Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has torn apart the government presented Corrupt Practices Bill, saying it still gives powers to the President to appoint the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) among others. MCP spokesperson on Legal Affairs in parliament Maxwell Thyolera told the National Assembly that the government has just devised a […]
Parliamentary media committee which was tasked to scrutinise Access to Information (ATI) Bill has recommended that cabinet records should not be part of the information which citizens should be given chance to access inlinewith yet-to-be passed Bill. Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Committee on Media, Information and Communication met various stakeholders to get […]
Media and Communications and Legal Affairs committee has presented a report of their scrutiny Access to Information (ATI) Bill to parliament and recommended that tax-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) should be entructed with the responsibility of enforcing the law. When government tabled the long awaited ATI in July, opposition lawmakers rejected to debate it because […]
Lilongwe North East MP Maxwell Thyolera (MCP) has accused the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) government of being selective in tackling corruption, saying the regime is mafia led. Thyolera made the remarks in parliament that DPP government” just employ lip service” and no tangible action is being done to tackle corruption. “We heard that we had a […]
Wanga Gwede –Nyasa Times First Deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje has asked member of parliament for Lilongwe North East, Maxwell Thyolera (Malawi Congress Party –MCP) to bring to parliament Wednesday after evidence of his claim that ruling Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) are recruiting its cadres in police to rig the 2019 elections. Thyolera made the allegations […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members of their youth wing were engaged in a brawl in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday as the party called fresh elections in its Southern Region Committee which has been fighting over positions. A group of MCP youth league were conspicuous seen at MCP headquarters in Lilongwe youths engaging in running […]