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Malawi Deputy Speaker Kazombo to meet Malawians in London

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Malawi Deputy Speaker Kazombo to meet Malawians in London

The Deputy speaker of Malawi parliament who is also MCP Legislator for Kasungu East will  this Friday engage with Malawians  living in diaspora at an event  In London.

Kazombo who is in the UK  for business trip in his role as deputy speaker  decided to utilise the little free time  he has to  meet a number of Malawians  in UK . The event has been co-organised by the diaspora Wing of the Malawi Congress Party.

Deputy Speaker: Hon Madalitso Kazombo

Speaking to 247Malawi Media , the UK director of MCP Diaspora Wing Nelson Ngulube confirmed that indeed a small event has been organised  and that the Deputy speaker is the main  Guest  “ We are grateful that Hon Kazombo has set time from his busy schedules to arrange to meet us  and together discuss various issues  that are impacting our country Malawi at the moment” said Ngulube.

Among the issues that will be on agenda are discussions on how best Malawi Parliament can  work  with those in diaspora, an critical evaluation  of how far the issues of dual citizenship have gone  and the current events that have engulfed Malawi .

The event which will be held in Wimbledon London  is scheduled to start at 5:30pm and is scheduled to finish at 10pm.  Those that want to be part of the event are encouraged to contact the organisers MCP Diaspora Wing through their Facebook page.

MCP Veep Mia Storms Lilongwe South

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MCP Veep Mia Storms Lilongwe South

The MCP First Deputy President, Muhammad Sidik Mia on Monday wound up the party’s campaign trail in style with well patronised whistle stop in the Lilongwe South constituency ahead of the parliamentary polls on Thursday.

The second in command of the country’s oldest political party had a busy day in the field, caping it with a total of four stops in the densely populated constituency which has 27 polling centers.

The first stop was at Tanga trading centre where he urged the people to vote for the MCP candidate, Peter Dimba in the by-election which comes after the death of a UTM candidate prior to the May 2019 tripartite election.

Mia had a second stop over at Malingunde market where he drummed up support for Hon Dimba. The third stop was at Phirilanjuzi, before finally holding a mass rally at Chiputu Primary School ground.

In his address, he reminded the people of the area that it is only the MCP candidate who has the welfare of the local masses at heart. He spoke highly of the diminutive Dimba as a hardworking and intelligent young man who knows best the needs and wants of the area. 

Mia emphasized the need for the people to go and vote in large numbers as a protest to the DPP rule which is “in power by default”. 

Sidik Mia

He also urged the party faithfuls to continue praying for the MCP president, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, ahead of the presidential court case ruling to be delivered on Monday, 3 February.

He insisted that the MCP under Chakwera is still determined to implement the SUPER High 5 campaign promise should the court rule in their favour.

Earlier on, the party’s Regional Chairman, Hon Patrick Chilondola urged the people of Chief Masumbankhunda to rally behind “one of their own” if they are to realize the fruits of the incoming government.

The party’s candidate, Dimba, assured the MCP deputy president of an outright win. He reported that the people already showed faith in the party leadership by how they voted in the presidential election. DPP got less than a thousand votes out of 30000 registered voters.

Among some of the notable figures who accompanied the MCP deputy president were the Lilongwe city mayor, Clr Juliana Kaduya, the MCP Deputy Director of International Affairs Edgar Chipalanjira, the Deputy Director of Youth Blessings Chilembwe, the Deputy Treasurer General Halima Daud, the Deputy Organizing Secretary Gift Dafter and an Executive Member, Enoch Kanyimbiri.

Polokwane snap up Malawian international Chembezi

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Polokwane snap up Malawian international Chembezi

Defender Dennis Chembezi has joined Limpopo outfit Polokwane City. The Malawian international has signed a two-year deal with coach Clinton Larsen’s side.

Chembezi has described his move to Rise and Shine as a dream come true.

“It was my dream to play in South African especially because I am from Malawi. Many players there aim high and one of the ambitions is to play in South Africa,” Chembezi said

Dennis Chembezi

“I was advised by players who are from Malawi who play in South Africa (Gerald Phiri jr and Gabadinho Mhango) whenever we play in the national team to work hard. Even when I was coming here they spoke to me and told me to push so I can play more games and aim for Europe.”

Rise and Shine are second from bottom on the log table and will hope the new signing will boost their leaky defence.

Madonna celebrate Mercy James birthday in style

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Madonna celebrate Mercy James birthday in style

Queen of Pop Madonna brought her daughter Chifundo Mercy James onstage with her in Lisbon on Tuesday night to wish her a happy 14th birthday.

‘The best birthday present I can give you,’ the Michigan-born 61-year-old said at Portugal’s Coliseu dos Recreios, ‘is to teach you to never settle for second best.’

Backstage during the nightly group prayer, the seven-time Grammy winner called her privileged teenager ‘truly compassionate’ and revealed her name Chifundo translates to mercy. 

Madonna and daughter Mercy James

Madge (born Ciccone) beamed with pride as ‘happy’ Mercy said she ‘really looks up to’ her and thanked her for giving ‘me a life that I would never have if you didn’t adopt me.’

‘Even though sometimes I’m like, “Oh my god, I can’t deal right now.” But I really love you and I want to thank you for everything, Mom,’ the not-so-typical teen gushed.

Mercy was a four-year-old orphan suffering from Malaria when Madonna adopted her in 2007, which led to a three-year legal battle due to her two divorces.

In 2017, the Raising Malawi founder opened The Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care at Queen Central Hospital in Malawi in her honor.

Malawi Has Slipped Further Backwards On Corruption Fight, Transparency International Report Says

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Malawi Has Slipped Further Backwards On Corruption Fight, Transparency International Report Says

Malawi has once again scored poorly on the fight against corruption and bribery with latest studies showing the country has slipped from 120 to 123 on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

The 2019 CPI, which is conducted by Transparency International, reveals that a majority of countries, including Malawi, are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption.

The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and business people. It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on the 2019 CPI, with an average score of just 43.

The report says similar to previous years, the data shows that despite some progress, a majority of countries are still failing to tackle public sector corruption effectively.

African Institute for Corporate Citizenship (AICC)-hosted Integrity Platform coordinator, Jeff Kabondo, who presented the CPI report in Lilongwe on Thursday, said Malawi is stuck in corruption such that it would require authorities to rise above petty political rhetoric on corruption fight.

“Generally, Malawi hasn’t performed well. We seem to be stuck. Last year, the country scored 31; this year we have scored 32. On the global ranking, Transparency International has ranked us 123, which means the global perception on our corruption fight is getting worse and worse,” said Kabondo.

He said some of the issues considered when ranking a country are electoral integrity, political financing, political campaign based on misinforming the voters and nepotism in the public service.

Kabondo therefore emphasised the need for Malawi to create robust systems of political financing, electoral integrity, transparency and accountability if the country is to improve its global perception on corruption.

He said keeping big money out of politics is essential to ensuring political decision-making serves the public interest and curbing opportunities for corrupt deals.

“Countries that perform well on the CPI have strong enforcement of campaign finance regulations,” said Kabondo.

AICC chief executive officer Dr Felix Lombe said it is sad that Malawi continues to slip deep into corruption trap.

Lombe appealed to authorities to seriously consider tackling the vice to avoid chasing potential investors.

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