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CSOs want Chakwera to be probed over Lilongwe multi million mansion

MCP Leader Chakwera
Lazarus Chakwera

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—The country’s Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Sunday demanded the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to probe Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera over his magnificent house in Lilongwe.

The CSOs under the banners of Civil Society Forum for Democracy and Development (CFDD) and Civil Society Platform for Constructive Dialogue (CS-PCD) have, however, raised people’s eye brows as to whether their demand is in good faith or they are funded by the state to divert people’s attention from the current corruption scandal involving former agriculture minister George Chaponda. Continue reading CSOs want Chakwera to be probed over Lilongwe multi million mansion

Malawi human rights defender Billy Mayaya teaches police on demo notification law; stages anti-customary land bill demo

Billy Mayaya
Mayaya

Malawi’s renowned human rights activist Billy Mayaya on Monday fulfilled his plan of holding a protest against the customary land bill despite the police making statements of frustrating the demonstrations. Continue reading Malawi human rights defender Billy Mayaya teaches police on demo notification law; stages anti-customary land bill demo