Parliament Spokesperson, Ian Mwenye told Zodiak Online that among others the preparations will see the selection of Youth Parliamentarians and the dates of their meeting.

"We halted Youth Parliament preparations last year due to fresh presidential election. However, beginning next month, as parliament we are ready to start the preparations," said Mwenye.

Youth Activist Peter Mumba has urged authorities to select youth representatives on merit and avoid politics to lead the process.

"For the past years, we have seen selected youths fail to represent their counterparts due to political interference. We hope the coming process will be on merit," said Mumba.

Youth Parliament is one of the outreach activities of the Parliament of Malawi aimed at giving youths a platform to voice their views and concerns on critical issues affecting their lives for government and concerned organizations to address them.

Members are selected from all 193 constituencies.