Students at PAK Foundation owned by Information minister and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati on Tuesday marched from the school at Chonde in Mulanje to the minister’s residence at Nkando Trading Centre demanding back their school fees because the school had failed them in all aspects. The irate students clad in red marched over a distance […]
Former President Bakili Muluzi did not play any role in restoring relations between Malawi and Zambia, Malawi’s Information Minister Patricia Kaliati has said. Recently, Muluzi flew to Zambia to persuade President Michael Sata to forgive President Bingu Mutharika who have been regarded as archrivals over the last four years since the unceremonious hounding out of […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday afternoon summoned Minister of Information, Principal Secretary and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board to Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The minister Patricia Kaliati, the PS James Kalirangwe and Macra board chairperson Ted Nandolo were some of the top officials that appeared before Mutharika. Kalirangwe and Kaliati had to travel […]
The Malawi Communications regulatory Authority (Macra) board is divided over the purchase and implementation of the Consolidated ICT regulatory management systems (Cirms) machine otherwise known as the ‘spy machine’. Some board members have started distancing themselves from the irregularities connected to the purchase of the machine and have since confessed to the minister of information […]
Zambia’s Informantion, Broadcasting and Tourism Minister Given Lubinda has advised his Malawian counterpart Patricia Kaliatu not to be mischievous over PresidentMichael Sata’s decision to forgive President Bingu Wa Mutharika over his decision to deport Sata in 2007. According to Times of Zambia, Lubinda was reacting to Kaliati’s statement that the Malawian government had not yet received official communication from the […]
Malawi government has cried foul over what it sees as double standards and unfair treatment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the ICC reported Malawi to United Nations (UN) for Malawi government’s failure to arrest the ICC wanted man, Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashr last October when he attended Common Market for Eastern and Southern […]
Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati has threatened that the Mutharika administration can withdraw from the International Criminal Court Treaty after a dispute over its alleged failure to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred Malawi to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Bashir. Kaliati, who is government spokesperson, […]
The organiser of the planned vigil against Members of Parliament, planned for Monday, 5th December, 2011 to Friday 9th December, 2010, expressing dissatisfaction against the increase of salaries for the Members of Palriament , did not follow procedures laid down in the laws of Malawi, Nyasa Times understands. Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Chimunthu […]
Malawi government has accused UDF campaign director Davis Katsonga for provoking remarks over his article posted on Nyasa Times in which he called President Bingu wa Mutharika a “pussy cat”. In his column titled ‘Quo Vadis Malawi press freedom?’, Katsonga a former minister in Mutharika administration was making his comments which criticised government ‘s treatment […]
Malawi Minister of Information is blackmailing telecommunication operators to accept the installation on the dubbed ‘spy machine’, the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (CIRMS) or risk to have their licences revoked by government. Operators including Airtel Malawi Limited, Telecom Networks of Malawi (TNM), Access Communications Limited (ACL) and Malawi Telecommunication Limited (MTL) against the installation […]
Blantyre Rural East MP Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) quarried government why it had to pay US$6.9 million for the ‘spy machine’ (Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System -CIRMS) when the same machine costs other countries like Gabon only US$2 million. Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) had to pay US$6.9 million to a US firm Agilis International when they were […]
People in Mulanje West Constituency are bitter with their Member of Parliament Patricia Kaliati because she is buying government subsidized fertilizer to herself at the expense of the poor people. Malawi Broadcasting Corporation announced over the weekend that Kaliati was visiting Admarc markets in her constituency to stop corruption that was going on there in […]
Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati has lambasted Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), for advocating for impeaching President Bingu wa Mutharika, saying they (NGOs) have run out of ideas. Kaliati was reacting to a story carried out by a local newspaper in which the NGOs were demanding the removal of the Head of State […]
Cracks have emerged in President Bingu wa Mutharika’s cabinet over recent fuel price hike which threatens to weaken the governing DPP, Nyasa Times can exclusively reveal. Government on Tuesday hiked the price of petrol from K290 per litre to K380, diesel jumped by 38 percent at K360 per litre, citing escalating cost of importing and […]
NYASA TIMES SPECIAL EDITORIAL COMMENT: “When the messenger arrives and says ‘Don’t shoot the messenger,’ it’s a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case,” said Howard Tayler, the creator of Schlock Mercenary Webcomic. Mrs Patricia Kaliati recently re-appointed as Minister of Information and Civic Education, a more fitting name for […]
Malawi government says it will not explain to the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) why it failed to arrest Sudanese President and genocide suspect Omar al-Bashir during a recent visit. The war crimes court issued a decision requesting Malawi to submit before 11 November ‘any observations’ over its alleged failure to comply with the arrest […]
The Magic word! “…Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder…The feeling of the nation […]
Malawi government says it is not moved by the 11 November ultimatum given by the International Criminal Court for the Mutharika administration to explain why it failed to arrest indicted Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during his recent visit. The Hague-based court issued an international arrest warrant for Bashir on charges of genocide and war crimes […]