Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:46:33 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has directed Choma Central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa to convert his point of order into an oral question for written answers following his complaints over Government’ silence on the Malawi maizegate scandal. Dr. Matibini ordered Mr Mweetwa who is UPND Member of Parliament for Choma Central that for him to have a focused response from Government, he needed to put it in writing so that the Speaker could direct the questions to the executive to respond on the floor of the House. This was after Mr Mweetwa raised a point of order that whereas the Malawian authority had taken action by dismissing its Minister of Agriculture, the Zambian government had remained mute over the matter, leaving the media and the citizens to continue speculating. On Wednesday, Malawi’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, George Chaponda […]
