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The Malawi Parliament Building is a state building located in the city centre of Lilongwe and serves as the seat of the National Assembly of Malawi, the country's supreme legislative body. The building is also open to the public for guided tours and educational programs.
The 1994 Constitution provided for a Senate, but Parliament repealed it. Malawi therefore has a unicameral legislature in practice. [3] The National Assembly has 193 members of Parliament (MPs) who are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system and serve five-year terms. [4]
In 1994, Malawi had a new constitution and democracy. The constitution was claimed to be one of the most "gender-sensitive" in the world. [1] 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.
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Yeremia Chihana is a Malawian politician and Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Malawi representing Mzimba North Constituency. [1] He was elected member of parliament in 2019. [ 2 ]
Constituencies of Malawi are used to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of the Malawi Parliament. [1] There are over 193 constituencies, based on a formula where these constituencies were to be delineated based on population numbers. Each constituency returns one MP. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The Malawi government said Wednesday that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus ...
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