Month: July 2022 Posts

Malawians oppose judges’ retirement proposal

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Malawians have opposed the Tonse Alliance administration’s proposal to increase the retirement age of judges in Malawi from 65 to 70. The Lazarus Chakwera administration wants to table the Courts Act Amendment Bill in Parliament… ...

Talking Blues: There’s no point crying over spilt sour milk

Jul 17, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 1 &

“…..I believe it is important for me to inform you that apart from the Vice-President, whose alleged involvement was already made public three weeks ago, no member of my Cabinet appears on the Bureau’s list… ...

Chakwera approves K1 billion in gratuity for ministers and deputies

Jul 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers who were supposed to share K351 milllion under old gratuity formula will now share K1 billion under a new formula approved by President Lazarus Chakwera. Tonse Alliance administration ministers who… ...

Did Chilima and Chakwera agree to rotate the presidency? MCP-UTM Tonse Alliance agreement leak

Jul 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The agreement between Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM for the 2020 Malawi Presidential Elections involving Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima has leaked. Vice President Saulos Chilima claimed during a press conference today that the… ...

We don’t have documentation showing MCP will share ruling terms with UTM – Mkaka

Jul 01, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Eisenhower Mkaka says the party is not in possession of any document stipulating sharing of term of office for the position of the President between President Lazarus Chakwera  and… ...

Tonse Alliance in tatters: MCP says will follow Malawi Constitution

Jul 01, 2022 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will follow what constitution stipulates on eligibility and terms of President in the 2025 general elections, countering what Vice President Saulos Chilima said on Friday morning. Chilima told members… ...

Ndakufikitsani ku Canaan — Chakwera

Jun 28, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Mtsogoleri wa dziko lino a Lazarus Chakwera anena kuti akwanitsa kale kuchita zambiri zomwe iwo anawalonjeza a Malawi mu nthawi ya kampeni. A Chakwera anena izi lero ku nyumba ya chifumu ya Kamuzu mu mzinda… ...

Tonse Alliance partners agree to continue working together

Jun 25, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The nine political parties under the ruling Tonse Alliance have agreed to continue working together for the benefit of Malawians. The partners held crunch talks on Friday which were described as "make or break." PETRA… ...

Ofuna kumwera nsuzi sasamba m’manja nsima isanathe – Chilima

Jun 25, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Amene anali ndi chiyembekezo choti awona kugawana zida pakati pa chipani cha UTM ndi zipani zina mu mgwirizano wa Tonse ayembekeze kaye pang'ono kaamba koti a Saulos Chilima ati akufuna kumwera nsuzi ndipo sangasambe mmanja… ...

I am not stupid – Chilima

Jun 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima says his humility should not be taken for stupidity and he has urged his supporters to be calm. Chilima addressed UTM supporters at his Area 43 residence in Lilongwe this afternoon.… ...

UTM supporters converge at Chilima house

Jun 24, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

UTM supporters have converged at the house of Vice President Saulos Chilima in Lilongwe amid reports that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) want to question Chilima today. ACB yesterday said it will arrest four more people… ...

D-Day! Tonse’s fate today

Jun 24, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Reports are rife in Malawi that the ruling coalition of Tonse Alliance will break apart this weekend following strong allegations of fraud and corruption leveled against Vice President Saulos Chilima, leader of one of Tonse’s… ...

Chakwera calls for emergency Tonse meeting after Chilima’s ‘suspension’

Jun 23, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Tonse Alliance partners during a meeting last year President Lazarus Chakwera  will meet Tonse Alliance partners at Kamuzu Palace tomorrow, days after he announced that he has withheld delegated duties from Vice President Saulos Chilima.… ...

Mangochi divided over Thursday’s anti-Tonse demos

Jun 15, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As Mangochi Human Rights Ambassadors is set to hold anti Tonse Alliance demonstrations on Thursday, some residents in the district have faulted the grouping over the protests and they have said they will not participate.… ...

Police want Chisa Mbele re-arrested

Jun 06, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Police want activist Joshua Chisa Mbele’s bail to be revoked due to his social media posts. Mbele, a critic of the Tonse Alliance government, was arrested in January for sharing a document on social… ...