Parliament adopts Political Party Funding motion

Parliament has adopted a motion to introduce a bill that provides a legal framework regulating administration of political party funding

Current only political parties that amass one tenth of the national vote share the 150 million kwacha funding

Member of Parliament for Zomba Ntonya Ned Poya moved the motion which seeks that all political parties represented in the national assembly should be getting the funding

Representatives of all political parties in parliament spoke in support of the motion

DPP representative Ralph Jooma asked parliament to increase the funding which is provided to political parties that have amassed one tenth of the national vote

Commenting on the motion Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe said centre for multiparty democracy must not be forgotten when passing the bill

Earlier representatives of all political parties sent condolence messages to family of the politician and legal practitioner Peter Fatch who has died

In the morning Parliament suspended prematurely its deliberations due to technical challenge which has been rectified

A statement signed by spokesperson for Parliament, Ian Mwenye said the technical challenge was caused by a faulty audio port in the conferencing system.

First deputy speaker of Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo suspended the deliberations while Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola was responding to questions in the house.

Member of Parliament for Thyolo Thava Mary Navitcha said the suspension was a deliberate move to give chance to Malawi Congress Party Members of parliament to attend the central region elections in 12 districts

But leader of the House in Parliament Richard Chimwendo Banda denied the accusations