President Lazarus Chakwera is this morning scheduled to open the budget session and deliver his fourth State of the National Address (SONA) at the Parliament building in Lilongwe.

The citizens of Malawi have high expectations and are eagerly waiting to hear what their president has in store for them.

This budget session comes at a time when there are controversies surrounding the leader of the opposition in the main opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The Malawi Parliament has recognised Kondwani Nankhumwa as the leader of the Opposition, while the DPP has their own preferred candidate