Language planning and linguistic exclusion in the legislative process in MalawiWhen Malawi declared both Chichewa (Chinyanja) and English as official languages in the 1968 Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Convention, the idea was that both languages would have roles in all official domains of national ...
LILONGWE, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Malawi Parliament will reconvene next Monday to embark on legislative process ahead of the fresh presidential election as ordered by the constitutional court Monday in its judgment on the May election. Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara, disclosed this Thurs...
Malawi unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UDF 74, MCP 60, independents 24, RP 16, oth...
collection tools were used and included questionnaires administered among members of parliament, structured and non-structured interviews, participant observation, and analysis of written work.;The functional distribution of all languages in Malawi is directly related to their value in the linguistic ...