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December 17, 2020 Kelvin Masambo - Nyasa Times 35 Comments On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) held three parliamentary by-elections: one in Phalombe North Constituency in Phalombe district, another one in Mangochi West Constituency in Mangochi district and another one in Mangochi North East Constituency in the same district. DPP’s Nankhumwa and regional governor Chalres Mchacha introduce Bokosi (c)  In Mangochi West Constituency an independent candida...

December 17, 2020 Esau Mkanda - Nyasa Times 12 Comments Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba has set January 13, 2021 as the date when the case where former cabinet minister and versatile politician Henry Mussa is accused of stealing government computers and a gen-set when he served as Information Minister last year goes for trial. His co-accused is former Director of Information, Gedion Munthali. Mussa: The charge sheet did not inform him exactly what he is being accused o...

Dates Announced For Nationwide Demos Against Chakwera Watipaso Mzungu The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Lilongwe and Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators are set to take to the streets beginning December 16, 2020, to protest the decision by President Lazarus Chakwera to ignore their call to take action on illegal immigrants who are plying trade in the country’s strategic cities and towns. CDEDI and the business operators recently...

December 11, 2020 Nyasa Times Reporter 3 Comments Only half of the targeted 3.6 million in the Affordable Input Program (AIP) have redeemed their cheap subsidized farm inputs with weeks before the program comes to an end. A Farmer seeking assitance from amotorbike operator in Kasungu pic by Vincent Khonje (Mana) Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has confirmed that the number of AIP beneficiaries who have redeemed inputs has now reached 51 percent. This has triggers fears that many more ...