Month: October 2020 Posts

Parliament concludes 7-week long budget meeting

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The first Budget Meeting in the 49th Session of Parliament has ended today. Speaking with reporters, Leader of the House Richard Chimwendo Banda said that the meeting has gone according to plan as they have… ...

Nankhumwa tells Chakwera to take action against corrupt officials in Tonse

Oct 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has urged President Lazarus Chakwera to ensure that action is taken against corrupt officials in the Tonse Administration. He was speaking in Parliament today at the end of the first… ...

Parliament approves K2 billion loan for Lilongwe water project

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Members of Parliament on Thursday authorized government to borrow K2 billion for Lilongwe Water Supply and Sanitation project. The parliamentarians passed the loan authorization for European Investment Bank (Additional Financing for Treatment Works III Project)… ...

Tikulemba anthu opuma pa ntchito kuti tibwezeretse mwambo mu boma – Chakwera

Oct 21, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

Pulezidenti wa dziko lino a Lazarus Chakwera ati boma la mgwirizano wa Tonse likulembanso anthu opuma pa ntchito kuti athandizire kubweretsa mwambo pogwira ntchito za boma. Iwo ananena izi ku nyumba ya malamulo pomwe amayankha… ...

Funding for family planning methods increased by K24 million

Oct 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government has increased funding for family planning commodities from the initial K176 million to K200 million with an increment of K24 million. The increment comes after White Ribbon Alliance Malawi lobbied the Parliamentary Committee on… ...

Parliament restricts 50%+1 to presidential elections

Oct 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Parliament has passed a bill which restricts the use of 50%+1 system to presidential elections while the winner in Parliamentary and Local Government election will be the candidate who obtains the greatest number of… ...

Taxation Amendment Bill passes in Parliament

Oct 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament has today passed the Taxation Amendment Bill which legalizes the increase of tax free band from K45,000 to K100,000. The increase of the tax band is effective October, 2020. The bill has also introduced… ...

Teachers with master’s degrees demand promotions

Oct 16, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers with master’s degrees have demanded promotions, saying they are still teaching in government secondary schools despite upgrading their qualifications. Over 100 teachers teaching in secondary schools and some in government owned colleges petitioned Parliament… ...

Parliament passes K2.2 trillion budget

Oct 14, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliament on Wednesday passed the K2.2 trillion 2020/21 national budget. The budget was passed after completion of committee of supply where members were debating each allocation vote by vote. Speaking with reporters, Minister of Finance… ...

Parliament adjourned due to dry taps

Oct 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The August House has adjourned early today due to water challenges at the Parliament Building. Members of Parliament voted to suspend proceedings early after the Deputy Speaker Madalitso Kazombo put the question to them after… ...

MP want action on racism

Oct 09, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Member of Parliament for Mulanje Bale Victor Musowa on Thursday raised concern over acts of racism which Malawians are experiencing in the country and he asked government to take action. Musowa who is a member… ...

MP wants Govt to expand Limbe Clinic

Oct 02, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South East Sameer Suleman has pleaded with government to expand Limbe Dispensary Clinic into a full hospital as 150,000 people use the clinic. Suleman asked the Minister of Health… ...

Malawi Parliament rejects 206,000 condoms: ‘We are not here for sex’

Sep 30, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Members of Parliament (MPs) have today rejected a donation of 206,000 condoms which the Parliament Secretariat received on Tuesday amid claims that 10,000 condoms are dispensed every month at the National Assembly. On Tuesday, Parliament’s… ...

Nankhumwa remains Leader of Opposition

Sep 30, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Parliament says Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa will remain Leader of Opposition. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Madalitso Kazombo has made the ruling today in Parliament. Kazombo has… ...

Low budgetary allocation affecting completion of health facilities– Health rights activists

Sep 29, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Morton Sibale – Mana Malawi Health Equity Network and the Action Aid Malawi have bemoaned low allocation to the health sector, saying it is affecting the completion of the construction of health facilities… ...