In 1967, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) government formed the Malawi Young Pioneer (MYP) by an Act of Parliament. If you don’t know your history, you may think MYP was a government entity because it was formed by an Act of Parliament and survived on the very tax paying innocent souls they tortured, raped and killed. […]
Malawi Police has forcibly evicted ex-Malawi Young Pioneers (MYPs) who had been camping at a war memorial pillar in the Capital City’s Area 18 to force the government pay them K1.6 billion pension arrears. Leader of the group Franco Chirembo confirmed armed police chased them away from the place they have been camping for a […]
Former Malawi Young Pioneers(MYP) paramilitary wing operatives have aborted plans to hold vigil at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe to force government pay them pension arrears. The MYP operatives’ leader Franco Chilemba said the decision was arrived at after meeting the Accountant General Clayton Chimombo and his team who have assured them […]
Former fighters of the then paramilitary wing of the Malawi Congress Party, the Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) have given government 20 days to pay up their dues or they will hold a vigil at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe. The ex-MYP operatives are currently holding a vigil at the war remembrance pillar […]
Ex-Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) operatives on Wednesday clocked one year as they hold their vigil at War Memorial Tower near Capital Hill in Lilongwe to press for their dues. The former paramilitary wing of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) combatants are camping at the tower where the statute of their firmer commander Hastings Kamuzu Banda […]
Government has decided to make a final head count of all former Malawi Congress Party paramilitary wing, the Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) before a final cheque is released. Leader of the disbanded MYP operatives, Franco Chilemba confirmed the head count would start on April 30 in Chitipa. “The government has even included some members of our committee to accompany […]
In all fairness, as of the year 2003, I do not think A. Peter Mutharika, as he preferred to refer to himself, imagined he would be President of Malawi. Never mind the fact that dreams tend to be nebulous and often without limits, I am pretty sure this wasn’t amongst his dreams. He probably imagined […]
Former Vice President and incumbent Mzimba South West legislator Khumbo Kachali (People’s Party-PP) has said Minister of Information and Technology Nicholas Dausi is among people who served under the notorious Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP), a paramilitary wing of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) during the one party state and should know better how vital it would […]
Minister of Information and Technology Nicholas Dausi is among the list of people who have been paid compensation for atrocities to the people of Malawi when they served under the notorious Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP), a paramilitary wing of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) during the one party state. The Ministry of Finance and Economic […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe said Treasury is making efforts to start processing payments of former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYPs) as they are finalising the verification exercise to make sure that money is given to the right beneficiaries. Gondwe assured Parliament in Lilongwe on Tuesday that disbanded ex-MYPs will soon […]
I was deeply touched by an account of an ex-Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) female member who claimed she was raped by seven men during a Malawi Army operation codenamed Operation Bwezani on December 3 1993 as she fled from her home in a remote northern part of the country. Operation Bwezani was a military assignment […]
Veteran human rights activist Undule Mwakasungula has suggested that former members of the disbanded Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) should demand payment of compensation from opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) which commandeered the para-military wing when it was in power. Government, in late 2012 conceded to the ex-MYPs demands of pension, compensation and other payments after over 4 000 […]
Former members of the Malawi Young Pioneer (MYP) on Monday staged a demonstration in Lilongwe to persuade government to pay them the terminal benefits after the disbandment of the para-military group in 1994. The government owes the 2 765 ex-MYPs about K1.6 billion following the disbandment of the group. Chairperson of the ex-MYP members Franco […]
Secretary to Treasury Ben Botolo has dismissed the scheduled protest match on Monday by former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) combatants, saying real MYPs were disciplined and could not organize protest matches. Renowned civil rights activist Billy Mayaya has organized the match in the Capital City to force the government expedite the payment of K1.6 billion […]
Government has ruled out making payments to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) defunct paramilitary wing militants without a parade and head count, fearing ghost claimants have infiltrated the ex-Malawi Young Pioneers. The former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) militants are pressing for K1.6 billion in compensation after Malawi Army soldiers forcebly disarmed them in the infamous Operation […]
Ex-Minister of Information who now heads a political movement known as Transformation Alliance (TA) Moses Kunkuyu has asked the Peter Mutharika led administration to pay Ex-members of the Malawi Young Pioneer (MYP) their terminal benefits. The MYP’s were a paramilitary wing of the first ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) whose President was the late Ngwazi […]
Ex-members of a disbanded paramilitary wing, the Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) on Monday camped outside Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe where they spent a night on bon fire and threatened that to “occupy” State House, claiming government owes them terminal benefits. The former ex-military wing soldiers are demanding K1.6 million as their […]
Former paramilitary wing, the Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) members have cancelled a scheduled vigil at the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) from Wednesday. Grey Chisale, National Coordinator for the ex MYP members said on Tuesday the cancellation of the vigil follows a succesful meeting the members had with secretary to OPC Lloyd Muhara […]