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Victoria Kingstone (politician)
Victoria Kingstone became a Malawian MP for central Mangochi in southern Malawi in 2019. In 2021 she also became a member of the Pan-African Parliament and later Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament Women’s Caucus. She was re-elected for Mangothi in 2022. Life Kingstone was a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and a strong supporter of President Arthur Peter Mutharika. In 2019 she was the elected MP for the constituency of Mangothi Central and Francesca Masamba became the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member for the Mangothi East constituency. There was sume question over the primaries vote but Kingstone was chosen over Vincent Makda and the Minister of Labour, Grace Chiumia, accepted that there was due process. Historically the whole of the Mangochi District was represented by members of the Democratic Progressive Party but this did not continue. Kingstone noted in 2019 that Mangothi now had faster access by road to nearby towns, the Mangothi stadium and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malawi
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and has an estimated population of 21,240,689 (as of 2024). Lilongwe is its capital and largest city, while the next three largest cities are Blantyre, Mzuzu, and Zomba, the former capital. The part of Africa now known as Malawi was settled around the 10th century by the Akafula, also known as the Abathwa. Later, the Bantu groups came and drove out the Akafula and formed various kingdoms such as the Maravi and Nkhamanga kingdoms, among others that flourished from the 16th century. In 1891, the area was colonised by the British as the British Central African Protectorate, and it was renamed '' Nyasaland'' in 1907. In 1964, Nyasaland became an independent country as a Commonwealth realm under Prime Minister Hastings Banda, and was rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus
The Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus is a cross party group of women who are members of Malawi's National Assembly. It was formed in 1996 when there were nine women members of parliament who wanted to work together across parties whenever there was an issue that was related to women. History In 1994, Malawi had a new constitution and democracy. The constitution was claimed to be one of the most "gender-sensitive" in the world. In 1996, there were nine women among the 177 members of Malawi's parliament. The idea of a women's caucus was put forward and the nine politicians put aside their party allegiances to work together. They wanted to make sure that whenever there was an issue that was related to women then they would act together. Lilian Patel was the Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare and she became the first chair of Malawi’s Parliamentary Women’s Caucus. The caucus worked with USAID and the initial relationship was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Navicha
Mary Thom Navicha is a Malawian politician who became the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party and the leader of the opposition. She is the first woman to be appointed as Leader of Opposition in the Malawi. Life Navicha became the member of parliament in Malawi's National Assembly for the Thyolo Thava constituency, as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Navicha served as the Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare in 2019. She praised the women of Blantyre when they peacefully showed their support for Jane Ansah. Navicha was the DPP's Director of Women and a member of the cross party Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus. She became the Deputy Whip of the DPP but later resigned. The party's leadership became confused and in April 2023 she cautioned that she was considering leaving the party. In 2023, Naomi Kilekwa was suspended from parliament by the speaker Catherine Gotani Hara after unruly behaviour during President Lazarus Chakwera' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Gotani Hara
Catherine Gotani Hara is a Malawian politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ... who has been the Speaker (politics), Speaker of the National Assembly (Malawi), National Assembly since June 2019, the first woman to hold the position. Early life and education Gotani Hara attended Kamuzu Academy, and has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Chancellor College at the University of Malawi. While studying, she ran the university's wing of the Malawi Congress Party. From 1998 to 2000, she completed professional postgraduate training in International Development and Project Planning and Management Brighton. Career Gotani Hara was a Programme Officer for the UK's Department of International Development, the first Malawian to be recruited to that level. She was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Kilekwa
Naomi Kilekwa Phiri (born 5 October 1984) is a Malawian politician. She is a member of Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and she serves at the National Assembly of Malawi representing Mulanje South East. Life Kilekwa is a member of the National Assembly of Malawi for Mulanje South East. Her term began on 20 May 2014. She is a member of Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and she has sat on the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee. In 2016 she donated money to support bee-keeping in her constituency. She wanted to support the environment and in particular trees. 71 bee hives were donated in Mbozi for the use of ten bee keeping clubs. Kilekwa was elected again in 2019 when no party had a majority and the hung parliament may have led to slow decisions. The Democratic Progressive Party President Peter Mutharika appealled to independents to support the government. 32 agreed including Lyana Lexa Tambala, Susan Dossi, Roseby Gadama and Nancy Chaola Mdooko. Another report mentioned 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Goals The SADC's goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 16 countries in southern Africa. Although its primary objectives are development, economic growth, and poverty alleviation, peacekeeping has become increasingly important to the SADC. History The origins of SADC are in the 1960s and 1970s, when the leaders of majority-ruled countries and national liberation movements coordinated their political, diplomatic and military struggles to bring an end to colonial and white-minority rule in southern Africa. The immediate forerunner of the political and security cooperation leg of today's SADC was the informal Frontline States (FLS) grouping. It was formed in 1980. The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) was the forerunner of the socio-economic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. The intention of the AU was to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa by 32 signatory governments; the OAU was disbanded on 9 July 2002. The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa. The largest city in the AU is Lagos, Nigeria while the list of urban areas in Africa by population, largest urban agglomeration is Cairo, Egypt. The African Union has more than 1.3 billion people and an area of around and includes world landmarks such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazarus Chakwera
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera (born 5 April 1955) is a Malawian politician and theologian who has served as President of Malawi since June 2020. He has served as the leader of the Malawi Congress Party since 2013. He was president of the Malawi Assemblies of God from 1989 to 2013. Previously, Chakwera was the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Malawi, National Assembly following 2019 Malawian general election, highly controversial elections held on 21 May 2019 which were overturned by the Constitutional Court. He was appointed chairman of Southern African Development Community, SADC on 17 August at the SADC 41st Annual Summit held on 9 August to 19 August 2021 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Personal life Lazarus Chakwera was born in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi, on 5 April 1955 while the country was still Nyasaland, under British colonial rule. His father was a primary school teacher and supplemented his family's income through subsistence farming. Lazarus married M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi)
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a political party in Malawi. The party was formed in February 2005 by the then Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika after a dispute with his party the United Democratic Front (UDF), which was led by him in a 2004 general elections and chaired by his predecessor, Bakili Muluzi. History The DPP party is an offshoot of the United Democratic Front. The UDF was formed by Bingu wa Mutharika and Bakili Muluzi and came to power in 1994 under Muluzi. After Muluzi's two terms were over, Mutharika succeeded him as head of the party and nation. However, Muluzi remained involved in running the party; therefore Mutharika formed his own party, the Democratic Progressive Party, in early 2005. Many UDF members defected to the new DPP party. The party and Mutharika won elections in 2009, and continued to rule the country. Internal politics In October 2008, the DPP's national governing council unanimously chose Mutharika as the party's candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangochi Airport
Mangochi Airport is an airport that used to serve the town of Mangochi in Southern Region, Malawi. History In 2020 the plans for the airport were delayed and 100s of local landowners were expecting compensation. The local MP Victoria Kingston spoke up in parliament urging action and for the President Lazuras Chakwera not to abandon the plan for the airport and hotel. See also * * * List of airports in Malawi * Transport in Malawi Transportation in Malawi is poorly developed. The country of almost 23 million has 39 airports, 6 with paved runways and 33 with unpaved runways. It has of railways, all narrow-gauge and about 45 percent of its roads are paved. Though it is ... References External links OurAirports - Mangochi Airports in Malawi {{Malawi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
