Sylvester Namiwa, executive director of the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has claimed that First Lady Gertrude Mutharika is behind the deteriorating relationship between President Peter Mutharika and his deputy, Vice-President Jane Ansah. Namiwa said he was not afraid of being intimidated over the claim, declaring that whether the Democratic Progressive Party […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called on the government to reverse its decision to raise tuition fees at public universities, warning that the increase risks pushing needy students out of higher education by adding to the burden of already-struggling costs such as accommodation and upkeep. Addressing a live-streamed press conference […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has petitioned the Malawi Parliament, calling for an urgent review of the country’s laws governing the status of refugees and asylum seekers to ensure some of the fugitives are integrated into the society. The human rights watchdog argues that some of the refugees and asylum seekers […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has challenged native small and medium business operators to step up their operations to save the economy from an imminent collapse as refugees and asylum seekers relocate to Dzaleka Refugee Camp. The human rights watchdog has also asked the Malawi Government to consider integrating some of […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has taken a swipe at some organizations and social commentators who have launched attacks on the members of the Parliamentary Public Affairs Committee (PAC) for rejecting the appointment of Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as the new Director General (DG) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). CDEDI executive director […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded that President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi should be held personally liable for the legal costs in the case in which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje were challenging rescission of […]
“… alleged misleading of President Chakwera on the K9.4bn swimming pool project” The Center for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded immediate dismissal of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama, for allegedly misleading President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on the MK9.4 billion world class swimming pool project. The government intends to construct […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has alleged that the dramatic increase in prices for edible cooking oil is a result of collusion among the producers in the country. But the Edible Cooking Oil Association of Malawi (ECOAM) has dismissed the allegation, further challenging the Authority to provide evidence for its claim. A senior official at […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says all is set for peaceful demonstrations against punitive taxes, levies, interest rates, exorbitant mobile phone tariffs and theft of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds. CDEDI has mobilized Malawians to take to the streets tomorrow following the decision by the Tonse government not to remove value added […]
Malawi’s cities and major towns are expected to host a new wave of nationwide protests next Wednesday, April 21, 2021, as the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) takes to the streets to protest against ‘government’s punitive taxes, high levies and interest rates on loans and essential services and commodities’. CDEDI executive director Sylvester […]
Smallholder farmers from Dowa and Mchinji have expressed disappointment with the delay by the Tonse Alliance-led government to start championing pro-poor policies. Speaking at a press briefing in Lilongwe this morning, the concerned farmers pleaded with the government to remove value added tax (VAT) on cooking oil to save local cooking oil producers from closing […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) in collaboration with the Concerned Landless People in Thyolo and Mulanje have given the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development up to March 23, 2021, to distribute idle land to the landless people in the two districts. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa has written Msukwa, […]
Malawi Police in Thyolo on Friday detained for 20 minutes the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) executive director, Sylvester Namiwa, just as the activist was about to address landless people at Khonjeni in Thyolo. Namiwa was, however, released unconditionally after being interrogated over his involvement in the land issues concerning the people […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) and the Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators led a peaceful demonstration against the Tonse Alliance government in Blantyre on Tuesday with dozens of protestors giving the leadership a demand for an immediate reduction on fuel prices in light of Covid-19 lockdown measures and governance queries. Cdedi and […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators have filed a fresh application for permission to the Blantyre City Council to hold peaceful demonstration on January 13 2021. Cdedi and the business operators had initially planned to hold the protests on January 8 2021. But according to CDEDI […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written the Attorney General (AG), Dr Chikosa Silungwe, expressing its shock with the way the State apparatus is handling suspects believed to have committed multiple offences during the immediate former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. While congratulating the government chief legal advisor for demonstrating […]
A civil rights group Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has called for a probe into the sale of a presidential jet by the Joyce Banda administration in 2013. Cdedi says the Lazarus Chakwera government must probe the matter despite the fact that Banda is part of the Tonse alliance led government. Acting executive […]
Former State House press officer and Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) executive director, Sylvester Namiwa, claims he is receiving death threats for being critical to government on governance and human rights issues. Namiwa told Nyasa Times in an interview that he is currently living in fear after receiving the threats through phone calls and […]