Mzuzu-based human rights and governance watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS), has officially penned business tycoon Thomson Mpinganjira demanding his immediate resignation as Board Chairperson of State owned power distributor Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), following the charges levelled against him by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). ACB slapped Mpinganjira with three counts in a case […]
The YouthDecide Campaign, a grouping of young people who prior to the 2019 tripartite elections advocated that youths get elected into positions of power, has joined voices that are welcoming the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for nullifying last year’s presidential election, saying the ruling is “a progressive expansion of the jurisprudence on laws on credible elections.” […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment, has called for the resignation of business mogul Thomson Mpinganjra as board chairperson of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). The call comes just a day after Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) effected his arrest on his suspected involvement in the alleged […]
The Youth and Society (YAS) has called on state authorities to allow Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) access Nsundwe suspects who are in custody saying failing to do so is an act of intimidation. On Thursday morning, MHRC commissioner Rosemary Kanyuka told the media in Lilongwe that the commission has been denied access to the […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a local youthful organization has demanded the inclusion of 10 percent business quota and reserve a minimum of 10 percent of all its businesses for young entrepreneurs in the 2019-2020 national budget. In an interview with Nyasa Times, YAS Executive Director Charles Kajoloweka said the demands are driven from the national […]
A youth rights activist organization has reported the ministry of Youth, Sports, Labour and Manpower Development to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over missing K30 million. Mzuzu-based Youth and Society officials say ministry officials allegedly abused the money in the name of meetings for the construction of a youth centre in the northern region city but they […]
Youth and Society (YAS) has called on the United State of America (USA) and all bilateral partners in Malawi including but not limited to the European Union (EU), Britain, Norway, and Irish government to join in imposing travel bans to all “politically-connected thieves”. The call comes after the United States of America (USA) has banned […]
After Attorney General Kelekeni Kaphale demanded K15 million from Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka as costs for a case in which the latter sued President Peter Mutharika to fire his then Cabinet minister George Chaponda in connection with a controversial maize import deal in 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered […]
A youth body has launched a blistering attack on President Peter Mutharika for hiring a 24-member cabinet excluding the youth. Charles Kajoloweka of Youth Decide said all the 24 members of the cabinet are above 35-years-old. “We are very disappointed with the cabinet. In this era, we expected a cabinet with youth representation. After all, […]
Malawi youth and rights activist Charles Kajoloweka has confirmed his appointment as United Nations (UN) Youth Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 16. SDG 16 advances in promoting the rule of law and access to justice. However, progress is being made in regulations to promote public access to information, albeit slowly, and in strengthening […]
National Youth Manifesto has called for the need to stop selling land to foreigners under any circumstance by 2020. The National Youth Manifesto is being championed by Mzuzu-based non-governmental organisation, Youth and Society (YAS), which launched a national youth campaign, YouthDecide 2019, to mobilise and deepen youth voice and action in setting and advancing a […]
Government is demanding K15 million from Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajaloweka after the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal ordered him to personally bear all costs incurred during the case in which it reversed a High Court order that sought to compel President Peter Mutharika to fire his then Cabinet minister George […]
Youth and Society (YAS) has asked the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports, and Manpower Development—specifically principal secretary Joseph Mwandidya—to explain how he, as a controlling officer, and several other officials managed to swindle public money in allowances for meetings that never happened over the Mzuzu Youth Centre Project amounting to MK30 818 487. YAS wrote […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO), has taken to task Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika and 11 other officials over the flouting of the law prohibiting employees of a procuring and disposing public entity from bidding for its auctioned assets. Namalika and other officials bought cars from their ministry in a […]
Leaders of Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have expressed their delight at being jointly named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Nyasa Times. Malawi flagship online news platform ‘person of the year’ recognizes “the person or group of people who most influenced the […]
Youth and Society (YAS), a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have been jointly named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Nyasa Times. Nyasa Times sought nomination from various reputable commentators and analysts to nominate and give reasons for the accolade and has collectively named the Charles Kajoloweka led YAS […]
The Hgh Court in Blantyre has set November 7 2018 for the hearing of inter parte application on an interlocutory injunction which business magnate Leston Mulli and his two companies—Sunrise Pharmaceuticals and Chombe Foods Limited—obtained against rights activist Charles Kajoloweka, restraining him from commenting on the companies’ K8 billion claim case against government. In the […]
Youth And Society (YAS) has written Police Service Commission (PSC) to discipline Malawi Police Service (MPS) officers involved in the controversial K2.7 billion food rations procurement scandal. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times, dated September 7 2018 to PSC chairperson, High Court judge Charles Ching’aya Mkandawire, signed by YAS executive director Charles Kajoloweka, the […]