The court has ordered Malawi government to pay millions to former clerk of Malawi Parliament Matilda Katopola who was constructively dismissed by previous administration. Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) removed Katopola from office arguing that the Joyce Banda government was not ready to work with her, a moved she challenged by filing on July 26 2012 […]
President Peter Mutharika has complained to Editors Forum against Weekend Nation newspaper editor and columnist George Kasakula over his no holds barred critical articles. In a letter Nyasa Times sourced, President Mutharika through his press secretary Frederick Ndala, complains of Kasakura’s ‘My Diary’ column of July 19, 2014 entitled “I won’t Say I Told You […]
Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda lost his cool in Industrial Relations Court (IRC) on Wednesday when he was cross-examined by lawyer of sacked Clerk of Parliament Maltilda Katopola. Katopola’s lawyer Samuel Tembenu quizzed the Chimunthu Banda on who was responsible for the Clerk’s dismissal. “Government already made a decision that it would not work […]
Former Clerk of Parliament (CoP) Matilda Katopola has submitted to Industrial Relations Court (IRC) that President Joyce Banda directed her dismissal from her position. Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) removed Katopola from office arguing that the current government was not ready to work with her, a moved she challenged by filing on July 26 2012 at […]
Suspended Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola appears in court on April 22, 2012 in which the State will parade at least seven witnesses in a case in which she is being accused of awarding of K87 000 contracts to her firm, Monick Trends, in 2007. Disciplinary body Parliamentary Service Commission found her guilty but late president […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has lifted the injunction which was sought by Clerk of Parliament Maltilda Katopola stopping government, President Joyce Banda and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from prosecuting her in the magistrate’s court and dismissing her from her job, effectively giving a lee way for criminal prosecution to proceed in the Magistrate’s […]
Estranged Clerk of Parliament (CoP) Matilda Katopola has snubbed the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC)’s order for her to return to work Instead, she is seeking clarification from her employer on ‘few things’ including demanding compensation in the region of K900 million This followed a recommendation the PSC led by its chair, Speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda, […]
Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola has not yet been interdicted one month after police arrested her on charges of abuse of office and failure to declare conflict of interest. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) chaired by National Assembly Speaker, Henry Chimunthu Banda, is mandated with sanctioning the Clerk of Parliament on serious breaches of discipline […]
Malawi’s Clerk of Parliament , Maltilda Katopola, accused of abuse of office and failure to declare interest in the famous Monik procurement saga, on Tuesday appeared before the High Court in Lilongwe and took a not guilty plea . ‘Not guilty’ Katopola told the court in plea on a charge of abuse of public office contrary […]
After President Joyce Banda has reportedly rejected the recent recommendation by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to fire Matilda Katopola as Clerk of Parliament on grounds that procedures were not followed, police are working under instructions from some senior government officials to arrest her. Police officers led by one called Norman called Katopola on her […]
Beleaguered Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola has been recalled from her forced leave, following President Joyce Banda’s observation in her letter to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) on Monday that there are no enough grounds for her to be on the Speaker’s sanctioned “absence without leave.” Katopola was sent on forced leave on PSC’s recommendation […]
Malawi Police wants more officials from parliament to be questioned and that arrests are likely to be effected to some on wrongful self-enrichment, Nyasa Times understands. This comes in the wake of Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola appearing at National Police Headquarters in Lilongwe before Fiscal Police alongside Principal Clerk Assistant Jeffrey Mwenyeheli and Stores […]
Beleaguered Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola was on Monday sent on an indefinite leave in which she will not be allowed to have anything to do with work at the National Assembly, Nyasa Times understands. The development is in the wake of a decision reached by the Parliamentary Service Commission which sat on Monday on […]
Clerk of Malawi Parliament. Ms Matilda Katopola escaped death last Sunday in Blantyre, when her official vehicle was involved in an accident. Katopola was driving her official vehicle a grey Toyota Prado MG 196 AD. She was rushed to Mwaiwathu Private Hospital where she is currently being monitored by doctors and nurses at Intensive Care […]