Lady luck smiled yet again at pupils and teachers from Chitipi LEA School in Lilongwe last week as Rotary Club of Lilongwe (RCL) handed over another newly built classroom and headmaster’s office at the school- courtesy of funding from the Rotary Club of Northampton Becket of the United Kingdom. The development comes barely two months […]
Deloitte Partner Chris Kapenda is the new president for Rotary Club of Lilongwe (RCL), having taken over the mantle from Ambassador Sophie Asimenye Kalinde, whose year-long term expired on Tuesday, June 30, 2014. The official induction ceremony for the new Rotary president took place last week at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe, where Guest Speaker Anti-Corruption […]
Members from Rotary Club of Lilongwe on Tuesday afternoon took time off their busy schedules to take part in a tree planting exercise along the new tarmac road connecting Mchinji and Paul Kagame roads’ roundabouts. The exercise, according to president of the club Sophie Kalinde is part of an environmental project the organization has been running for the […]
A delegation of the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) Commissioners and secretariat staff presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs a detailed report on the 2014 tripartite elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, and indicated the polls were not “credible”. Chairperson of MHRC, Sophie Kalinde stated that commission monitored all […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has dismissed the report by the taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on controversial May 20 Tripartite Elections which has questioned the legitimacy of President Peter Mutharika. The report launched on Thursday in Lilongwe said the elections that ushered Mutharika to power was lacking fairness, transparency and credibility. Commissioner […]
One of the world’s largest charities- the Rotary Club of Northampton Becket has donated learning materials worth about K5 million to the Rotary Club of Lilongwe for distribution amongst needy students in Lilongwe. The equipment, which includes pencils, ball point pens, note books, rulers and other learning materials was handed over to the Rotary Club […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) will discuss the Trafficking in Persons Bill, according to Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security Principal Secretary Beston Chisamile. Chisamile said in Lilongwe Tuesday night at an interface meeting organized by Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) with parlimantary committes on Defense and Security, Legal Affairs and Social andCommunity Affairs. “There have been […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has criticised a Magistrate’s ”unduly lenient” sentence of a Balata based man Richard Mandala Chisale after being found guilty of two charges of abduction and defilement. The Zomba Resident Magistrate Court convicted Mandala and slapped him with a 42 and 36 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) sentence. Mandala Chisale […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has criticised President Peter Mutharika dismissing innocent public servants for no crime other than the fact that they served in his predecessor’s government which raise serious human rights implications and threatens the integrity of the public service. The taxpayer-funded Commission said in a media statement signed by its chairperson Sophie […]
The country’s rights watchdog, Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRC) has implored the state president Joyce Banda to demonstrate “visible and decisive leadership” in dealing with critical issues of national interest that have demonstrated a breakdown of transparency and accountability mechanisms “of a serious magnitude” in Malawi. In statement on the alleged misappropriation of public resources […]
The state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has released an annual human rights report for the country cataloging rights abuses including faulting the government on the suppression of the media and the involvement of ruling party officials in the distribution of humanitarian food. MHRC chairperson Sophie Kalinde launched the report in Lilongwe together with commissioners […]
The state-funded Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRC) has told government and the country’s police service not to make any attempts to stop the January 17 demonstrations and said instead state agents should ensure that there is enough security during the demonstrations to avoid a repeat of July 20, 2011. Twenty people lost their lives and property […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is supposedly, an independent institution established under Chapter XI of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, mandated to promote and protect human rights in the broadest sense possible, and to investigate violations of human rights on its own volition or upon complaints received from any person, class of persons or body. […]
The only woman among the new commissioners for the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Sophie Kalinde , has accepted her election as chairperson of the body. President Joyce Banda has appointed new members Benedicto Kondowe, Rodgers Newa, Dalitso Kubalasa, Steven Mkoka, the Reverend Dr. Zacc Kawalala and Marshal Chilenga effective July 5 2012. Law […]
By Dennis Chirwa, Nyasa Times Preliminary findings by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) have revealed that Malawi Police Service used live bullets on a largely peaceful July 20 demonstrations when 19 people were killed and many more suffered severe injuries. Malawians were protesting against the rising cost of fuel, increasing political repression and deteriorating […]