Cedep Archives

Goodall Gondwe fails to win CSOs’ hearts

Mar 17, 2018 Luke Bisani 1 &

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have disclosed that they are not convinced with Malawi Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe’s explanation on the K4 billion allocation. The sentiments follow a meeting that Gondwe had with the CSOs… ...

Boycott Parliament – Malawian activists demand

Nov 08, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 86 &

Civil Society Organizations have called on members of the Malawi parliament to boycott parliament because of government’s failure to table the Electoral Reforms Bills in the next sitting of Parliament, saying all opposition MPs including… ...

Cedep unhappy with investigations on Chasowa, Njauju murders

Jan 24, 2017 Luke Bisani 23 &

The Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) has expressed worry over government’s plans to hire international experts to probe the death of a Polytechnic University student Robert Chasowa and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official Issa… ...

Cedep told to respect Mutharika

Dec 26, 2016 Luke Bisani 1 &

The Malawi government has hit back at Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) for criticising President Peter Mutharika saying the organization must respect the Malawi leader. This follows a statement Cedep released which stated… ...

MACRA criticised over Zodiak’s K930,000 penalty

Dec 15, 2016 Luke Bisani 79 &

The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has faced criticism for handing local radio station Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) a K930,000 fine over an interview with opposition lawmaker Kamlepo Kalua. The media regulator earlier wrote the… ...

We did not force children to march – Churches

Dec 09, 2016 Luke Bisani 20 &

Local churches have disclosed that they never intended to have school going children during the march organised to express discomfort against legalisation of same sex marriages and termination of pregnancy. The sentiments come at a… ...

CEDEP struggles to sell the Access to Justice Project in Mulanje

Jun 01, 2016 Samuel Majamanda 8 &

Executive Director for the Center for the Development of People (CEDEP), Gift Trapece accompanied by Rev. McDonald Sembereka on Monday had a tough time to convince District Executive Committee (DEC) members in Mulanje to give… ...