday evening met the Speaker Richard Msowoya and all the House leadership in a bid to lobby them reduce the number of constituencies. […]
Legislators on Wednesday sent back a comprehensive Electronic Transaction Bill, that would fight cyber crime, regulate electronic money transactions and regulate online publications, among others if passed into law. Most MPs praised the government for the Bill which they said is very comprehensive but needed technical input from the Media and Communications committee, the Budget […]
Business in Parliament grounded to a halt after disagreements between government side and the opposition following a ministerial statement on government declaration to increase school fees in secondary schools and the abolishment of Junior Certificate examinations. The development forced the Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya to call for an early adjournment of the House proceedings […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators on Tuesday vehemently protested government decision to raise fees in secondary schools, saying this would hurt the poor in the harsh economic times. Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera then told deputy speaker Clement Chiwaya that the opposition would not ask questions to the minister of Education Emmanuel Fabiano who […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi has made a frantic plea to government to suspend the Decent and Affordable Housing (Cement and Malata) Subsidy programme and relocate resources to the collapsing public education sector. The youthful parliamentarian made the plea on Tuesday in the National Assembly during question time, when legislations ask ministries […]
Some cabinet ministers are struggling to contribute in parliament because of loss of voice due to extensive political rallies the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held over the weekend across the country. Henry Mussa, government chief whip asked the House to bear with him for the loss of voice. Mussa and other DPP officials held […]