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Parliament suspends meetings over Covid-19

Jan 12, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament has suspended committee meetings following a rise in Coronavirus cases in the country. According to a statement from the National Assembly, no further committee meetings will be held until January 29 this year. “This… ...

NGOs are not regulated but controlled – Kondowe

Jan 02, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Civil Society for Education Coalition (CSEC) executive director Benedicto Kondowe says Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Malawi are being controlled by government instead of being regulated. Kondowe said this during press briefing which his organization conducted… ...

MPs getting K2.2 million in monthly allowances

Dec 03, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Members of Parliament (MPs) have increased their allowances by about K1.1 million with each MP now getting K2.2 million in allowances on top of a salary of K949,000. The increase is in the 2020/21 national… ...

PAC impressed with NRWB extension projects

Nov 30, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) said it is impressed with progress of extension works the Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) is carrying out at Lusangazi and Ekwendeni. This comes after the committee held an interface meeting… ...

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… ...