Member of Parliament (MP) for Chitipa South Werani Chilenga told Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi in Parliament that he is getting plagued by “please call me” SMS service from Airtel Malawi. Chilenga told the Minister that he is irritated by the ‘please call me messages’ generated by Airtel due to network failure when […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has been given a four day ultimatum to repair the broken sewer lines in Lilongwe’s Area 18 residential estate. The residents in Area 18 and Malawians at large are drinking dirty water infested with face all matter, according to published reports. MHC has been warned to face unspecified drastic action by […]
Officials from Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining were sent back by Parliament committee, saying they should appear with their Principal Secretary (PS). Werani Chilenga, the chairperson of the Parliament’s Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee told the officials that they could not discuss the issues with them as they wanted the PS as […]
Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change chairperson Werani Chilenga has said the decision by government to to proceed with oil and gas exploration in Lake Malawi amid resistance from environmentalists is worrying, saying there should be a petroleum policy and a revised Petroleum Act. Chilenga and his committee on Tuesday met officials of the Ministry […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka Wednesday told parliament that Kayerekera uranium mine which stopped its operations in 2015, will resume its operations in a month’s time. Msaka was responding to a supplementary question by Chitipa South Parliamentarian Werani Chilenga who wanted to know the status of Kayerekera uranium mine situated in […]
Opposition members of parliament on Tuesday took the government to task for paying US$48000 airport lift for Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, a lift which never came. This was brought to the House by Chitipa South MP Welani Chilenga. He said the government has been paying for the new lift since 2014 up to last […]
Member of Parliament who had a rare night shift on Wednesday to pass the Access to Information Bill will work extra time on Friday for full day instead of its usual half day. The Business Committee of Parliament agreed on Thursday that the House should meet Friday from morning to afternoon, according to the announcement […]
Members of the Parliamentary Committee of Natural Resources have blamed the scary rate of deforestation on flaws in the Forestry Act and have challenged Government to have the Act amended in the current Parliament sitting. The assertion was made by the Parliamentary Committee’s Chairperson and MP for Chitipa South constituency, Welani Chilenga, at the end […]
Opposition legislators on Wednesday accused the government of punishing ordinary Malawians by introducing a fee on customary land. Chairman of Natural Resources Committee Welani Chilenga withdrew all amendments he wanted to make to the Customary Land bill in protest against the government decision to refuse to remove the fee. “This is very bizarre, how can […]
Members of parliamnt on Wednesday morning got back to serious business when they passed bills in harmony, in sharp contrast to the previous day when the opposition walked out of the House and senior politicians wanted to fight. Parliament on Wednesday passed two Land bills in a very peaceful atmosphere and for the first time […]