Chilima intervenes on Unversity of Malawi delinking issue
Vice President Saulos Chilima has intervened in a matter the University of Malawi council decided to delay the delinking process of the University of Malawi colleges.
Some Malawians expressed concern over the decision by the council after parliament approved the delinking process for efficiency and effectiveness of public universities.
On Tuesday morning in Lilongwe, Chilima met the Council of the University of Malawi to discuss the resolution made by the Council to review the delinking of the university.
The meeting agreed on tasks assigned to stakeholders to guide further discussions on the issue.
Government says communication on outcome of the meetings will be made public after all due consultations are done.
Chilima came to the meeting in his capacity as minister responsible for economic planning and development and public sector reforms.
Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje; and officials from the department of statutory corporations also attended the meeting held in Lilongwe.
The University Council said in a statement it was reversing the process of separating the constituent colleges of the Unima, namely Chancellor College, College of Medicine, The Polytechnic and Kamuzu College of Nursing on the grounds that the decision to unbundle was made outside the mandate of both the council and senate.
Malawi Law Society president Burton Mhango said the council’s decision to reverse the unbundling process has no legal basis since Parliament ratified an Act to facilitate the delinking process.
He said: “An Act of Parliament is above any decision that the council can make. The decision made by the council cannot have any effect on the decision made by Parliament. The decision to delink the universities was formalised.
“For that decision to be rescinded, it will have to go back to Parliament for a subsequent amendment or repealing the previous legislation [which authorised the delinking process].”
Concurring with Mhango, the Civil Society Education Coalition (Csec) in a statement signed by its executive director Benedicto Kondowe and board chairperson Jennipher Mkandawire said the council’s decision sets a wrong precedent
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Wauka kwa akufa Chilima the master liar. Where is the bullet train? Where are the 1million jobs to be credited in one year? Where are K15,000.00 stipend for our grannies? Where are free water and electricity connections? Where are cheaper passports? Where are non-renewable driving licences? Where are Civil Servants medical schemes? Where are Civil Servants loans? Where are healthy facilities every 4 km? Where are the promised school blocks? Where are the promised roads? Where is the tax-free week? Eish koma chilima is indeed a pathological liar. Manyazi alibe zeze? DPP was much much better indeed. Awa a Nonse Alliance atichedwetsa. They seem not to know what to do.
Zoona Mufuna mudye ma allowance ama consultation pa nkhani yothaitha? Mwatani Kodi?
Munathadi fashoni aChilima palibe chanu tsopano simudzakhalaponso pa u president wa Malawi mark ma words. Munakodzera chiputu. That’s why now you’re very quiet mapulani anakuthera mutatokota ngati chani kaya. Ndingaluza voti yanga ndikanadziwa ndikavotera aMbakuwaku. Anaonetsa cha muna musatekeseka. Pano ndi mayazi kuti anthu ati chanimukayamba kutokotanso ku Chakwera or mukudziwa kuti apa zinthu sizikuyenda.
How do you have dislogue and consultations on a bill that was passed. Only the AG can intervene or parliament table a motion to stop the unbundling.
Want the allowances as usual.
Can’t these meetings been done on zoOM?🤔
Komanso atolankhani okonda Chilima ayi polani moto mwanyanya kuchemelera zopanda pake.Munthu kongotchena nkumapita ku meeting basi imeneyo ndi solution?
A Chilima anatha fasho akagwere uko asamangodikira ziyipe Kaye kenako jijirijijiri ngati anzeru apa zambiri zomwe ankanena zatheramalere palibepo chachitikapo olo.Asatiyasepo nthawi apa angovomera kuti alephera.
Kodi abwana tizikambirana nkhani yoti idadutsa kale ku parliament? Pali nzeru apa? Tili ndi nkhani zeni zeni zofunika kuganiza mdziko muno. Izi zidatha kale.
The MCP dinosaurs in unima council want to derail progress. Stupid idiots. Council can not reverse decision of parliament. Never!
Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi.
Kodi which idiot decided to reverse the delinking? Kusowa chochita eti
Mr Vice President, dont join the retired people who hide behind committees. This issue passed parliament and its an insult to the legislature to doubt their understanding. Over and above that; this process was supposed to have happened in 1987/88. its means we are late. Mr VP move it. My advice is lets move forward and leave those two registrars behind. two people are selfish and think they are powerful to disrupt the future of our nation. they should be ashamed.
Amafuna cheap popularity ngati chinyawu awa ….Should we say the university council made its decision without the knowledge of MG1 and MG2 …..Kapena mungofuna kuti muwoneke kuti mukujobola ndi covid 19 wakupangisani kuti mubisale mmalunjeyu
Let there be open and candid dialogue on this Unima unbundling topic. It is my hope that the Veep will encourage atleast that. I feel the decision to unbundle our Unima (our pride) was hurriedly done. There are many malawians (me inclusive) who do not support this unbundling nonsense. Let Unima remain intact. It is our pride. Government should assess thoroughly all processes in the University and re-engineer them where shortfalls are identified inorder to make it more efficient and relevant to modern Malawi and the world at large. Unbundling may not be a solution to Unima’s inefficiencies; in fact, unbundling will only complicate problems.
There will be no harm to stop this unbundling now. This is the era when all decisions which were made hurriedly and are not in the best interest of the larger proportion of malawians must and must be reversed. Malawi must move forward by constructing new universities where necessary not unbundling existing ones. There are atleast four new universities which previous government pledged to construct. The time to construct these universities is now. Do not DARE unbundle any public university. Please musatiyambe dala.
kkkkkk izi ndiye nzeru za unyasaland basi. Cant you see how Luanar has developed within the shortest period after its delinking from unima? More fire with delinking process aluta continua
Way to go boss!! give it a thorough dialogue!!
Dialogue’s outcome was unbundling, fullstop!