Finance Minister Felix Mlusu’s 2021/2022 fiscal budget delivered at the Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe on Friday, May 28, 2021 has already began proving what critics said that the K1.9 trillion budget “is unrealistic” following a contradiction between the ministry and the treasury on inflation.
Members of the national assembly are presently locked in cluster meetings as per parliamentary requirement, and are expected to return to the chamber in two weeks to debate it before they can decide to pass or reject it.
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu presents the provisional Budget in the Chamber-pic by Lisa Kadango
‘Unrealistic’
Already, Mlusu’s budget his second since he was appointed minister responsible for finance last year faced huge criticism from main opposition, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), describing it as “a pro-rich budget.”
Commentators and experts on education in the country have hailed President Lazarus Chakwera’s installation as Champion for Higher Education in Africa, but have quickly advised that the Malawi leader needs to up his game as far as catapulting education standards for the better is concerned. Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) a consortium of 129 […]
Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama, has said it is exciting that Malawi is hosting the 2021 Africa individual chess tournament currently in progress in the capital Lilongwe, saying it will enable participants to learn from each in as far as furthering the sport for the better is concerned.
Ulemu Msungama swears in as minister responsible for Youth and Sports-pic by Lisa Kadango
Representatives from twenty-one countries are competing, and the best four will automatically qualify for the sport’s 2021 world cup scheduled to be held in Russia from July 10 to August 2021.
Presidents from various chess federations and Grand Masters especially from Egypt and Algeria are also in Lilongwe to witness the tournament.
Iconic Balaka-based musician ‘Sir’ Paul Banda is reportedly critically ill and requires specialist medical attention abroad. But when the Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa addressed Parliament on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 and made reference to the matter, government was not amused.
In his response to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) presented on May 3, 2021 in the 3rd Meeting of the 49th Session of Parliament and the 2021/2022 Budget Session, the Leader of Opposition requested parliamentarians to “to contribute funds towards Sir Paul Banda’s medical treatment abroad”.
Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa in Parliament-pic by Lisa Kadango
“On a very special note, let me inform this August House that our own music legend, Sir Paul Banda, has been unwell for some time. Sir Paul Banda has, for decades, played a very significant role in the political, and social and economic development of this through music.
Chakwera Adamant On Kunje, Mathanga
MEC Chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale flanked by Commissioners briefs members of the Press on Fresh Presidential Elections in Lilongwe-pic by Lisa Kadango
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged recent direction by High Court Judge Jack Nriva that he should formally employ Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners.
Ministry of Justice Spokesperson, Pilirani Masanjala confirmed the development in an interview with MIJ Online on Saturday.
High Court Judge Nriva ordered President Chakwera to formally employ the two commissioners and pay them their salary arrears with interest for the months they spent without pay.