By Nangayi Guyson – BLANTYRE, Malawi (AFP) – Rwanda’s refugees minister General Marcel Gatsinzi has called on some 2,000 refugees in Malawi to come home, saying the country had returned to peace and stability, local media said on Sunday. Malawi’s Sunday Times quoted Rwanda’s refugees minister saying.”Please return home. There is peace in Rwanda, there is security in Rwanda.” Gatsinzi told the refugees not to fear “wrong information” telling them they would be prosecuted for genocide if they returned home. He said such information was being spread by “fugitive Rwandans who committed crimes during the genocide and are on the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, February 13th 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi trip to South Africa for his scheduled medical review remains a mystery because government has refused to fund him. Muluzi has since sought a court intervention so that the government’s decision is reviewed. He argues that the government’s decision is unconstitutional adding that it violates his right to medical treatment by a physician of his choice. Former health minister Dr Hetherwick Ntaba who is also President Bingu wa Mutharika spokesperson has insisted that government will not finance Muluzi’s trip to South Africa, arguing that the former Head of State should first... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 13th 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Police in Malawi have disclosed that a reporter they arrested on allegations of causing breach of peace to a Member of Parliament (MP) family was a case of mistaken identity. The reporter Kandani Ngwira who writes for a newspaper the government tried to ban recently was arrested on Monday and was due to appear in court on Wednesday to be formally cleared of the charge. On Tuesday police alleged Ngwira had sent threatening text messages to an MP. The National Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi quoted Blantyre Newspapers Limited (employers of Ngwira) General Manager... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, January 12th 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Monday (January 10, 2011) sacked his defence minister with immediate effect and took over his portfolio. A short statement read on the national radio, Malawi Broadcasting Station, said Reckford Thotho was “fired with immediate effect” and Mutharika had assumed the defence portfolio. The letter from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) however did not give reason why the Minister has been fired. OPC has said the defence portfolio has reverted to President Mutharika with immediate effect. In reaction to the sacking Thotho told the press that he is... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 11th 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – The US Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) board has unanimously approved a $350.7 million five-year Compact Program focused on the power sector in Malawi. The MCC is a partnership between the United States and developing countries that awards large-scale grants to fund country-led solutions for reducing poverty through sustainable economic growth. For a country to be selected as eligible for an MCC assistance program, it must demonstrate a commitment to just and democratic governance, investments in the people of a country, and economic freedom as measured by 17 different policy indicators. Benjamin Canavan, the Public Affairs Officer in the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 6th 2011 |
