Empowering Journalists for Parliamentary oversight
*Empowering Journalists for Parliamentary oversight* By Clara Wadi The Centre for Social Accountability and Transparency (CSAT) empowered community journalists to understand and add value to the Parliamentary Support Program project. During the media engagement session held at Chatonda Lodge, Moffat Phiri, a citizen engagement manager at CSAT, addressed the importance of including community journalists in the five-year project funded by USAID and Democracy International. He said, "This project started in October 2023 and is now in its second phase. The main aim is to mobilize civil society, engage, and capacitate them on access to information regarding the Parliamentary Support Program project and how they can add value in disseminating information about the project." Phiri added, "We are conducting a nationwide campaign starting in January 2025, covering 12 districts of the ideal Parliament of Malawi, and community journalists, who work at the ...