Malawi veep Chilima to forgo full salary to help Covid-19 fight
Malawi vice-president Saulos Chilima has said he will forgo his entire salary of K1.7 million monthly towards efforts to mobilise resources for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight.
Chilima’s spokesperson Pilirani Phiri confirmed that the State Vice-President has committed all his salato ro the Covid-fight.
“I can confirm that Chilima is giving up three months salary to contribute to the state of public health emergency to help in efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus,” Phiri said.
“This is from now up to three months, Thereafter, he will continue his promises to give 50 percent of his salary to charity,” he said.
Phiri said the Office of the Vice-President will be communicating to the Chief Secretary and Cabinet to channel Chilima’s salary to Covid-19 fight.
Chilima surrendering of his salary comes barely a day President Peter Mutharika ordered Treasury to cut his own salary and the wages of his ministers and deputy ministers by 10% for three months to augment the government’s funds in responding and containing the spread of the viral disease.
The money saved would be directed towards the fight against the novel coronavirus, he added.
Malawi has so far recorded four cases of the virus but Lilongwe District Health Office says it has traced 60 people believed to have had contact with the index patient of the virus.
Mutharika declared a state of emergency on March 23 to combat the virus.There is no lockdown but schools are closed and the government says it is urging people to work from home and follow hand-washing and social-distancing guidelines.
All social gatherings of more than 100 people, such as funerals, church services and political rallies, have been banned.
Just call him a thief. Why does he get paid salary when he does not actually work? Basi busy kupenta ndevu ndikumeta mmbali munthu mkulukulu. Shatapu zake chilima, VP wamuyaya.
Mumakhwana Big Man, we need u to lead Malawi not Nyenkhwe zi..mbava.. hiding behind coronavirus to postpone elections.
Zinazi zikuti simumagwira ntchito zi ndi ubulutu chabe, actually that’s what you expect cadets to say….a cadet is a cadet…
This guy needs to be arrested….for stealing public money….u mean all along he who was receiving salary for free while not working….arafat mtima uwuwu ndiwakuba sungalamulire dziko gwira korona wachimwa
mulibe mzeru phiri
well done
Sichipongwe koma kunena zoona. Mai Chilima mwaonjeza kuzichita bleech nkhopeyo. Zokhazokhazo zobweza salary,?
Mungooneka kuposa mzungu.
Zinazi chonde zisiyeni mudwala nazo cancer
Better than just watching people suffering with the virus
Make up mama mukuonjedza. Mukuoneka ngati chintuwisa
Aaarrr kodi ndiye all along amalandila salary for doing what??? Already he was not supposed to be paid. He literally does nothing positive for this country. If anything he should be saluted for the looting, damaging other people’s properties and killing of a police officer at Nsundwe with his Violent demonstrations.
exactly
Chilima is lazy sponger who has been getting a salary without working.
Osamangolubwa apa. Do u know office of the VP is a deligate one? did your president give him tasks?. Osamangolubwa apa, if he is not working let government challenge him and remove him from office
Tell your president to assign him duties.
President wake ndi chakwera nde amuuze zoyenera kupanga. APM has got alot to do than this
Njoka ya VP. You are copying APM and trying to show you can do better.
And APM is copying Joyce Banda. What is 10% of APM’s salary when just one kickback from Karim amounts MWK145 million.