Month: March 2022 Posts

Malawi Parliament suspended due to strange smell

Mar 15, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Proceedings interrupted as some legislators screamed that there was smoke in the House. Some Members were spotted fleeing following the alert. Leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda, asked for the suspension to allow technicians… ...

Govt asks Malawians to be patient: ‘We are looking for solutions’

Dec 12, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Civic Education Timothy Mtambo has asked people in the country to be patient with the Tonse Alliance Government because it is looking for solutions to the high cost of living. Mtambo made the… ...

Zambia’s Hichilema to visit Malawi next week

Dec 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda says Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will visit Malawi next week. Chimwendo disclosed this in Parliament yesterday when he was addressing the House at the end of the 4th… ...

Chimwendo defends display of ‘dead helicopter’ during Malawi Police celebrations

Dec 03, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda says a dead helicopter was taken to Lilongwe for the Malawi Police centenary celebrations for people to know how the Malawi Police Service has been destroyed over the… ...

Chakwera wants to fix Malawi Police

Nov 30, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says his government wants to create a better Malawi Police Service and he has directed the Ministry of Homeland Security to solicit views from police officers on how challenges facing the police… ...

Chimwendo tells Parliament to push ESCOM for speedy electricity connections

Nov 29, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Leader of Government business in Parliament Richard Chimwendo Banda says Parliament must ensure that Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is delivering, especially on electricity connections to customers who already paid connection fees. Chimwendo was… ...

Chimwendo defends absenteeism in Parliament

Nov 21, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Leader of the House in Parliament, Richard Chimwendo Banda, says some Members of Parliament fail to report to the House because they have other equally important activities to attend. Banda made the statement on Friday… ...