Month: January 2017 Posts

Analyst backs extension of maizegate probe deadline

Jan 31, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

A political analyst in the country says the extension of the deadline for the Commission of Inquiry on maizegate to release its report on the scandal is justified if there are tangible reasons. This is… ...

Malawians need to change their mindset – IBAM

Jan 31, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

President of Indigenous Businesses Association of Malawi (IBAM) Mike Mlombwa says there is need for Malawians to change their mindset if the Buy Malawi Strategy is going to be successful. The Buy Malawi Strategy was… ...

State House talks tough over long presidential convoy claims

Jan 30, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 138 &

State House has hit hard on the media following reports that Malawi President Peter Mutharika uses more than twenty vehicles on the presidential convoy. In a press statement signed by presidential press secretary Mgeme Kalirani,… ...

Mutharika promises more development for Malawians from his DPP

Jan 29, 2017 Bright Malenga 160 &

President Peter Mutharika has said that Malawians should expect tremendous development under the leadership of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mutharika made the remarks on Saturday in Lilongwe during the official opening of the 40,000… ...

Mutharika to make first travel of 2017

Jan 28, 2017 Bright Malenga 53 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika will on Sunday  fly to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to attend 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU). According to a… ...

Malawi CSOs pushing President Mutharika to assent to ATI bill

Jan 27, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 3 &

law crucial to people in mining areas Some of the country’s Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) advocating for transparency in the extractive industry have pressed President Peter Mutharika to assent to the Access to Information (ATI)… ...

Mutharika wants you to plant more trees

Jan 26, 2017 Martha Chikoti 120 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has urged Malawians to plant and take care of trees as the tree planting season continues across the country. Mutharika stated this in Karambu in Lilongwe as he was launching the… ...