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1 week ago |
mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki
Findings of a new study on laws governing campaign financing in the country have shown gaps that allow public funds to be secretly channelled to political parties. In the report on the ‘Assessment of compliance gaps in political party and campaign financing under the existing Malawi legal framework’, the researchers, among others, noted that the current ban on donations from State-owned corporations to political parties, especially the one in power, was too narrow.
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2 weeks ago |
mwnation.com | Ntchindi Meki
State-owned Salima Sugar Company Limited has asked for a government bailout to repay a K24 billion debt inherited after the termination of a shareholding deal between the Malawi Government and AUM Sugar and Allied Limited of India. The company claims that the loans were crippling operations, delaying expansion and negatively impacting sugar production.
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2 weeks 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.
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3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks 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.
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