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Malawi CSOs to drag DPP to court over Blue Night saga

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DPP Secretary-General Gridezer Jeffrey wa Jeffrey,

A group of five renowned Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), through the lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa, this week penned the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and requested it to return the monies it received from parastatals and city councils during its fundraising dinner known as Blue Night; this must be done within seven days.

 

On 29 July, 2017 during the Blue Night fundraising event in Lilongwe, DPP received millions of Kwachas from the parastatals and councils.

This development received criticism from different sectors in Malawi, include CSOs and the Malawi Law Society, who demand for the refund of the said money. Continue reading Malawi CSOs to drag DPP to court over Blue Night saga →

Malawi

Youth Activist Kajoloweka seeks court relief to have Malawi Minister Chaponda restrained from discharging his duties: Zambia Maize saga

Maravi Post correspondent

 

Kajoloweka; wants Chaponda to step aside pending investigations

Mzuzu (Maravi Post)—Youth Activist Charles Kajoloweka who is also the Executive Director of Youth and Society—fully backed by Church and Society organization of the CCAP Livingstonia Synod and Gift Trapence’s Centre for Development of People (Cedep)—have today 11th January 2017 filed to the Mzuzu High Court Registry an application praying among other things that Malawi Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda be restrained from discharging his duties as minister saying his continued discharging of duties is likely to affect the outcome of the inquiry. Continue reading Youth Activist Kajoloweka seeks court relief to have Malawi Minister Chaponda restrained from discharging his duties: Zambia Maize saga →

Malawi, Politics

Malawi Information Minister Nicholas Dausi ‘kills’ CEDEP’s Christmas message against Pres. Mutharika

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The new appointed Malawi Information Minister Nicholas Dausi on Sunday rubbished the Center for Development of the People (CEDEP) executive director Gift Trapence’s Christmas message against the

Dausi: ‘kills’ CEDEP’s Christmas message against APM

country’s President Peter Mutharika while demanding the vocal activist to apologize.

On Saturday, Trapence described this year’s Christmas as dark, dull and painful in the history of the country’s democratic era.

He said this is because of the high cost of living caused by inflation, persistent water shortages, erratic electricity, critical food shortages and high level of corruption under the Peter Mutharika’s administration.

“The socio-economic challenges are just too many for Malawians to enjoy and celebrate Christmas,” reads part of CEDEP statement.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Dr. Lazarus Chakwera shares CEDEP’s sentiments as he too is widely reported to have said that Mutharika has failed Malawians.

Trapence: 2016 Christmas dark, dull and painful

However, Dausi, a former National Intelligence Services (NIS) boss, described Trapence’s remarks as an insult to the number one citizen. He said the hunger problem that the country is facing is not because of Mutharika but the climate change which resulted in poor harvests.

“That is a big insult to the country’s President and as government we ask Trapence to apologize,” said Dausi.

“About the water and electricity problems, the President has come up with different measures of which every Malawian is aware of,” he added.

Dausi tipped the vocal activist Trapence to start coming up with the solutions to the problems rocking the country than just attacking government.

In a related development, some senior traditional leaders in the central region of the country asked the MCP President to stop calling Mutharika a failure while demanding him to apologize saying the statement was an insult.