Month: September 2021 Posts

Parliament confirms that Chiwaya’s suicide is connected to frustrations over benefits

Sep 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Malawi Parliament has confirmed that former Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya’s suicide is connected to frustrations over implementation of his benefits at the National Assembly. Parliament has released a statement following the incident this morning at… ...

Chiwaya commits suicide in Clerk of Parliament office

Sep 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Former deputy speaker of Parliament Clement Chiwaya has shot himself this morning in the office of Clerk of Parliament at Parliament Building in Lilongwe. Chiwaya shot himself in the head right in front of COP… ...

Speaker Chiwaya announces retirement from politics

Apr 15, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya will not be seeking re-election in his Mangochi Central constituency in the 2019 elections, Malawi24 has learnt. In an emotional statement, Chiwaya recollects his journey in politics from 2003. " I… ...

Deputy Speakers challenge illegal allowances accusations

Feb 20, 2016 Richard Jimu 14 &

Malawi parliament's First Deputy Speaker Esther Chilenje and Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya have  denied accusation of swindling money through house allowances from the government, Malawi24 has learnt. According to an initial investigation, the two, were… ...

Deputy speaker Chiwaya encroaches on woman’s land and gets her arrested

Jan 06, 2016 Martha Chikoti 126 &

Sunganani Kampira, a 36 year-old woman from Mangochi is facing defamation charges after she stood up to deputy speaker of Malawi's Parliament Clement Chiwaya who has encroached on her land. Chiwaya got the woman arrested… ...

Opposition parties call for action on Deputy Speakers

Oct 19, 2015 Luke Bisani 23 &

Opposition parties in Malawi have called the Speaker of Nation Assembly to act on two deputy speakers who were unlawfully claiming house rent from the public purse. According to an investigation, the two, Clement Chiwaya… ...