The tendency of absenteeism by Malawi Members of Parliament to attend the deliberations in the National Assembly continue to be saddled in the country.
According to reports sourced by Malawi24,the National Assembly has been hit hard with low turn out of lawmakers since the onset of this 46th session of deliberations with others reporting late in the chamber.
The development is happening while the country’s legislators are getting huge sums of money per day.
Malawi24 can confirm that each MP is receiving K40,000 per day as subsistence allowance and K10,000 for seating allowance which is paid out before meeting starts.
On Tuesay,November 29,2016,during the question time,some of the questions had to be differed to Thursday(today) due to the absenteeism of some members.
Meanwhile,the tendency has shocked the government side with its Chief Whip, Henry Mussa,warning to take the issue to business committee to ban those members from receiving the said allowances.
During the 45th session of parliament,Speaker of Parliament,Richard Msowoya,also warned the members of the August House to desist from the malpractice.
Msowoya pointed out that absenteeism was denting the image of parliament in the eyes of the public and having negative effect on business on the floor of the National Assembly.
Standing Order 41(3) states “A member who is absent without seeking leave of absence shall forfeit all allowances during the period of absence.
The Speaker can grant leave of absence according to Standing Order 206(3) on two grounds of illness of family emergency to enable an MP attend to public business locally or abroad.
Kkkkk kumati chuma sichikuyenda bwino pamene ena ku Parliament akurandira ma allowace m’pweche?NDALAMURA……………….Parliament ithe kuno kwathu.Adzayambeso kukumana chuma cha dziko chikadzayamba kuyenda bwino.Mr speaker Sir,Ayi wonti tu asiki ve gavamenti tu inkirisi our salarezi bayi 100%.Ma MP ose kuwombera m’manja ngakhare ndi broken English mosavuta Bill yakuwonjezeredwa maripiro awo kudutsa mosavuta zamato awomwe anawasankha kuyiwariratu.Za zii.
Fuck u MP’S
Why not introduce full board also?
Mbuzi za anthu
#@Paul Mtambalika yoh!! Kkkkkkkkk that’s good advice my friend, kkkkkkkkkkkk
Akakhala kunja kwa paliament amafuna boma litawaitana kunkumano ku paliament,akawaitana nde asamapiteko.mbudzi zimenezi ndatopanazo.
Zopusa Kaganizaniko Timakutengani Ngati Anthu Azelu Mulibe Ndizelu Zomwe Kaganizaniko Mavuto Ali Mdziko Zopusa.
Dyela Ma Mps Maso Awo Ali Pandalama Koma Adziwe Kt Kunja Kuno Kuli Njala Boma Lisaonjeze Ma Allawasec Awo Pakufunika Ligule Chimanmga
Akuyambisa ndani zimenezi mpaliament mo
Why they are still consuming our tax? Yet civil servant are not yet their November salary{NDI AKAPOLODI ABOMA}.Ndavomeleza.
Truancy starts with big kahuna
Koma akakhala m salary aka civil servants NDE phokoso. This xxx country!!!
To be there or not is just the same.
No CSO calling for demonstrations? No naked matching?it’s tax payers money being abused. we are noisy when it is the president or ruling parties.some are legitimizing it. they think the MPs are punishing government not the taxpayers.
Ngati atopa angosiya basi
Come on We Have Some Minister Kids Who Are On Busery Whlle Poor Kids Are Left Behinde,.Coz Thats Malawi Politics
Which subject are you commenting on?
Compasery I Guesse!!!
Please our Mps try to act responsibly as people who we trusted to represent us in August house
Those Shunning deliberation Should b denied their allowances coz that Stealing from tax payers
Is their no any order stoping them from pocketing what they didnt work for?
To shun deriberations is not good Idea no matter the house is boring, so Who gonna report peoples challenges? nononono please have you presence there , try to maintain that fucked up what you call Peter Mutharika’s chieftain ship, Iya WANDISOKOSERA NKULINGA UTAMVA
Ladies december is here and your boyfriend will try to pick up quarrels to avoid xmas spending……….. please behave well, even if he says you are ugly; just reply with “,!!!! you are handsome mylove #alertyourfriends
Those who depends on their kuku but like me ihave my own he must go to hell
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Kkkkkk u made my day.
This is a new way of siphoning and lutting government legacy well known to cashgate. Agaluwa mozunzika .
shame
Mbole zamawo ma mp okudya ndalama zaulelewa
As long as they did not win cashgate they are free to do so
wojomba asalandile allowance,
Some civil servants r yet get their November salaries bcoz stupid pple.
Shame
To be or not in the house, it doesn’t make a difference.
If ward councillors were given a similar platform we would have seen some changes in our communities.
There is nothing positive coming out of the house so why not shunning the deliberations??let them concertrate on what is important to them.
Deliberations my foot ….its rubberstumping