Ntchindi Meki

1 month ago | mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki

Growing concerns over secrecy in the country’s presidential pardon process have sparked demands for reforms to ensure transparency and fairness. The demands follow President Lazarus Chakwera’s pardon of 21 inmates, during Easter celebrations, whose identities have been kept under wraps. The lack of transparency of the matter gave rise to claims that government was keeping a tight lid on the list of pardoned inmates.

1 month ago | mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki

Eight prisoners who were accepted into public universities two years ago are still languishing in jail, prompting human rights activists to warn that the holdup defeats the whole purpose of rehabilitation.

1 month ago | mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki

The African Union (AU) has challenged leaders of political parties in Malawi to prioritise prevention of violence against women and girls ahead of the September 16 General Election. AU special envoy on women, peace and security Ndeye Benita Diop Diop, who is leading an 11-member AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department delegation, also urged parties to include more women in leadership roles rather than limiting them to being voters.

1 month ago | mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki

Political parties have queried Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on why duplicate names of individuals who registered twice remain in the voters’ register instead of being removed. Further, during an electoral stakeholders meeting in Lilongwe yesterday where the commission shared an electronic copy of the voters’ register with 23 registered political parties ahead of the September 16 General Election, the party representatives also wondered if such individuals will face legal consequences.

1 month ago | mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki

Government has nationalised Malawi Cargo Centres Limited (MCCL), a private-sector led consortium operating port facilities in Dar es Salaam and Mbeya in Tanzania. Capital Hill built the facilities on land given by the Tanzanian government. The Malawi Government largely lost control of the facilities in 1995 when it surrendered them to private control under a 95-year lease agreement that Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda now says is invalid.