Parliament has elected Catherine Gotani Hara, a lawmaker with main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as first woman Speaker of the National Assembly. Gotani Hara, member of parliament for Mzimba North East MP, was elected after defeating her only competitor, Esther Mcheka- Chilenje another female legislator for Nsanje North of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). […]
NGO Gender Coordination Network has expressed confidence that the number of aspiring female parliamentarians will triumph in this years tripartite election is expected to rise. This follows the increase in number of verified Members of Parliament to participate in the 2019 general elections by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). About 304 female MP’s are contesting […]
First Deputy Speaker of Malawi parliament has said there is need for electorate to know the laws that their parliamentarians make for them to act and behave according to the laws of the country. The deputy Speaker, who is also member of parliament for Nsanje North, made the remarks at Fatima where she had a […]
Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsanje North Constituency and First Deputy Speaker in Malawi Parliament Esther Ncheka Chilenje went unopposed during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) primaries on Monday. Many people rallied behind her chanting “Ncheka yemweyo!” declaring their special Christmas gift to her in the polls that were presided over by the DPP’s […]
Tempers continue to flare between two camps in Nsanje north constituency over who becomes governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary cadnidate ahead of the May 21, 2019 tripartite elections. The camps, in the predominantly DPP constituency, belong to incumbent MP, Esther Mcheka Chilenje and famous businessman, Enoch Chizuzu. This was clearly evident at a meeting […]
Four Cabinet ministers who failed to win any position at elective national convention of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have pledged to continue supporting the party and back President Peter Mutharika in 2019 Tripartite Elections. They included Joseph Mwanamvekha (Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development), Henry Mussa (Trade, Industry and Tourism), and Francis Kasaila (Labour, […]
Malawi’s First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje has joined the race for honorary doctorates after the Commonwealth University conferred her with an honorary doctorate degree in leadership. Speaker Richard Msowoya on Friday announced in Parliament that the Commonwealth University has awarded Deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje with an Honorary Doctorate Degree. “Honourable Members […]
Deputy speaker Esther Mcheka-Chilenje, who is also Member of Parliament for Nsanje North Constituency, has officially announced her membership of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chilenje, who was already aligned to DPP but was an independent MP, said she feels declaring herself a DPP member her constituency will be in safer hands. She said […]
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Right Esther Mcheka Chilenje has hailed the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust for the role it is playing in transforming peoples’ lives in the country. Chilenje made the remarks recently during a Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation (MBC) and Nsanje District Council open day in Nsanje where various organizations displayed […]
Malawi Law Society says it has made an appointment with the Director of Public Prosecutions in a bid to prosecute the two deputy speakers accused of misuse of public money. President of the MLS John Msuzi Banda confirmed on Monday his organisation is not happy the way the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is handling the […]
First deputy speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje has asked the government and other well wishers to come in swiftly and save the situation at Nsanje Secondary School where the building is in dilapidated state and students, including those in Form sit on the floor when learning. She was speaking on Saturday when the school was commemorating […]
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 Parliament has sent back an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) report on two deputy speakers because, according to officials, the report was badly done. Member of Human Resource Sub Committee Vitus Dzoole Mwale said the committee has since told the ACB officials to rework the report. The two deputy speakers Esther Mcheka- Chilenje and Clement […]
Graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has it has concluded a report on allegations that First Deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka-Chilenje and Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya dubiously claimed housing allowances amounting to millions by signing tenancy agreements for their own houses. ACB deputy director Reneck Matemba said the report will be made available […]
Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda of the High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction sought by have First and Second Deputy Speakers of Parliament [Esther Mcheka Chilenge and Clement Chiwaya respectively] through private practice lawyer Frank Mbeta stopping Member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua, moving a motion to have Parliament’s two deputy speaker suspended […]
First Deputy Speaker of parliament, Esther Mcheka Chilenje on Wednesday had bad blood with opposition members of parliament when she exchanged words with some backbenchers while challenging that she cannot be intimidated. Chilenje had verbal clashes with Mzimba Hora MP, Reverend Christopher Mzomera Ngwira and Dowa East Parliamentarian Richard Chimwendo Banda. It all started when Mzomera […]
Outspoken Mzimba West MP Harry Mkandawire systematically hijacked debate on the State of the Nation Address to demand an explanation on reports that the First Deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka-Chilenje and Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya allegedly fleeced government huge sums of money in dubious house allowance claims. The unsuspecting second deputy speaker Chiwaya gave a […]
Deputy speakers for the Malawi parliament have been caught up in dubious housing allowances scandal which the nation is eager to know how fair the country’s law would be perfected in their cases as some commentators have quickly noted that the act of the top law makers is nothing but another cash gate. Deputy speakers for […]