Whatever the truth is about the apparition that was captured on camera in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday; both Malawi government spokespersons Hetherwick Ntaba and Patricia Kaliati are either in the dark or giving us baloney. Further, Kaliati was willing to swear on her cabinet post that President Bingu wa Mutharika was here in Malawi on […]
Airtel Malawi on Wednesday launched a mobile money service called “Airtel Money Transfer”, a mobile money platform that provides Malawians an opportunity to pay for utilities, top up their airtime and money transfer service. The service started as a pilot in a few districts of the country and will be rolled out nationwide. Airtel Malawi […]
In a show of political cowardice Malawi’s ruling DPP top brass have avoided a question on whether it is ready to fire the 41-plus MPs who are linked to the pressure group Hope Alliance. Commentators have said it would be suicidal for the party to fire any on the 41 members of the Hope Alliance […]
Malawi’s Minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati has challenged President Bingu wa Mutharika’s first Attorney General Ralph Kasambara, now government’s fierse critic, that he has erred by suing her personally since her actions are on behalf of government as its spokesperson. Lawyer-cum-politician Kasambara is demanding K60 million from the minister over her remarks […]
The Weekend Times, a sensational tabloid that hits the streets every Friday, carried the ‘Action Girl’ section on what is popularly known as ‘Page 8’, again, despite Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati’s recent condemnation of the “women-demeaning page”. When she officially launched the Malawi Child Protection and Gender Media Network which was […]
Malawi’s outspoken and foul-mouthed Minister of Information and Government Spokesperson Patricia Kaliati will not be paying K60 million as demanded by caged presidential critic Ralph Kasambara for defaming because she denies the accusations and that she is also facing bankruptcy proceedings after failing to settle a K300, 000 debt. Kasambara’s lawyer, Wapona Kita, has written […]
Respectable politician and former justice minister, Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) on Tuesday cautioned Minister of Justice, Ephraim Chiume, for making “serious allegations” in parliament against critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Ralph Kasambara. Chiume, making a statement in Parliament, alleged that Kasambara applied Nali chilli on the private parts of a gang of three men. […]
Malawi Information Minister Patricia Kaliati is politting war with sensational tabloid, Weekend Times, with its Page 8 ‘Action Girl’ that depicts ‘sexualised images’ similar to ‘Page 3′ of The Sun in the UK. Kaliati, speaking at the launch of the Malawi Child Protection and Gender Media Network, is reported to have condemned the Weekend Times Page 8 […]
Something strange is happening in Malawi at the moment. Ralph Kasambara, a prominent lawyer and former attorney general, has been arrested and kept at the country’s maximum and notorious prison. Several judges have granted him bail but the police are refusing to release him. At the time of writing this opinion, Mr Kasambara is being […]
Malawi’s detained former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara has instructed his lawyer Wapona Kita to commence legal challenge against garrulous government spokesperson, Patricia Kaliati, over claims that he was arrested for homo-sexually assaulting a gang of alleged government-sponsored thugs sent to petrol bomb his offices in Blantyre. Kaliati, who is Minister of Information and Civic Education, […]
An outspoken opponent of Malawi’s president who once served as his attorney general, Ralph Kasambara, has been whisked to the notorious Zomba Maximum Prison despite being granted bail on Tuesday. According to prison authorities at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre where the lawyer was being held until Thursday afternoon, instructions to move Kasambara to Zomba were […]
The Human Rights Defenders (Malawi Chapter) has asked the Malawi Human Rights Commission to independently investigate the role of Information Minister Patricia Kaliati played in relation to both the attack and eventual arrest of prominent lawyer and activist Ralph Kasambala. The garrulous Minister is on record to have stated that the arrest of Kasambala centers […]
Malawi government spokesperson Patricia Kaliati claimed on Monday evening that Police arrested lawyer Ralph Kasambara because he was trying to sexually abuse some rough necks which he and his accomplices later assaulted. But her claims have been rubbished as propaganda. Commenting on why the former Attorney General was picked by police, outspoken Kaliati who is […]
Information Minister, Patricia Kaliati, speaking in Thyolo at a ruling DPP political rally is reported to have called on government authorities to award business contracts only to ruling party officials and to deny the same to those who support opposition parties. “These officials worked hard to have the party win the 2009 elections so this […]
A strong call has gone out to Malawi’s Information Minister Patricia Kaliati to mend existing strained relations between Mutharika’s administration and journalists which has forced private media to shun covering presidential and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) functions. Malawian journalists from private median organizations started boycotting attending presidential functions especially press conferences last year […]
The Capital Radio’s Sunday Round-Table Discussion was all fireworks when the opposition People’s Party (PP), and the United Democratic Front (UDF) took to task Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati, to explain what were the benefits that would accrue to Malawi if the country hosted the African Union (AU) Summit in July this year. […]
Malawi government spokesperson Patricia Kaliati has dimissed calls by Vice President Joyce Banda asking President Bingu wa Muthatika to tell African Union (AU) that the country cannot host the summit scheduled for June due to economic turmoil. Kaliati,who is Minister of Information and Civic Education, said the call by the Vice President was inappropriate, saying […]
There is peace once again at PAK Foundation School in Mulanje district after students angrily held demonstrations against the owner who also happens to be Malawi’s Minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati. The students marched from their school at Chonde Trading Centre in the district to the minister’s residence at Nkando Trading Centre, […]