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Koma Inu
Koma Inu
9 years ago

I totally agree with the truth one from the west. You nailed it straight. The main problem is the political appointment of people to the professional positions. There so many senior public positions filled by people who are not professionals in the fields particularly director and principle secretary positions. These positions need to be filled by qualified professionals in the field they are directing no appointing people because they come from the same area with the vice president or president etc. If the reform does not address this appointment anomaly, we will not yield any good results.

mada nyambo
mada nyambo
9 years ago

Chilima thats a way to go.. engaging people in discussions etc. Some may not appreciate it now but they will. We can fail but we will never fail forever.The one who really fails is he who does not try and try again. keep up the good work.

hotlips
hotlips
9 years ago

Why discuss public service reforms with private sector before you have achieved buy in from the public servants? How will the private sector be of use in these reforms (unless its in strategies in the effeciency of implementing future cashgates?)!

I rest my case.

Peter
9 years ago

All u guys here makes this very interesting but also very educational especially for me who has been outside Malawi for long and I have just been to MW 3 times the past 2 months and learning and see what’s on the ground is contrary and needs hard work beyond soul,passion as well patriotic then we will see Mw we imagine, otherwise we are just as equal as Somalia not in military war but intellectual war, there is just too much political involvement in developing our our country that’s why it is a disaster in the making for the future.

nachos ale
nachos ale
9 years ago

The suggestion by some commentators to have 18 PSs only is big joke. The proposed 40 is good. I should I agree with those who are also doubting on the reforms. The civil service has become inefficient chifukwa cha ma politicians. They interfere too much. Leave it to work following set rules and regulations you will be surprised. I am a retired civil servant of close to 40 years experience.

Taweni
Taweni
9 years ago

This reform animal will not work if primitive methods of entrenching politics into Civil Service is going to continue.

Please free the Civil Service and let only politicians in government be ministers.
Appoint Permanent Secretaries to head ministries and they should not be transferred at somebody’s will. Each government coming in should find permanent secretaries in civil service.

This is how a modern govt runs.

Remember the system was changed in 1994 after multiparty.

I even wonder that scholars of govt systems are not commenting on this.

Citizen

Patriot
Patriot
9 years ago

Baba Civil Service is a mess kwina kuli konse pa dziko lapansi. Azungu analephera reform ndiye uyu Chilimayu….just wasting his time.

The Truthful One from the West
The Truthful One from the West
9 years ago

Mr Ziliko you are actually agreeing with me. I am saying that Mr Mangulama never run a Ministry as a PS. In case you do not know a PS running the Ministry of Finance is known as Secretary to the Treasury. Mr Mangulama has never been Secretary to Treasury at any time. As PS for administration in the Ministry of Finance Mr Mangulama was reporting to the Secretary to the Treasury. Mr Mangulama does not have the experience of running a ministry and such a person cannot propose meaningful reforms. As Chilima and the other Commissioners have never worked in… Read more »

ziliko
ziliko
9 years ago

So only want this commission to have only those who headed ministries and that experience even at PS level should not count? In my opinion this is a well balanced commission.

Mphwache
Mphwache
9 years ago

My biggest problem with Civil Service is its inability to make decisions. You always hear that a decision will be made when Gevernment is ready, but who is Government? I also think the idea of bringing is people from outside, without public service history totally contravenes the idea of having a civil service.

Kipingo
9 years ago

This is the president we want. Someone who let his vice spear head the change. Someone who can speak less or not speak at all but do or do more at all. Someone who stick to principles even though dogs bark loud. And i mean someone indeed who never get shaken when the weather is windy like this. One thing i like of this leadership is! When its something to do with justice he let the minister of justice speak. When its about finance then you’ll definately see the finance minister’s mouth piece speaking not the HE. What a government.… Read more »

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