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Member of Parliament for Rumphi West Yona Mkandawire has urged fellow legislators to always promote positive stories about Malawi. Mkandawire was speaking in Parliament when he contributed to the Mid-Year Budget Review. Mkandawire said it is high time Members of Parliament offer tangible solutions rather than always leaning towards criticism. "Let's paint a good picture of our country. North, East, South, West home is best. This is our home," said Mkandawire. Mkandawire also asked for the early distribution of fertiliser under the Affordable Inputs Programme to which the Chairperson of the AIP Task force, Richard Chimwendo Banda, assured the House that fertilizer will be distributed in all the constituencies regardless of political inclinations. Parliament is meeting for th...

The joint Parliamentary Committee which was inquiring into the Affordable Inputs Programme implementation has disclosed that it will again summon Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba. Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Wilson Banda is also on the list it will summon for questioning on the roles they played in the dubious K750 million fertiliser deal. Zamba was sent back after some members of the committee voted that she should not be interrogated before former SPC Zangazanga Chikhosi. In an interview Friday, the committee’s chairperson Sameer Suleman said Zamba and others who failed to appear before the committee will be summoned again. He added that the committee may be forced to subpoena them should they not cooperate. “The Speaker has advised us t...

Board members of the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) board risk facing the wrath of parliament for failing to appear before Public Appointments Committee–PAC.They were summoned to appear before PAC yesterday over issues surrounding former NOCMA Acting CEO, Hellen Buluma, on whether she got fired or resigned on her own.According to the parliamentary committee, the NOCMA board did not give any excuse for not showing up.Buluma left NOCMA last week after tendering a resignation letter but the government claimed that she was fired a day earlier.Buluma who appeared before the committee yesterday, made shocking revelations that the Secretary to the Government Colleen Zamba pressurized her to sign dubious fuel deals.PAC Chairperson Joyce Chitsulo hints that the fate of the defiant NOCMA bo...

About 50 Lhomwe chiefs from Phalombe, Chiradzulu and Thyolo against the selection of Senior chief Kaduya as their Paramount chief are gathered at 'Mwala osema'-Ngolongoliwa headquarters refreshing their stand. Senior Group Village Headman Juma, has started by alleging that the selection of Paramount chief Kaduya was influenced by 'the party', adding that the Lhomwes follow a well-structured lineage and culture when selecting chiefs, nothing else. GVH Juma further alleges that the Mulhakho wa Alhomwe secretariat overstepped the mandate of chiefs in selecting the rightful Paramount chief for the belt. Senior chief Nkhulambe, TA Ngolongoliwa and TA Ndalama are in attendance.

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is recommending criminal proceedings against those implicated in the plunder of funds and government property at Malawi’s High Commission in Kenya. The recommendations are contained in a report which was presented in parliament by the committee’s Chairperson Mark Botomani. According to Botomani, what transpired in Kenya should not be repeated in other embassies, hence the need for action against those responsible for the mess. Speaking to Capital FM, Botomani highlights that the adoption of the report by the house, means immediate implementation of what has been recommended.