Chakwera tweaks new cabinet  line-up:  Zikhale, Kawale, Chizuzu, John Paul being considered

April 1, 2021 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 47 Comments

President Lazarus Chakwera  has tweaked his cabinet line-up  which was to be released on Wednesday, and is finalising the list of ministers that would  revamp the image of a Tonse Alliance government hit by graft scandals  by some ministers.

Chakwera (R) says he needs more time to review assessment reports submitted by Vice-President Saulos Chilima (L)

Nyasa Times sources indicate that the President  was considering some new faces who include Malawi Congress party (MCP) legislators;  Ken Zikhale N’goma of Nkhata Bay South , MP for Dowa North East Constituency Sam Kawale and  Enock Chizuzu  who has just won the Nsanje North by-elections.

MCP’s National Director of Research Dr John Paul is among the possible names to be drafted in the new cabinet.

Chakwera said Wednesday night that  he needs more time to review assessment reports submitted by Vice-President Saulos Chilima.

The President, in a statement released, said the submission from the Vice-President was “as substantial as the President’s review is thorough”; hence, the task will take longer.

“Even so, the President is now fully seized of the matter and will release his Cabinet the instant he completes and assures the best delivery of service to Malawians,” reads the statement signed by presidential press secretary Brian Banda.

Chakwera thanked Malawians for patience on the issue.

This will be Chakwera’s first Cabinet reshuffle since winning the court-sanctioned fresh presidential election held on June 23 2020.

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47 replies on “Chakwera tweaks new cabinet  line-up:  Zikhale, Kawale, Chizuzu, John Paul being considered”

  1. This is ntunthama government indeed led by a fool and a crook in sheep’s skin called chakwera, is it not him who said the appointed ministers will b there for 5 months? Sinathe? Wake up Lazaro, u a running a government not your farm. Chepetsa nduna zako, not a bloated cabinet for the sake of appeasement.

  2. Some people think that Chakwera remove any UTM sponsered minister. Manganya, Kaliati, Mtambo can not go or Chakwera will risk the breaking of Tonse Alliance. Moreover Chilima is the one appointing the cabinet

  3. Chakwera seems to have limited people to chose from because he is in government to run friendship and his criminal enterprise and there is no way he can leave out his accomplices like Nkaka, Chimwendo Banda, kandodo Chiponda etc. Chakwera is probably the worst president and very nepotistic.

  5. I request if His Excellency can put in Hon.Chimunthu Banda(Nkhota-Kota North MP,if not mistaken)….
    Zikhale yai mweee,Yai,I don’t see him helping Tonse Government bit destroying…
    There are others figures even outside Tonse,that can deliver not zikhale…aye waka uko !!

  6. Hon.Kazako Gospel,is amongest the few cabinet ministers that are performing beyond average…
    I don’t see a reason why he must be left behind….
    His ministry is clean.He must be an shaken please.

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  7. Mr vice president please consider mthandizi Omar for a ministerial position he is one hardworking honest politician who is not recognized and does not consider politics as business but serving the nation

    1. zikhale considers himself superior to any Malawian. Chakwera will err big time by including this man.

  9. Zikhale could be actually behind this article. He is so desperate for positions and such people will never be appointed. He was on Nyasa times again as a posible Minister, before this outgoing Cabinet was appointed.

    His name will appear again before the reshuffle of next year or so

  10. Few weeks ago, the president was making noise that before the end of March, a new cabinet will be in place. Today we are told he needs few more days. What days are you talking about? Where is it difficult to chop the ngongole cabinet and put in another ngongole cabinet? If you think the current ngongole cabinet had not yet been paid then shut the hell up. Ngati kusankha cabinet kukuvuta….no wonder you are failing to make right decisions for the nation. Mr President, you are wasting alot of time with useless meetings eg..celebration of AIP….we never saw Bingu or Peter celebrate this even though they are the inventors of the program. You are attending a launch of a book for Asians….this has nothing to with the business of Malawi. Why dont you delegate the ministers of Education and Culture to attend? Do we need the weekly briefings? I think you are wasting so much time on briefings which do not even give important updates…if you are copying the American way, those guys are managing state affairs for 50 countries hence the need for frequent update coz there is so much going on and people need to be updated now and again. Ndimayesa mumati you will be on top of things. ..izi ndizomwe mukuchita? Kulongolora chepetsani….do your job. Do you still own someone money or a thank you? I think we have paid enough. Maybe you do not feel it…but we are buying 2L of cooking oil at K 3,250 while previously it was K 1,950. Do you think things are better now? Today its fuel hike and tomorrow is electricity hike….3 hikes of essential products within one year of your rule. Do you believe you are better than APM. Let time judge you but do not be playing with our minds. Ndakwiya kobasi.

    2. Chakwera and APM are not comparable.you are making a mistake of your life.Enawa musamatikumbutse.Tizingothokoza Kumwamba kuti adskhalapo.

  11. I think the president should not be under pressure to reshuffle the cabinet. There is no law that forces the president to do
    that and let alone the time to do so. He should not be intimidated by these DPP thieves. He will break no law even if he maintains the same cabinet for the whole 5 year term. The so called performance in less than a year is a joke. All what people are saying is driven by jealousy and party fanaticism.I don’t even see the reason for state house to be issuing press releases on this. It’s total waste of time. If the president focusses much on these unnecessary pressures, he may end up being another ” a dad”. I know those party fanatics will not like it.

    1. It’s useless non performing cabinet, thievery and graft, fuel hike, cooking oil hike, electricity hike, maneb leakage. No campaign promise fulfilled.Ife tizisekelela?

  12. The president shall be very incompetent if he doesn’t chop off Manganya, Kazako, Kambala (the mafia) , Mtambo (the terrorist), Khumbize Kandodo (covid allowance girl), Kazako, Msungama ( the saloon in india boy) , Roy Kachale (the sleepy mama’s boy) , Chilima (the chief liar of bullet trains and 1 million jobs) and this little known minister of Lands. At least we could hear something from Abida Mia (Deputy Minister) on issues related to land but we never heard anything from the Minister of Lands himself. Is he sickly? Doesn’t he see all these land problems? Please chop him off.

  13. Why are some UTM idiots worried that MCP dominant in the new cabinet. ? Have they forgotten that Chilima is just but a political condom ?

    1. Chilima is even more arrogant and conceited than Ziklale. Chilima thinks he is the most important man in any room he walk into except BBC Hardtalk, which proved that Chilima ndi waponda nzeru.

  14. Zikhale??? Corruption reigns!!! The most arrogant, conceited and corrupt man in the whole of Malawi is Zikale

  16. We need a lean cabinet with representatives from all regions and those from the Tonse Alliance partners . Chop out Msungama , Manganya , Kandodo, Mtambo, Nyalonje . Borrow a leaf from Magufuli who had 19 cabinet ministers in a county of 46 million people and he managed the economy well Remove Mkaka the thief and corrupt guy .He will make your government fail due to corruption and extortion.

  19. Why change Cabinet after only 8 months??? Is there a crisis?? No….theres no need to change, theyre not casual workers neither are they seasonal workers…..ministers are just a step behind President and superviding a whole ministry is not like supervising a minibus, not at all…….Give ministers a minimum of 3 years and them appraise them…..the President and MPs its 5 years

  20. Koma boma laku mtunthama lodge? To dismiss failures shouldn’t take alot of time, you mean you don’t see that mtambo is eating free money mpaka kufuna kuzembesa prado yaboma?

  21. Mbola. How does recycling a failure like Zikhale n’goma help improve this failing government? Didnt he have a stroke and heart attack a couple of months back? Do we want to make him more obese than he already is?

    1. I could be wrong, but I think the mention of Zikhale was very much in the spirit of an April fool’s joke.

  22. Please fix Malawi and we need to see things moving so far. At the moment nothing has changed just speeches and speeches. Cabinet or no cabinet Malawi must be moving.

  26. The president is lacking ground base on decision making why should he take that long when he know who didn’t perform properly and who did and some are involved with corruption

  27. Chakwera thinks Malawians will accept his thinking hook line and sinker. Little by little Malawians are beginning to realise that Chakwera is a certified liar and crook. Corrupt to the core. He has established his criminal enterprise in government comprising his trusted agents Kapondamgaga, chikhosi, kalumbu, kandondo Chiponda, Nkaka and Chimwendo. He will and can never remove these people from his government because they are the ones executing his enterprise.

  28. this is his chance to correct the mess he commited in his first cabinet release. we need a well balanced cabinet, in terms of tribes, gender and tonse union.

    1. There is no mess at all. He should even not bother to listen to these useless pressures. Whether he maintains the current cabinet or not, he will still be able to fulfill his campaign promises if he wants to. We have seen “a dad” reshuffling cabinet but what happened? Even if the president reshuffles cabinet today, is it automatic that those appointed will be better than those dropped? History has taught us that cabinet reshuffles are based on nothing but politics. Forget about the so called performance that the president is talking about. Its foolish to think that development of our country depends on these useless reshuffles. The very same cabinet can be used to develop this country. This foolishness of thinking that individuals will develop this country should stop. Let’s work on systems and those who work against those systems should face consequences immediately. The president should stop making these useless promises and people should
      also stop pressurizing him on useless promises if he makes some. Let him tell the country that he errored by making that promise. After all, he is a human being. That will be better than wasting time on these press releases on this issue.

    3. Chakwera has failed to rule Malawi decimally. He is full of greed and corrupt practices. Amangomva kuti boma, lero wagwa nayo. Boma lolanda zotsatira sake ndi dimezi, balloon cabinet, increased cooking oil and fuel prices, inflation is up, anthu akudya katatu, million jobs have been created, electricity is cheap, passports are cheap. Tampangeni impeach ameneyi. Akutitaiitsa nthawi kobasi

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