Airtel Malawi’s commitment to investing in the country’s education sector is growing from strength to strength as underlined by the brand’s adoption of Masenjere Primary School in Nsanje District. Speaking at the ceremony, Wednesday, in Nsanje, Airtel’s Public Relations and Corporate Manager Edith Tsilizani said the company strives to be actively involved in the education sector […]
Malawi’s First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Esther Mcheka Chilenje, has been appointed ambassador for the Parliamentary Global Forum (PGF). She told Nyasa Times in a telephone interview from Addis Ababba, where the Women in Parliament Global Annual Summit 2015 took place from March 23-26, that she will use her position to “champion issues do with […]
NGO World Vision Malawi has finally rescued people who were hit by hailstorm in Nsanje district. The organization has donated assorted items including maize and beans worth 12 Million Kwacha to 1, 000 households in the area of Chief Mlolo. World Vision Malawi Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Manager Dingiswayo Jere said the donation is aimed at […]
Councillors in Nsanje have accused Members of Parliament in the district for not turning up to important meetings as they feel is compromising the quality of development. Some councillors who confided with the reporter said they are concerned with how the MPs in the district have been responding to invitations for council meetings as well […]
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje has challenge defamation lawsuit filed by her former husband Chief commissioner of Malawi Prison Service (MPS) Kennedy Nkhoma. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, through her lawyer, has however countered Nkhoma informing the court that there are “marriage issues to be sorted out” and prays that the action be […]
First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament Mrs Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma has advocated for quota system for electing women in Parliament as the only key to increase the number of women representation. The deputy speaker was addressing the United Nations Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva Switzerland on Sunday (12 October 2014) where she is the leader of […]
CCAP Blantyre Synod has refused to officiate a wedding of chief commissioner of prisons Kennedy Nkhoma with a new fiancé on accusation that he did not divorce her wife, deputy speaker of parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma. Nkhoma was previously married to Mcheka Chilenje but the high profile marriage did not last due to what […]
Nsanje North Member of Parliament (independent) Esther Mcheka Chilenje on Monday was elected First Deputy Speaker of parliament unopposed, retaining the position she held between 2004 and 2009. Chilenje went unopposed after former ruling People’s Party (PP) nominee Wakuda Kamanga and governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Francis Kasaila withdrew from the race. Kasaila told […]
The newly elected Nsanje North Constituency Member of Parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma has revealed that she will be working with Professor Peter Mutharika’s Government in implementing initiatives which will help address problems her area is facing. She cited construction of dykes along the rivers that flood out which she said will also help address […]
Malawi’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Esther Mcheka Chilenje has resigned following her redeployment from United State to serve at Malawi diplomatic mission in Zimbabwe. Sources at Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Chilenje was told of the transfer from US to Zimbabwe but later tendered her resignation. However, Chilenje claims she has resigned […]
Nsanje North traditional leaders and other constituents have written President Joyce Banda demanding her to withdraw the area’s former Member of Parliament, Esther Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma, from a diplomatic mission in the United States of America (USA). President Joyce Banda appointed Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma last year as Malawi’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations […]
Malawi will for the next three years, starting this month, serve on the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) following its election to the Board late last year. Making the announcement in New York on Wednesday, Malawi’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mrs. […]
A New York based organization, AFYA Foundation, has pledged to support President Mrs. Joyce Banda’s initiatives towards improving maternal health in Malawi. The founder of AFYA Foundation, Danielle Butin made the pledge on Friday when she handed over a container full of assorted medical equipment and supplies to Malawi’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United […]
Preparations are almost through for the United Nations 67th General Assembly in New York, USA with most of advance delegates arriving for the world’s biggest annual summit. Malawian President Joyce Banda and her entourage who left Saturday afternoon are expected to arrive in New York on Monday, September 17, ahead of the expected official opening […]