Month: December 2016 Posts

‘Obama’ lies to Parliament

Dec 11, 2016 Luke Bisani 54 &

The minister of home affairs and internal security and the director of fisheries have given contradictory statements on sixteen marine staff who were reported to have been trapped on Lake Malawi for almost four days.… ...

Flood to disrupt Parliament: MP set to return to constituents affected

Dec 07, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 55 &

Chikwawa South Member of Parliament, Illias Karim, says he will cut short parliamentary deliberations in order to assist his constituents who have been displaced by heavy rains. On Monday,heavy rains accompanied by strong winds destroyed… ...

Parliament assures religious leaders that Abortion and Homosexuality bills will not pass in the house

Dec 07, 2016 Luke Bisani 153 &

…Religious bodies petition government against the bill The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) and the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) have petitioned government against passing of bill that will see women Terminating pregnancy and people… ...

Malawi MPs continue to shun deliberations in the Parliament despite getting huge allowances per day

Dec 01, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 39 &

The tendency of absenteeism by Malawi Members of Parliament to attend the deliberations in the National Assembly continue to be saddled in the country. According to reports sourced by Malawi24,the National Assembly has been hit… ...

Chikwawa South MP plans to take Govt. to task 

Nov 21, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 0 &

As parliament reconvenes this afternoon the opposition Member of parliament for Chikwawa South, Illias Karim,says he will take government to task table crucial issues that are currently affecting the Malawians when he goes to parliament today.… ...

EU to support Malawi’s new land laws

Sep 15, 2016 Luke Bisani 12 &

The European Union (EU) has disclosed its readiness to support the implementation of the newly approved land laws in the country. EU head of delegation to Malawi Marchel Gerrmann said they are ready to give… ...

The ATI Bill should apply retrospectively

Sep 03, 2016 Ernest F. Mtingwi 0 &

During the last budget meeting of Parliament the Access to Information (ATI) bill was tabled for debate. However in order to do justice to this important bill, Parliament referred it to the relevant Committee for… ...