Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein. After a gruelling 9 weeks, the Palriament adjourns sine die. The Malawi nation has been exposed to the most exciting House of all times both positively and negatively. However, on the whole, we can be proud […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Dowa East Richard Chimwendo Banda accused Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe of being in “contempt of Parliament” for proceeding to sell the hitherto government wholly owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) after the House has suspended completely the sale. In an impromptu signing ceremony at the Ministry of Finance, […]
Free speaking Member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua (PP) attracted wrath of government in parliament when his statement seemed to insinuate that President Prof Peter Mutharika is a professor of doom. Kalua was making his appeal for government to pay civil servants their June salaries and not prioritise in Mapwevupwevu (Dinner parties). “You […]
MP for Mzimba West (Peoples Party) Harry Mkandawire has expressed fears that Malawi jails would be full of tax convicts if the proposed penalties for businesses which evade remitting Value Added Tax (VAT) are going to be followed to the letter. Malawians would be punished for ignorance of some of the amendments to the VAT […]
The Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament has recommended that government should force Mulli Brothers conglomerate and others who owe wholly-state owned Malawi Savings Bank “toxic” loans to pay back and ensure they recapitalise MSB to enable it meet regulatory requirements on capital and liquidity that authorities once put at around K23 billion (US$5.1 million). […]
Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya angered lawmakers mostly from the opposition, over his way of handling the proceeding of the House in rather a harsh way. The MPs accused the deputy speaker of being undemocratic. It started when member for parliament for Zomba Changalume, Johns Chikalimba (People’s Party –PP) stood on a point of order […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Wednesday rebuffed President Peter Mutharika’s invitation which was extended Members of Parliament to the State House banquet, citing economic challenges which the country is going through as reason to go make merry. Addressing a news conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe, MCP publicity secretary Dr Jessie Kabwira said the MCP MPs […]
Karonga central member of parliament (independent) Frank Mwenefumbo has warned legislators against attempting to impeach Speaker Richard Msowoya. Msowoya is an elected member of parliament from Karonga. Speaking in parliament, Mwenefumbo said the Speaker will not be impeached. “The Speaker comes from Karonga. Karonga is a very tiny district in this country and yet the […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has sparked a “constitutional crisis” by their decision to grant 11 United Democratic Front (UDF) members of Parliament (MPs) an injunction pending judicial review in a case where they sought redress on Speaker Richard Msowoya’s impending decision on their status based on Section 65 of the Constitution. Member of […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has apologised to civil servants after salary delays left them without their wages. Affected with the delay include judiciary staff, teachers, nurses, prison wardens, and a range of other civil servants. “I must apologise for the delay,” said Gondwe in parliament after being pressured by opposition […]
Outspoken Malawi human rights campaigner and social commentator Billy Mayaya on Monday accused the Executive and Judiciary for e overstepping their bounds as branches of government by interfering with the legislative arm – National Assembly. Mayaya told a news conference at Crossroads Hotel in the capital Lilongwe on Monday that the legislature is being suffocated by Executive […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East (People’s Party), Kamlepo Kalua, on Monday queried the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on its purported plot to impeach Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya. There have been insinuations that DPP were plotting to impeach the Speaker. Kalua, who has been very active in the House during the budget session […]
After Nyasa Times first reported about the alleged plans by the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) with the support of its parliamentary coalition partners United Democratic Front ( UDF) to impeach Speaker of National Assembly, Richard Msowoya, Leader of Government in the House Francis Kasaila has warned that the impeachment couldn’t be ruled out. Msowoya […]
June 2005: “Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that in accordance with Section 86 of the Constitution, the President, Bingu wa Mutharika, be indicted by this house on grounds of serious violations of the constitution and the laws of the Republic of Malawi,” Lucius Banda. Following this motion, among other things, the then Speaker […]
Tension is brewing in the country’s political landscape over the alleged plans by the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) with the support of its parliamentary coalition partners United Democratic Front ( UDF) to impeach Speaker of National Assembly, Richard Msowoya. The government benches want to oust Msowoya as head of the legislative arm of government […]
Malawi’s parliament passed a 2015/16 National Budget to the tune of K930 billion (US$2.1 billion) on Thursday despite fears that the opposition will derail the approving the appropriation bill. The budget was passed unanimously and quickly as government jubiliaated after fears that the opposition would delay the budget’s passage as a strategy to force the Speaker […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Samuel Tembenu has said there is no law that prevents lawyers from self-representing in criminal cases. Tembenu said in parliament after Lilongwe Central MP Lobin Lowe of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) raised the issue if behaviour of some lawyers, “who are suspects and, under the laws of Malawi, are able to […]
The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe, has said government is still discussing with potential donors for the construction of Mombera University in Mzimba. Gondwe said this after he was questioned on the K200 million allocations for the university in the budget. First to raise the matter was Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]