Month: January 2016 Posts

Mutharika contradicts himself

Jan 18, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 136 &

President Peter Mutharika says Malawi will suffer if people continue to neglect the environment, a contradiction to plans set by his administration to extract oil on Lake Malawi which experts say will result in the… ...

Revealed: Mutharika wanted media blackout on Kalemba row

Jan 14, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 44 &

A court document containing case judgment on the Clerk of Parliament issue has revealed that President Peter Mutharika ordered Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya to bar the media from publicizing the case involving the appointment… ...

Councillors threaten to strike over delayed motorcycle loan

Jan 14, 2016 Luke Bisani 49 &

Ward Councillors in Malawi have threatened to strike over government’s failure to provide a motorcycle loan as promised by President Peter Mutharika's administration. Speaking during a press briefing in Lilongwe on Wednesday morning, Malawi Local… ...

Will God save Malawians from hunger?

Jan 13, 2016 Jimmy Kainja* 168 &

Malawi President, Peter Mutharika recently called for and attended national prayers asking God for good rains in the current rain season. At the moment most of the districts in Malawi are experiencing a dry spell, some… ...

Patients keep sleeping on the floor at QECH while Mutharika spends millions on his toilet

Jan 07, 2016 Aubrey Makina 208 &

A photo has appeared on Facebook of a patient sleeping on the floor at Malawi's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital at a time that the country's leadership has come under fire for extravagance. Information that Malawi24… ...

Mutharika pardons 230 prisoners

Jan 07, 2016 Richard Jimu 28 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pardoned 230 inmates from the country's prisons a symbol of forgiveness during the Christmas and New Year Celebrations, Government says. According to statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security dated… ...

JB to come home after Mutharika presidency

Jan 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 399 &

Former Malawi President Joyce Banda will not come back home only when  President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration are voted out of power, Malawi24 has learnt. Banda who left Malawi a… ...