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District News, Politics

Despite claims of misuse, Malawi Parliamentarians demand more funding for CDF

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Malawi Parliament
File Photo: Malawi Parliament refuses to Pass Important Bills

Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday asked the Minister of Finance, Economic and Planning Dr Goodall Gondwe to raise their Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K18 million to K30 Million.

The MPs said this in Parliament when the Finance Minister was addressing the House that Government has set aside some funds through the district councils, to use for the drilling of boreholes in every constituency.

Reacting to the announcement, the legislatures told Gondwe to allocate the said funds to the CDF. Continue reading Despite claims of misuse, Malawi Parliamentarians demand more funding for CDF →

Opinion

Girls, friends, NGOs celebrate as Malawi MPs unanimously vote and ban child marriage

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Malawi Teachers defile students
Primary school girls like these get defiled by their teachers in Malawi

Malawian girls feel very loved after this Tuesday February 14, 2017, the Malawi Parliamentarians showed great love when they agreed to amend the Malawi Constitution, sealing the semi ban on child marriage to total child marriage ban in the country. The lawmakers aligned the supreme law of the land with the February 2015 marriage law that raised the age of marriage from 15 to 18 years. Continue reading Girls, friends, NGOs celebrate as Malawi MPs unanimously vote and ban child marriage →