It never rain but pours for Peter Mutharika led-government amid the controversial University of Malawi (UNIMA) fee hike as 10 civil society organisations have organized nationwide protests as a desperate attempt to force President Peter Mutharika as UNIMA Chancellor to veto decisions that have culminated into the current stalemate. The protests will be held on […]
President Peter Mutharika has granted an audience to University of Malawi Students Union (UMSU) slated for Thursday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe after the students delivered a letter seeking for an appointment. The students delivered the letter to the Principal Administrator of OPC, Clement Phiri in Lilongwe on Monday requesting to meet President Mutharikawho is […]
Opposition political parties over the weekend faulted the government for the increased public university fees and continued decline of the economy. Peoples Party acting president Uladi Mussa described the Peter Mutharika administration as insensitive, for increasing the fees in the harsh economic times. “They need to suspend the increase in the University of Malawi fees, […]
“No to fee increase!” Students from College of Medicine, constituent college of University of Malawi (Unima), have joined other Unima constituent colleges that have publicly protested proposed fee increase, saying they will boycott classes when the school opens next month. The medicine students have called the increase in student fees from K400 000 to K […]
President Peter Mutharika has met University of Malawi council and Education ministry officials to discuss the fees hike impasse that has led to the indefinite closure of Chancellor College and a wave of protests in other colleges. Presidential press officer Mgeme Kalilani said Mutharika et all stakeholders in the issue in a bid to end […]
President Peter Mutharika has againt been called to intervene in the University of Malawi (Unima) fees hike impasse by Mzuzu University (Mzuni) students who are arguing that his silence will worsen the already volatile situation. Unima students at three of its four constituent colleges—the Polytechnic, Chancellor College and Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN)—are protesting fees […]
President Peter Mutharika is expected to meet some rioting students from the University of Malawi when he will be presiding over the awarding of degrees to those who have completed their education in the 2014/15 academic season. The University of Malawi registry says the ceremony will take on Wednesday, August 10 at Chancellor College, the […]
Former Minister of Information, Moses Kunkuyu has asked President Peter Mutharika to avoid burying his head in the sand but act swiftly on the controversial fees hike currently rocking the University of Malawi (Unima) to prevent a replica of the ugly scenes of the academic freedom saga where his unwarranted silence as Education Minister in […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Dr. Jessie Kabwira has said President Peter Mutharika must stop pussyfooting around and provide a lasting solution to differences that have erupted between University of Malawi (Unima) Council and students over fees hike. University students have been holding demonstrations protesting against the fee hike. In the new […]
Students at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) – a constituent of the Univerfsity of Malawi – on Wednesday took time off from their year end examinations to hold peaceful protests, calling on President Peter Mutharika to break his silence on the fee hike impasse. The Wednesday protests in both Lilongwe and Blantyre campuses were in […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera has put his weight behind the University of Malawi students who are demanding the slashing of college fees. Chakwera said at a news conference that the government should listen and reduce the tuition fees. “There is still room for discussions. I have met the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has freed on bail 11 students from Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) who were arrested for holding protests over the fees hike in the University of Malawi (Unima). The students are demanding that the raise of the fees should be reasonable, suggesting that those who pay K55 000 should not have their […]
Atleast 24 students from Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), have come forward seeking compensation, claimed they were assaulted and brutalised by the police in Zomba during the anti university fee hike violent protests. Chancellor College Students Union president Ayuba James confirmed that the 24 are willing to prove that […]
Officials from Malawi Law Society (MLS) have told Chancellor College Students Union leadership to submit names of police brutality victims during the violent protests. This follows an online video clip that shows some an unarmed girls being slapped and harassed by police officers. “Chancellor College Students Union has received an urgent call from the Malawi […]
Students of Kamuzu College of Nursing in Lilongwe have blocked the way to Kamuzu Central Hospital, they are chanting and yelling at motorists to find another route. This means doctors, management and staff are not able to go through the hospital gates by vehicles. It was not immediately known why they have come out of […]
Umodzi Party president John Chisi said the genesis of the problems at Chancellor College -which was closed Tuesday evening due to students’ protests over fees hike -is President Peter Mutharika’s decision to be silent on the matter. Chisi echoed what Civil Society Education Coalition (Csec) and a youth non-governmental organisation, Youth and Society (Yas), have […]
University of Malawi (Unima) officials say they are assessing the damage at Chancellor College in Zomba following the violent protests over fee hike before a decision on its opening is made. Unima spokesperson Peter Mitunda said the damage is extensive therefore there was need to take stock. “The decision on whether the students should come […]
What is happening is a paradox. Those of us who benefited from university education that was almost free are at the forefront arguing that the fees in the university are too little, that students must pay more. Then I look at myself. Without the assistance I got from the government, I wouldn’t be here today […]