Mwayi Mkandawire, Author at Malawi 24

Govt apologises for selling K37 billion tractors

Jul 12, 2019 2

Government has apologised to Malawians for selling 177 tractors which were bought using a US$50 million (about K37 billion) loan from India. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) issued the apology through… ...

Don’t force Malawi to drop charges against Trapence – NGO Board tells UN

Jul 11, 2019 10

The Malawi NGO Board has warned the United Nations (UN) against obstructing justice in the case in which two rights activists are facing charges of fraud. The two activists – Macdonald Sembereka and Gift Trapence… ...

Amnesty condemns Mutharika over Trapence’s arrest

Jul 10, 2019 4

...Says arrest is ploy to harass and intimidate activists to end post-election protests …orders Malawi government to unconditionally release the activists Rights Group, Amnesty International, has condemned the arrest of activists Gift Trapence and McDonald… ...

Chakwera visits jailed activists

Jul 10, 2019 1

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera this morning visited jailed rights activists, Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka, in Lilongwe. Trapence and Sembereka were arrested on Tuesday and were being kept at Lilongwe Police Station.… ...