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CDEDI demands ESCOM to pay back consumers

Apr 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A rights group has demanded Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to pay back overcharged consumers following revelations that the company illegally hiked electricity tariff. Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has made… ...

Protesters demand apology from Chakwera

Apr 21, 2021 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Protesters in Lilongwe have demanded President Lazarus Chakwera to apologise to Malawians over his government’s failure to buy necessary medical equipment during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic yet K1 billion meant for the… ...

CDEDI demos start in Lilongwe

Apr 21, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

People are demonstrating in Lilongwe against punitive taxes, levies, exorbitant mobile phone tariffs and theft of Covid-19 funds. Demonstrators gathered this morning at Community Centre Ground, the starting point for the demonstration organized by the… ...

CDEDI urges fired MEC commissioners to drag Chakwera to court

Apr 15, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the fired electoral commissioners to drag President Lazarus Chakwera to court. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa made the call… ...

MHC under fire for constructing houses on private land

Apr 12, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has appealed to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), and the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate the circumstances that prompted the Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) to venture… ...

CDEDI to conduct anti-govt demos on Wednesday

Apr 10, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says it will hold demonstrations on Wednesday to push government to remove tax on cooking oil. CDEDI's Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa said this during a press briefing… ...

Chakwera administration accused of intimidating journalists

Apr 06, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A rights group says the detention of a Journalist over a news article is an attempt by Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s government to instill fear in journalists in the country. The Center for Democracy and Economic… ...