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Malawi: MCP Shadow MP Malango Assures Youths to Unearth Football Talent Through Bonanza

[Nyasa Times] Youthful Malawi Congress Party's shadow Member of Parliament for Dedza Central East Constituency, Joshua Malango has assured the youths from the constituents of his total support in unearthing hidden talent in Sports from the area.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Talking Blues: Talk is cheap; actions speak

“Within the first two years of being president, I will change everything in the way that we run things. If I don’t change everything in two years, I will resign.” Then-leader of opposition, now State President Lazarus Chakwera. President Chakwera was born to a poor rural family in rural Lilongwe

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

Mzuzu residents commemorate 20 July fallen heroes

Residents of Mzuzu on Tuesday gathered at Zolozolo cemetery where they were commemorating the lives of 20 young persons who were killed in cold blood during mass protests on July 20, 2011 under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) reign of terror. A number of senior government

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

High court orders Chakwera to reinstate, two MEC commissioners

'…Pay their honorarium' The High Court in Blantyre on Friday ordered President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately reinstate two embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. The court has further ordered government to pay honorarium to the two mentioned MEC

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Malawi: Chakwera Says Orton Chirwa Is Founding Father of Malawi - MCP Made Him Die As Political Prisoner

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has paid special tribute to Orton Chirwa, the country's first attorney general after independence, as the founding father of the Malawi nation but died as a political prisoner during the MCP

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Source: allAfrica.com

Constituents report MCP MP to ACB over theft of quarry stones

People in Mzimba South Constituency have reported Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament Emmanuel Chambulanyina Jere to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over allegations that the legislator stole a truckload of quarry stones meant for the construction of the Jenda-Embangweni road. The letter

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

Return of Police State: Malawi Police summon commentator for questioning | Malawi 24 - Malawi news

Police in Salima this morning summoned a social media commentator for questioning. Joshua Chisa Mbele says he was taken from Salima by Assistant Commissioner of Police CID and driven to Lilongwe on a Cyber related case. “I’m at Area 18 Police Station. Waiting to be charged. I’m yet to be

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

Malawi Has a New Anti-Corruption Czar - Her Name Is Martha Chizuma

[Nyasa Times] The Public Appointments Committee (PAC), meeting on Monday, has eventually confirmed ombudsman Martha Chizuma as director general for graft-busting body the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) after it had earlier rejected her with abysmal scores.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Chakwera wins Malawi vote

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera won last week's presidential election re-run with 58.57 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission said

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Source: The East African

Analyst, Malawians condemn MCP MP Chilapondwa for calling active citizens ‘frogs’

Social and political commentator Wonderful Mkhutche has described as unfortunate the post the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of Parliament for Ntchisi South, Ulemu Chilapondwa, has made on his Facebook in which he has likened Malawians to frogs. In the post, Chilapondwa calls the voters

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Parliament's PAC clears Lowe Covid-19 allowances queries

… Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 asked for 45 days to present a report The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament seems to be differing with suggestions that Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe might have also benefitted from the Covid-19 funds when he was leader of opposition in

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

MP Ganda re-elected as Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee Chair

Members of the Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament on Thursday, July 1, 2021, unanimously voted for Gladys Ganda at Parliament in Lilongwe to continue as Chairperson in the 2021/22 fiscal year. Ganda, who is the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsanje

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Authorities must investigate Chaponda’s MCP training militias allegations – Kajoloweka

Human rights activist Charles Kajoloweka has said repeated allegations by Mulanje South West lawmaker, George Chaponda, that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is training party militias as its paramilitary wing at Mtakataka Police Training School in Dedza should no longer be taken with a pinch of salt

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after vote re-run | News24

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as the southern African country's new president after winning the re-run of a hotly disputed election.

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Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries

Former Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health and Journalist, Joshua Malango Friday emerged the overall winner during Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Primary Elections in Dedza Central East Constituency. According to the presiding officer, Vincent Nkhoma said Malango scooped 369 votes, beating his

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Malawi: Former DPP Minister Ben Phiri Faces Arrest Over 2019 Elections Tippex

[Nyasa Times] One time powerful government top dog and high-ranking senior official in erstwhile ruling party, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Ben Phiri will soon face justice over his role during the annulled 2019 Presidential poll as he allegedly to be the one behind the procurement and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Malawi Electoral Body Commissioners Contract Ends Today

Chairperson of the commission Jane Ansah tendered her resignation a week ago amid stormy criticisms from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and parliament of the way they handled the May 19, 2019 presidential election which handed down president Peter Mutharika a second and last

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Source: allAfrica.com

Former Chief Justice Munlo laid to rest, government bemoans his passing

Ex-Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, SC, was on Saturday, 21 August, 2021 laid to rest with military honours within his gigantic Chigodi private premises near Kachere Township on the Chiradzulu, Blantyre border. It was a sombre but moving ceremony attended by high-level government

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

MPs summons HRDC over Mec Commissioner - The Times Group Malawi

The Public Appointments Committee (Pac) of Parliament has summoned Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Chairperson Gift Trapence to appear before its members and provide evidence on the allegations of misconduct the coalition made against Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) Commissioner Richard

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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi

Malawi: Ruling to Covid-19 Lockdown Set for Tuesday

[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Lilongwe is on Tuesday expected to rule in a matter which the Minister of Health declaration of the lockdown in April was challenged through a judicial review process that was then certified as a constitutional matter.

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'God has rejected Tonse' | Malawi 24 - Malawi news

Self-proclaimed prophet Chimwemwe Sabao says God has rejected the Tonse Alliance and the ruling party will suffer shame in the next 12 months. A video clip of the prophecy has been circulating on social media. According to reports, Sabao made the prophecy on Sunday. Sabao in the video noted that

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

CDEDI says all set for #Punitive Taxes Must Fall# demo this Wednesday – Malawi News Network

Watipaso Mzungu The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says all is set for peaceful demonstrations against punitive taxes, levies, interest rates, exorbitant mobile phone tariffs and theft of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds. CDEDI has mobilized Malawians to take to the

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Source: Malawi News Network -; Malawi's trusted news source

Talking Blues: 53 billion reasons that got Chikosa Silungwe “fired” | Malawi 24 - Malawi news

Following President Lazarus Chakwera terminating Attorney General (AG) Chikosa Silungwe’s contract just a year into his three-year term, many theories are flying around as to the why. This speculation is fuelled by the fact that President Chakwera has not disclosed the reasons publicly. One theory

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

Malawi: Joyce Banda Faces PAC to Probe Over Presidential Jet Sale

[Nyasa Times] The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it is set to investigate former President Joyce Banda over the controversial sale of the presidential during her tenure of office.

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Chakwera should say which manifesto govt is implementing—Nankhumwa

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Kondwani Nankhumwa has said it is disheartening that the Tonse Alliance-government continues to inspire no hope for the people of Malawi, as “the past ten months have been characterized by cumbersome delivery of campaign promises.” Tonse Alliance is a partnership of 11

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Pulpit to presidency: Malawi's new president takes office

June 28: Chakwera, Chilima sworn in

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Nankhumwa attends Ntcheu accident victims memorial service, calls for special national prayers

Slightly over a month after the death of 21 people who died in a tragic accident in Ntcheu in the wee hours of Sunday, August 1, 2021, a memorial service for the victims was held at Nchalo in Chikwawa on Saturday, September 4, 2021 to provide solace to the victims’ families. The victims, 18 adults

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Tonse Alliance meets to sort out UTM demands for ‘fair representation’

The Tonse Alliance – a coalition of nine opposition parties which successfully ousted Peter Mutharika and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the June 23, 2020 fresh presidential election – met on Thursday in a closed meeting at Chikoko Bay, in Mangochi; and, Nyasa Times understands that

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

MEC declares by-election results as true reflection of voters' will

Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Dr. Chifundo Kachale has declared the results of the Tuesday by-election as a true reflection of the will of the voters. Speaking in Blantyre on Wednesday when he announced the results, Kachale expressed the Commission’s satisfaction that the

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

Malawi: Kamuzu Remembered With Mixed Feelings - Independence Hero Turned Tyrant of Malawi

Family members of the country's founding president the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda and officials from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Thursday May 14, Kamuzu Day public holiday, honoured Kamuzu by laying wreaths at his mausoleum in the capital city while there were mixed feelings among citizens and

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