Outspoken executive director of Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) John Kapito differed has said the economic woes in the past year was squarely blamed on a “lost leadership.” He described 2014 as a very difficult year for consumers. “The year 2014 is one year consumers would like to forget quickly. The kwacha depreciated hugely, causing […]
Vocal human rights campaigners the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has questioned President Peter Mutharika’s sincerity over the recent suspension of his salary hike and that of his deputy pending the time the economy is on track, describing the action as a mere political tool to woe public sympathy in view of the […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has described the recent government’s move to hike President, Vice President, and Cabinet and MPs salaries as insensitive in view of the prevailing political and economic crisis. CHRR executive director Timothy Mtambo indicated that the recent salary increments by the cabinet and parliamentarians are an insult and mockery […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a former junior civil servant to nine years in jail with hard labour for his part in the “cashgate” corruption scandal and urged law enforcing agencies to cast the net wider to catch more culprits in the affair. Accounts assistant […]
Two of Malawi’s leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have faulted Malawi’s government’s approach of using chiefs to challenge federalism calls by some quarters, citing that such an approach has only managed to sow seeds of suspicion in the public about the government. […]
Malawi-renowned gay rights campaigner, Gift Trapence has spoken against all prejudice, discrimination and hate crime on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex (LGBTI) people. Trapence writing jointly with rights campaigner Timothy Mtambo writing in their ‘Sexual Minority’ column in the Weekend Nation newspaper, urged for fair and open society. They were reacting to a communique signed by Catholic bishops from East and […]
The leading human rights governance Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has commended Malawi Government for availing themselves during this year’s United Nations Human Rights committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Malawi Government responded to some human rights concerns raised by the UN. Some of the issues were discussed include rights of prisoners, Rastafarians, the […]
The United Nations Human Rights Commitee is demanding an explanation from Malawi government on progress of criminal proceedings on the death of University of Malawi (Unima) students Fanikiso Phiri and Robert Chasowa. Phiri, who was a third-year Bachelor of Education student at Chancellor College in Zomba, was allegedly shot by a police officer during a […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have renewed their call for a 50+1 electoral system to replace the existing first-past-post which according to the rights groups has tended to legitimize “democratically illegitimate” leadership to the high office of the Presidency. The call was made at a news […]
A governance body Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has criticised the “flawed” re-election of President Peter Mutharika, saying the result was tainted by “substantial electoral irregularities”. Mutharika, 74, the younger brother of president Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office in 2012, was sworn in on Saturday as the new president of Malawi […]
One of Malawi’s leading human rights non-governmental organisation Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has hailed Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) recent decision to conduct a manual recount of ballot papers in last week’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections. The watchdog said the decision is justified considering the prevailing serious irregularities that have marred the […]
One of Malawi’s leading human rights and governance non-governmental organisation Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has appointed Timothy Mtambo as its Executive Director replacing Undule Mwakasungula who retired from the position last year. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the appointment of Mtambo as CHRR Executive Director is with effect to […]
Some Civil Society Organisations leaders in Malawi have hit back at their critics who have of late accused them of being passive in taking government to task, arguing that the blame should be extended to the citizenry who have often played the role of a spectator in the face of cashgate saga and other pressing […]
Just a few months after President Joyce Banda’s failure to sign the to sign the Table Mountain Declaration media accord, two leading Civil Society Organisations in the area of human rights, rule of law and democratic governance have come out strongly against the government for its continued inaction to endorse the document, urging it to ‘follow the footsteps’ […]