Presidential advisor on National Unity and Parliamentary Affairs, Nick Masewo has challenged that opposition that they will not defeat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Chitipa as the government has done enough in the district since 2014. Speaking during a face to face interview in Chitipa at his home campus, Masewo said Presudent Peter […]
Hardly four months after the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) removed some top office-bearers including the Secretary General and Publicity Secretary, another ‘shake-up’ has taken place. The ‘shake-up’ follows a DPP politburo meeting held on Monday, February 9, 2015, at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. Finance and Economic Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has been appointed DPP […]
District Commissioner for Ileje District, in Tanzania, Rosemary Staki Senyamule has said Ileje and Chitipa Districts can easily attain socioeconomic growth if the two districts engage in joint planning and implementation of development programmes which intend to address similar challenges impinging on the people of the two sides. She made the remarks Wednesday during New […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has hired new line-up of advisors and special aides at State House who include former first lady Callista Mutharika, a widow of his brother late president Bingu wa Mutharika, Nyasa Times understands. The new advisors include Francis Mphepo for political affairs, former minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda and DPP northern region chairman […]
Second Vice President for Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Nick Masebo, has claimed people from the Northern Region district of Chitipa are ready to show their indebtedness to the party by voting Peter Mutharika as president during next year’s elections. Masebo, speaking at a rally Mutharika addressed in the district as part of his […]
Members of Parliament may be given extra time to debate President Dr Joyce Banda’s state of the nation address after the opposition benches complained they were not given enough time to make their contributions. Rising on a point of order member of parliament for Lilongwe Msozi South Dzoole Mwale said time allocated for deliberations was […]
As the battle for top positions in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) National Governing Council (NGC) during the party’s first ever national indaba underway in Blantyre, legislators Patricia Kaliati (Mulanje West) and Nick Masebo (Chitipa North) are going to take their positions unopposed. Former information minister Kaliati and former Presidential Advisor on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) in Malawi are demanding a whooping K2 billion (about US$5,600,000) from Government as fuel allowance arrears dating back to May 2009, threatening they will sabotage government business if their demand is ignored. Each MP’s demand would be close to K10 million. The MPs are currently attending the 44th midterm budget review […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has saluted government for its unshaken determination to hold tripartite elections in 2014. DPP Regional Governor for the North, Nick Aladini Masebo made the commendation Wednesday during a public hearing on wards demarcation organized by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) at Chitipa Boma. MEC held a public hearing to give platform […]
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Prof. Peter Mwanza on Thursday admitted that Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) is ineffective and needs to be revamped in order to meet people’s demands. Prof. Mwanza was responding to a question asked in parliament by Chitipa North parliamentarian, Nick Masebo asking government to look into mechanisms that […]
Dust is failing to settle at Malawi’s Ant-Corruption Bureau (ACB) despite the appointment by government of High Court Judge Rezine Mzikamanda as new director of the anti-graft body. Local print media, quoting unnamed senior government authorities, reported that the Joyce Banda administration appointed Justice Mzikamanda last week to fill the vacant position left by Alexious […]
Members of the Malawi’s Public Appointments Committee of Parliament, (PAC) say the committee does not recognise the vacancy of the director which government authorities and other stakeholders claim exists at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Government authorities fired then ACB director Alex Nampota for allegedly abuse of office a development which did not go down well with […]