Malawi now has functional veep, Chilima reliable partner in the Presidency – Analyst
A governance expert and socio-political commentator Makhumbo Munthali has observed that Malawi now has an empowered vice-president, saying the office holder Dr Saulos Chilima is indeed a functional second-in-command who has hit the ground to improve public service delivery.
Office of the Vice-President in the country is a delegated one, an arrangement that has seen Vice-Presidents, including Chilima, sidelined or victimised by the political system.
But President Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president leading the nine-party Tonse Alliance government, pledged to allow Chilima —who is also UTM Party president— to be functional vice-president , according to their power-arrangement deal.
Chilima also serves as Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms and has been engaging Cabinet ministers this week to orient them on the reforms drive.
“It’s a good move by the Vice President to keep on engaging all Cabinet Ministers (and their respective teams) on proposed reforms in their Ministries. Already loving the Facebook updates by the Veep sharing a summary of the discussions as well as his personal reflections on the same,” governance expert Munthali told Nyasa Times.
He added that such updates provide an opportunity for the citizens not only to know some key proposed reforms in a particular Ministry but also to give their feedback on the same.
“Equally important to Cabinet Ministers is the message being driven home that they are not only accountable to the President but also to the Vice President -besides to the citizens- including on reforms related business in their respective Ministries.
“To this end, the Veep becomes a reliable partner in the Presidency in order to deliver reforms in their respective Ministries. Perhaps, this is why President Chakwera recently appealed to all and sundry to support the Vice President in the public sector reforms path.
“It apparently shows that the Veep is now working.”
Chilima’s meeting with the Cabinet ministers comes after he recently met directors of finance and chief executive officers (CEOs) from statutory corporations in Blantyre and Lilongwe.
He also met private sector leaders on the same.
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Promises and Lies.
1. Universal fertilizer subsidy to 4.2 million remember Malawi has 18million people.
2. Reduction of presidential powers yet making illegal and nepotistic family appointments.
3. 1 million jobs now talking of road maps and job centres yet we have labour office.
3. Un renewable driving licence yet we are being asked to renew passport.
4. Bullet train yet nothing done even surveys.
5. MK75billion loan yet now they are talking of MK40billion
6. Merit appointment yet hiring reired people and families so that they are able to coodinate corruption
7.Respect of rule of law yet criminals like Kaliati, Masangwi, Ngalande, Chimwendo Banda, Msungama are free.
8. Passport at MK14,000 yet we are still paying MK100,000
9. Tax free MK100,000 yet saying we should wait for parliament.
10. Minimum wage MK50,000 yet we are still receiving MK25,000
11. Duty free week yet nothing of that sort is happening.
12. Career diplomat yet daughters and sons of Chakwera are being sent to embassies.
13. Arrest of those who stole and life style audit yet no one has been audited.
and many more other lies and promises.
Now these people are coming up with the 1.3 trillion issue just to create a scapegoat so that they should say they are failing because money was stolen. They need to be told that that money was for the past years and they should make do with the money they are collecting now. Your ministers are all over travelling just to claim allowances. I am told that Chiponda has already Clocked MK3m just in allowances in 1 month. Kaliati MK1.7m, MsungamaMK2.3m, Nyalonje MK1,8m, Abida Mia MK1.9m. these allowancves have been claimed in just one month. Gospel bring that access to information so that we dig more. We will expose this theft and Silungwe has also authorised payment of MK9.7b legal fees.
Tell them brother. Go deeper and expose this fake “man of the assemblies of God” .
Tonse Government is busy cleaning the corruption rubble which your sloppy Peter Muntharika managed under his watch (sorry he was sleeping). We never knew it was that bad! We had put APM in the Office of the president as the most stupid guy ever in the history of our country !
What a difference! If we look back in history, let’s say 6 years, around the end of June, 2016, when Peter was 30 days in office and Chilima as VP, SKC was just a very junior partner! APM had at this time not even a Cabinet! He argued he need time to choose the best…! We all remember, he ended up with the same recycled guys, apart from Chilma, serving already under his brother Bingu. The slowness in decision making characterized the whole political area under Peter. Slow, none visionary, inefficient and very corrupt.
Exactly the opposite the younger Mutharika proclaimed as his cornerstones ” Hardworking , Intecrity and Patriotism “, was the political reality in Government and DPP! Cluelessness bcame the most used atribute describing the former leadership. The only dynamic element was the former and present VP before he got finally sidelined. Please SKC, keep it up and stick to it!
Once upon a time we had chimulirenji, koma abalee.
Paja Chakwera akuti ntchito imene atagwire in 40 days ndikusankha azibale ake ndikuwaika pampando. Koma mmbusa ameneyu ali ndi mutu? Is filling positions all he can do in 40 good days? Awatu awa alanditsa boma kwa mbava chilima.
Iwe Chakwera tell us where to buy the universal subsidy fertilizer now now, tell us where to line up for the 1 million jobs, give our gogos K15,000 monthly stipend, tell us not to renew driving licenses, sell us passports at K14,000.00, connect us with water and electricity for free, build us the bullet trains, give us K50,000.00 minimum wage, do not deduct taxes on our K100,000.00 salary, raise allowance and salary for civil servants, build us new school blocks and hospitals as promised, give Civil servants soft loans and put them on medical scheme, promote civil servants, tell us strategies how to eat katatu etc etc then we shall believe your lies. Apo biii ndiye kuti Chakwera paulendo back to Assemblies of God kukapitiliza kupusitsa anthu ozizira mitu kumeneko. Fotseki.
Chakwera Chilima make malawi great.
Bola no change as time goes by. His leadership must be premised on the campaign pledges the nation is watching every step within the corridors of Tonse government. The expectations are high euphoria hasn’t subsided as revelations about looting by the so-called DPP system which has been crumbling since July 6 this year. Fortunately the five-star lodges are ready for our beloved thieves where the VVIPs will be given red carpet treatment.
Malawi is on a morning of a new era. Push the reforms to the best ends of this poor nation. Land reforms plus the creation of new constituencies to address the lopsided majority of the UDF/ DPP power architects for the South as prescribed by Bakili
Uyutu paja ndi Zeze akukhonza zammawa. Bagonani mma State house mo muzazindikila 2025 kuti ameneyi walitenga yekha Bomali
That’s how you fooled APM to ditch him, SKC has proved he is not selfish and LMC knows that!!
Nothing wrong with that. As long as Malawi benefits
The clueless Chakwera is sleeping. The salesman in the name of NJOKA is circling him. By the time he wakes up it will be too late.
Kodi ma cadet simunachirebe. Zitayeni tiyeni tiyende limodzi TONSE
Muzatiuza zikachitika. Politics is called DIRTY for a good reason.
NYEKHWE, kikikikiiiiiiii.
Mukuwona ngati mupanga achieve ngati zambuyo muja
The resultant of clean politics is quality delivery .
Malawi is on the right path. The evil regime is gone never to be given a chance again. We thank God for his timely rescue. His name be praised.
Real thing, osati za boma la bulutu polofesa with their thick VP pick in the name of Chimulirenji (bless him).
Chilima should ask all ministries and agencies to bring all employment contracts which were signed because this is where more cadets were employed. As civil servants we find it unfair that always we should have people from outside the civil service being given high positions like that of chief director or director. We also aspire for these positions and we need to be allowed to compete for these position. More rot was at the ministry of information where people were given contracts because of their connections with politician. Gospel should wake up and check this. Ask the PS to bring all the contracts within the ministry of information more especially people who were hired from outside the civil service. There are attempts with the coming of the new government to squeeze them within the main civil service and Gospel should watch this.
I recommend Habida Mia because she has started removing dirt from her ministry.
Ma big awiri amenewa akundivetsa kukoma kwambiri. Musadzasiyane chonde chonde and musamuvere Bakili akungofuna kudanitsa chifukwa akudziwa kuti mgwirizano uwu is here to stay.
Is he the president or what because he is the one making more noise than his boss. Malawi has two presidents in short
mulira.
Nothing wrong with that. As long as Malawi benefits
Malawi has one functioning government if thats what you want to hear. The President picked the right people to help run a people’s government. You can critise as loud as you like. You don’t matter anymore. It’s the voter whose voice matters. Inu kusabva.
I concur. There is a great team Spirit in Malawi now. I applaud the synergy between the President and the Veep.
Dr. Chakwera and Dr. Chilima are a formidable pair, and we will continue to pray for them, so that God should continue to protect and bless them, in addition to being granted the wisdom and courage, in order for them to continue to serve our beautiful and beloved country Malawi.
May God bless Malawi, keeping it a land of peace!
The Chakwera Chilima marriage was made in heaven so let no one put it asunder…..
If the Tonse alliance continues on the path they have taken, clearing the rubble, eliminating corruption in all government ministries, creating jobs jobs jobs, fulfilling their manifestos as promised during the campaign including delivering on the cheap fertiliser and sticking to the Chakwera high five principals……then I don’t see this government leaving the realms of power any time soon at least for the next 30 years…..
This is what we were looking for when we voted on 23rd June, 2020. We wanted a functional Vice President not a bench warmer or just an onlooker. We are expecting more from Dr. Saulos Cluas Chilima for better Malawi.
Keep on updating us Mr Vice President. Many thanks should also go to His Excellence the President Dr. Lazarus Mac Cathy Chakwera for giving an opportunity to Dr. Chilima to show his muscles in the public sector reform. Our country needs able bodied men to sanitize.
Keep up the good work
Malawi is for all the sons & daughters of it do this good news to all Malawians of good will for their beloved country. That’s how things are supposed to be like.
This is the kind of gvt Malawiand have been craving for for so long a time
I like Chilima on this but let me ask him to invite all controlling officers in government because some of them they dont even look at the cleaneness of their premises, they dont pay for utilities and other recurrent expenditure because once they receive funding, all the money is spent on allowances. Chilima should come up with measures to control the way allowances are paid. The biggest culprit in this allowance theft scheme is officers at the auditor general who are involved in multiple allowance claims. They will claim allowances from their office as well as from the place they want to audit. in most cases they will claim for 20 days even when their work will take two days. They will make multiple claims from different places within the same days. I know of some officers at the auditors general office who are able to make over MK3million per month in allowances. What they also do is to make a list of six officers even when the work will be done by two officers.
The best way to deal with this will be to give powers to the controlling officer to reject paying allowances to these theives and allowances should be paid after the controlling officer has certified that the officers worked and have given an audit report. There are times when auditors will just claim allowances but do no work nor submit reports.
Chimulilenji akanatha izi? We need people like Chilima as Vice president or president kumene.
Not izi za a Nzodzi zoti a pulofesara anandiuza ndi kundituma kuti zakuwuzeni amakukondani
It’s 32 days. And it’s Malawi!
Even APM and SKC started like this, so lets hope this good relationship continues throughout their term
Exactly. That’s how APM and SKC started. But what went wrong? SKCs insatiable appetite to be above his boss. He wants his boss to be taking instructions from him. He wants to rule while the boss should be watching. I am happy that Chakwera knows all this and he has let him do whatever he wants so that he has no one to blame when his programs fail. By the way what reforms is he making in his Ministry?
What nonsense! A veep who cannot apologise for giving wrong and fatal information about COVID-19?
Thats the way its supposed to be in a mature democracy. It works in the USA. It works in Israel, it is working now in Malawi. Bakili brought the wrong impression of democracy. But with this Tonse government pipo will appreciate their democracy which pipo deemed to be evil. Bravo Chakwela, brvo Chilima, thts the way to go. It would have been more better if Chilima was a priminister
It is too early to come up with an objective analysis unless you are expressing your subjective opinion