Blantyre City South East legislator Sameer Suleman says it is time for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to sober up to win the September 2025 General Elections. With 19 months to the elections, he said the party needs to stop infighting and strategise to win the polls. Suleman said the desire to see his party
Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday condemned government’s move to allow public universities to raise tuition fees, saying it will worsen students’ dropout rates. Some public iniversities issued circulars a week ago notifying continuing and newly-selected students that tuition fees have been adjusted upwards. But speaking in Parliament yesterday, Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa lamented that
People in Zomba have voiced out against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) proposal to make Zomba Lisanjala and Zomba Chingale constituencies as one constituency
March 17, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 25 Comments Parliament has successfully muzzled Mulanje south west parliamentarian George Chaponda who wanted to ask president Lazarus Chakwera reports that his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) was training 75 youth league members at police training school on the use of firearms. Chimwendo Banda: We cannot discuss security issues in the House Chaponda: His question was blocked Before Chaponda could press the question, leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda sprung up swiftly, telling the Speaker Catherine Gotani Hara that this was a security matter which could not be discussed in the House. Chimwendo-Banda stood on a “point of correction” to tell the House that matters of training of security personnel was a matter of state security “not for discussion in plenary of parliament”.