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Government to introduce youth programmes
Government has announced plans to introduce two initiatives aimed at empowering and developing the youth in the country. One of…
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National Sports
Mutharika silent on sports
The Sports fraternity has said it is high time government started treating sports as a serious business that effectively contributes…
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Editors Pick
Cabinet absence derails Parliament
The absence of the Cabinet yesterday forced the adjournment of Parliament 90 minutes earlier after several members of Parliament (MPs)…
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Front Page
Govt to introduce health scheme for public servants
President Peter Mutarika says for the first in the history of Malawi, government will introduce a health insurance scheme for…
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National News
Gwengwe speaks on political career
Former minister of Industry and Trade, who was also People’s Party (PP) running mate in the May 20 Tripartite Elections,…
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Front Page
Msowoya is new Speaker, Mcheka Nkhoma is first deputy speaker
Parliament has elected Malawi Congress Party vice president and Member of Parliament for Karonga Nyungwe Richard Msowoya as Speaker of…
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Front Page
Msowoya vs Kasaila for Speaker
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice president Richard Msowoya will battle it out with former chairperson of the Budget and…
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Front Page
MPs told to discuss reports
Parliament has not discussed reports detailing the human rights situation in the country for several years, but the Centre for…
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Front Page
Khumbo mum on benefits
Former vice-president Khumbo Kachali is yet to decide whether to go for the Vice-Presidency retirement package or forfeit it for…
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National News
‘Take parliamentary deliberations seriously’
Newly elected members of Parliament (MPs) have been challenged to take deliberations in Parliament seriously if they are to take the country…
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Front Page
Loopholes in Declaration of Assets Act
When it was thought that the newly passed Declaration of Assets Act would simplify declaration by public officers, a private…
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Front Page
MPs sworn in, parliament to meet Monday
The first day for the newly elected MPs who came to be sworn in today was not without drama as…
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Editors Pick
MCP, UDF unite on Section 65
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) have separately said they will stand strong on Section 65…
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National News
UDF parliamentary muscle shrinking
United Democratic Front (UDF) numbers in Parliament continue to dwindle, a development Institute of Policy Interaction (IPI) has said is…
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Front Page
MPs to be sworn in Monday
Newly elected members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to be sworn in next Monday, Clerk of Parliament Roosevelt Gondwe has…
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Editors Pick
Women flop in elections
The number of women that have made it to Parliament in the May 20 Tripartite Elections has dropped compared to…
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Editors Pick
Chimunthu, Goodall speak on fall of veterans
Former speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda has described as a blow to institutional memory, the increasing number of veteran…
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National News
Opposition warned against abusing numbers
Opposition political parties are set to control Parliament after official results indicated that they have the numerical strength to frustrate…
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Front Page
JB nullifies elections
Malawi President Joyce Banda Saturday morning sent Malawi into a legal maze when she nullified the May 20-22 2014 Tripartite…
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Political Index Feature
Campaigning for ‘development’ and politics of misrepresentation
In 1994, Malawi ousted Kamuzu Banda’s dictatorship, adopting a democratic constitution instead. The new constitutional order embraced multiparty politics, holding…
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