Hot-headed Mzimba North MP Yeremiah Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford) on Wednesday branded Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Bright Msaka as “ignorant” of the laws. This was after Msake proposed a Constitutional Amendment Bill with a multiple choice-modelled proposal for members of Parliament (MPs) to decide whether the winner of the presidential election should be […]
The opposition lawmakers said they rejected a Constitutional Amendment Bill brought by government because there was no need to change the country’s supreme laws to hold the court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections on June 23 after the House had already passed resolutions on the said polling date. Leader of opposition in Parliament Lobin Lowe justified the […]
Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee of Parlaiment Kezzie Msukwa is on Thursday expected to give a report to the House on scruting of the federalism motion put forward by Mzimba North legislator Yeremia Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford). The motion was last year referred to the Legal Affairs Committee for further scrutiny. When he moved […]
Lone Alliance for Democracy (Aford) legislator Yeremiah Chihana has proposed radical changes in the police Act to strip the State President of powers of appointing Malawi Police Services (MPS) Inspector Generals. Chihana says the current set up puts the police chief directly answerable to the executive powers rather than the people of Malawi. “Elsewhere in […]
Lone Alliance for Democracy (Aford) parliamentarian Yeremia Chihana says there is urgent need to establish a presidential council to run the country in the event the Constitutional Court annuls the May 21 election orders a fresh poll. Chihana says the presidential council should comprise of members from all political parties. “There is need for political […]
Social and governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali has warned that the federalism motion put forward by Mzimba North legislator Yeremia Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford) has been rushed to Parliament and is likely not going to succeed. Munthali told Nyasa Times in an interview that the motion which was previously defeated in the same House, when it was brought […]
Mzimba North legislator Yeremiah Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford) on Thursday tabled a motion proposing the introduction of a federal system of government in the country to bring sanity by ending issues of nepotism, tribalism and worsening corruption. Chihana said national resources are not distributed equally , saying he was pleased his private member’s bill is […]
Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to debate the idea of federal system of government, with some arguing this is not a solution to the current political and social ill including regionalism and tribalism. Mzimba North legislator Yeremiah Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford) said he wants tomove a motion proposing the introduction of […]
Mzimba north legislator Yeremiah Chihana has given notice of a private member’s motion for the country to adopt federal system of government. In the notice, Chihana says the federal system of government is in the interest of equitable distribution of resources and developments in Malawi and as a solution to the challenges brought about by […]
Opposition legislator Yeremiah Chihana invented himself as new loose cannon among the current cohort of Parliament during the last sitting and will be the MP to watch in general debate of the 2019/20 budget statement. Chihana, who is the only MP for Alliance for Democracy (Aford), is standing to advance transparency and accountability. He is […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) lone legislator Yeremiah Chihana has bemoaned deepening economic hardship in the country, saying Malawians are being reduced to economic refugees. Outspoken Chihana, who is legislator for Mzimba North, said in parliament that new Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha has “a very big challenge” to manage the country’s […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) lone legislator Yeremiah Chihana has said President Peter Mutharika is an infirm leader being betrayed by the treachery people he has around him, particularly pointing at governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) frontline troops sitting in Parliament. Chihana made this statement in his maiden address in the National Assembly since his election […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) and the tiny National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) have say they have have struck a deal to work together ahead of the May 21 tripartite elections, NARC president Yeremiah Chihana has confirmed. According to the agreement, Chihana said all NARC aspirants will stand on AFORD ticket during the elections. Yeremiah is a […]
The High Court in Blantyre has thrown away an application by businessman-cum-politician Yeremiah Chihana for a judicial review his alleged tax evasion following another ruling dismissing. the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) application to set aside judicial review on Chihana’s arrest MRA, in conjunction with the Malawi Police Service (MPS), arrested Chihana on suspicion that he, […]
The High Court in Blantyre on Thursday adjourned a judicial review of a case where public tax collector Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is accusing property valuer Yeremia Chihana of tax evasion to a date yet to be communicated. “The case has been adjouned to another date to be set by the court,” said lawyer representing […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has failed to stop a judicial review on the decision to arrest the valuer of former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s property, Yeremiah Chihana for tax evasion . Chihana, who is the owner of YMW Property Investment Company, was arrested June 19, 2015 on suspicion of tax evasion offences. On Tuesday, MRA went to court and lodged […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has arrested Yeremiah Chihana, who is the owner of YMW Property Investment Company, on suspicion of tax evasion offences. Chihana, the valuer of former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s property, was arrested on Friday, June 19, 2015. The property evaluator and entrepreneur also owns Vikawu Trust, Steers Auctioneers and Estate […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officials accompanied by armed police officers on Friday raided offices of the government-hired valuer of the estate of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika, and went away with computers and files after a six-hour search, it has been reported. Yeremiah Chihana,, proprietor of YMW Property Investment in Lilongwe, said officials […]