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Low patronage in LL demos
After creating a hype on social media, the Joint Civil Society Platform on Good Governance demonstrations in Lilongwe yesterday attracted…
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900 000 yet to get lean season relief maize
At least 900 000 food insecure Malawians, about 46 percent of the targeted population, are yet to receive relief maize…
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Chizuma is new ACB director
Barely days after Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) rejected Martha Chizuma as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general, the committee yesterday…
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‘Don’t arrest DCs just to tick boxes’
The Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) is wary of the scatter-gun arrests catalysed by startling audit findings on the K6.2…
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Who is leaking AG’s memos?
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has launched an investigation to establish those behind the leakage of communication…
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Malga calls for gender-responsive budgeting in councils
Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) is working to establish guidelines that will help councils to develop gender responsive budgets. Speaking…
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ACB State House probe nears completion
The ACB says it has made progress on its investigation into allegations that State House abused public funds by paying…
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Chizuma earmarked for ACB top job
Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has emerged the top candidate for the post of director general of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)—and, if confirmed…
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Chakwera, AG meet over MEC
President Lazarus Chakwera has met with Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe over the Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) decision to suspend its…
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3 make final list for ACB top job
Three candidates , including Ombudsman Martha Chizuma, have made the final shortlist for consideration for the position of director general…
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Billions spent,No safe water
Four out of 10 boreholes drilled in the country either partially work or do not function at all, exposing communities…
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NAO concludes K6.2bn audit report
The National Audit Office (NAO) says it has concluded its audit of the K6.2 billion Covid-19 Response Fund and has…
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Police chief justifies journalists’ questioning
Inspector General of Police George Kainja has defended his officers for summoning freelance journalist Watipaso Mzungu over a story he…
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Legal aid decries double standards
The Legal Aid Bureau has blamed the justice system’s failure to allow paralegals to represent clients in magistrate’s courts for…
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Chakwera misses Cabinet deadline
President Lazarus Chakwera last night missed his own deadline to announce a new Cabinet, saying he needs more time to…
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‘CDF littered with abuse’
Chitipa South legislator Welani Chilenga’s motion to put Constituency Development Fund (CDF) firmly under parliamentarians’ grip has reignited accountability questions…
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Chakwera moves to Mtunthama
President Lazarus Chakwera has temporarily moved out of Kamuzu Palace, his official residence and office, and relocated to Mtunthama Residence…
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Chakwera faces fresh cabinet test
Aide says new team to be named within 24 hours Nine months after facing criticism on the composition of his…
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Chakwera talks tough
Instructs MDAs to buy local productsAgainst monopoly in govt procurement President Lazarus Chakwera has directed ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)…
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Interest capping motion resurrects
Parliament has resurrected a motion to introduce a law to regulate interests rates financial institutions charge borrowers, barely two years…
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