Month: December 2015 Posts

New Clerk of Parliament to wait until next year

Dec 24, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

Malawi's newly appointed Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba will have to wait until next year to know if she will take up the post. This follows Judge Dingiswayo Madise’s decision on Tuesday to set 12… ...

Malawians demand power to fire inactive MPs

Dec 16, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 57 &

An opinion poll conducted recently by a local online newspaper indicates that voters want to have power to recall under performing Members of Parliament (MPs). A total of 10,516 people participated in the vote which… ...

Government to proceed with fee hike despite Parliament disapproval

Dec 05, 2015 Aubrey Makina 71 &

Parliament’s bill to suspend the fee hike in Universities and Secondary Schools was just a waste of tax payers’ time as the fee hike will still be implemented. According to a law scholar, government cannot… ...

Malawi Parliament is useless – MCP MP

Dec 05, 2015 Aubrey Makina 179 &

…Parliament is full of dead people Opposition Malawi Congress Party Member of Parliament for Dedza East Juliana Lunguzi has described the Malawi Parliament for which she is a member as a hopeless place that cannot… ...

Government’s failure to address important issues worry CSOs

Dec 01, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

A Civil Society Organisation in the country has expressed worry over government's silence in addressing issues that need immediate attention. This is coming at a time when government has delayed tabling of the Access to… ...

Pressure mounting on Malawi Government to trim constituencies to 100

Nov 26, 2015 Joseph Dumbula 55 &

The Malawi Government is receiving calls from Civil Society groupings to consider slicing the number of constituencies from 193 to 100. The call has been tilted to the current economic woes and misunderstandings that have… ...

Malawi MPs ‘quarrel’ in Parliament

Nov 25, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 40 &

Deliberations in Malawi  Parliament were cut short on Tuesday afternoon following disagreements between members from the opposition and government sides which forced second deputy speaker, Clement Chiwaya, to adjourn the house to Wednesday afternoon. The… ...