The civil society leaders are calling for swift action in form of comprehensive forensic audit into payments amounting to K577 billion (US$1.3 billion) that are shown in bank statements, but cannot be traced in Capital Hill’s cashbook, according to preliminary findings by Pricewaterhouse Coopers. PwC examination of public finances from January 1 2009 to December […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party) send parliament into a laughter mode when he said “a mortuary and an ambulance is the same and they marry.” His comments came when he told Minister of Health Jean Kalilani that an ambulance in his constituency was withdrawn. But when MPs laughed at his […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of parliament for Lilongwe North, Patricia Mkanda has accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of acting in desperation and advancing a political budget as the House has since p approved a K5.4 billion (US$12 million) allocation to State Residences amid resistance on two activities of construction of two banquet […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has trashed opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) which labelled the proposed 2015/16 National Budget as an illegal document because it violates the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act and not backed by any current economic and fiscal policy. MCP spokesman of finance, Dowa West MP […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya on Tuesday June 23, 2015 referred the much awaited K92 billion (US$204.4 million) forensic audit report to Parliament Accounts Committee (PAC) contrary to what was announced on Monday that Government would table the report on Tuesday. The Speaker did not give specific reasons regarding the change despite the order paper indicating that […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani has bemoaned declining education standards in the country, saying the executive need to live and breathe the services that they expect the public to use. Menyani said it outrageous for DPP ministers to understand the need to improve the education standards as their kids don’t use the public […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker for Kasungu East, Madaliso Kazombo has criticised mining contracts in the country for lacking transparency, saying its high time locals should have shares in the companies of the foreign investors. His comments come at a time the country is debating ways of improving the mining sector to ensure it gets better deals […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Salima North West Dr Jessie Kabwila has petitioned office of the Speaker of the National Assembly, asking it to kick out the 11 United Democratic Front members of Parliament who recently moved to government benches. Kabwila said on Friday that she has decided to join human rights defender and […]
Opposition members of Parliament have vowed to block the passage of this year’s budget until a forensic audit report on the K92 billion (US$206.7 million) Cashgate which was reportedly mismanaged during the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration is table and debated in Parliament. K92 billion went missing over the eight years of the presidency […]
The economy of Malawi “is at a crossroads” having been rated poor of the poorest in the world, opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker for Kasungu East, Madaliso Kazombo told parliament. Kazombo noted that despite economic difficulties, the southern African country’s population is growing at an alarming rate. “In fact maternal mortality rates are still high. […]
Member of Parliament for Mzimba South, Makwenda Chunga of opposition People’s Party (PP) has condemned education quota system, saying it is bad therefore it should be abolished or else be extended in development and backed calls for introduction of federal system of government. Chunga said this in his contribution to the 2015/16 proposed budget which […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for keeping the gap between the rich and the poor widening. MCP’s Divelias Zaipa MP for Mchinji South Constituency told parliament during his contribution to the 2015/16 budget statement that the proposed financial which Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe presented in Parliament on May 22, has nothing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Dedza North West, Alekeni Menyani was forced to make a point of order in parliament that opposition members were equally Malawians who pay tax like those in the corridors of ruling power. Menyani stood for a point of order after ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP for […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima Central Felix Jumbe on Tuesday turned fellow Parliamentarians to laughter when he titled the 2015-2016 Budget which was presented in the House by the Minister of Finance Dr. Goodall Gondwe as ‘a thorn in the fresh of Malawians.’ Jumbe said this in Lilongwe when he was contributing to the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of Parliament (MP)for Dedza East Juliana Lunguzi, has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cares less about the health of ordinary Malawians in the villages by allocating less than 10 percent of the total budget to the health sector budget. Lunguzi said the ordinary Malawians, mostly in the rural villages […]
Attorney General, Kalekeni Kaphale has advised Speaker of parliament Richard Msowoya not to invoke the anti-defection law Section 65 on United Democratic Front (UDF) lawmakers who relocated from opposition to government benches, saying they have not breached the said law. Speaker last week petitioned UDF members of parliament on his agitation to declare their seats […]
Chairperson of the Budget Committee of Parliament, Ron Chiphiko has argued that Malawi economy is ailing and not on recovery, backing accusations made by leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera against the Peter Mutharika government over “deception” on economy, that the Kwacha currency appreciation is being manipulated. Chiphiko told parliament his Committee is of the view that […]
Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya has issued a warning to lawmakers that they will face stern sanctions if they engaged in disorderly conduct with the sole purpose of disrupting proceedings of the House. Msowoya told the MPs that he noted “with concern” that “order and decorum” is deteriorating in the august House. He reminded the […]