Mutharika says ‘root out corruption’in civil service: Swears in Muhara, Dausi, Usiwa-Usiwa

President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika has  called upon senior government officers to execute their duties with utmost impartiality and fairness towards Malawians  and challenged the newly appointed Chief Secretary to Government, Lloyd Muhara, to root out corruption in civil service.

Dausi being sworn in
Newly appointed High court Judge Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa being sworn in on Friday (C) Stanley Makuti.

Mutharika made the call on Friday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, when he presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Secretary to Government, the new Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Nicholas Dausi, the new High Court Judge, Justice Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa, and the four commissioners Mutharika appointed recently to dig into the procurement of maize from Zambian government by ADMARC.

The President said he had a lot of confidence in Muhara and the rest of the newly appointed office bearers and that he and all Malawians had high expectations in them.

He described Muhara as having experience in both the public and private sectors and that the president wanted him to bring change to the public service.

“I want you to root out corruption from the civil service,” said Mutharika. “Your office is mandated to discipline, to suspend and to fire people.

“I want wrong-doers to be fired and prosecuted – in fact, we are better off parting with people who bring performance down than keeping them in the system. Time for playing games is over!”

Mutharika said now that the Commission on Public Sector Reform’s work was coming to an end, the Malawi leader wanted to see better speed of implementation of reforms.

He also hailed the appointment of Nicholas Dausi to the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology saying Dausi had the capacity to deliver in his new role.

He said Dausi had served in cabinet before and that he had a “very good overview of government and politics” and the president challenged the new minister to lead Malawi into the digital age.

“We are fast becoming a digital generation. This development needs to be encouraged but balanced with discipline and an ethical culture,” said the president, adding: “You are the Ministry that must champion cyber-security and protect Malawi from cyber-crimes.”

Turning to Justice Usiwausiwa, Mutharika said judges should help the country in the fight against corruption.

The president expressed concern on the way people used their right to injunctions in the country saying some injunctions only took the country backwards.

“I have seen injunctions being granted to stop us from investigating officers who are alleged to have misused public funds.

“We face the same problem in collecting taxes, where a person suspected of tax evasion or externalisation, simply goes to some judge and obtains an injunction. This is destroying our institutions,” observed Mutharika.

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lindokuhle mbatha
7 years ago

empty words from an empty president!!!!!!!!!!!

soldier
7 years ago

my mother land malawi chifukwa chake sindibwera uko kumudzi look at mr president jst resign tatopa nanu ndi nkhani zakatangale without any solution tionana 2019 muchenjere ndi bushiri amayi,uladi mussa,lucious banda,sikuti sakuona

Eugene
Eugene
7 years ago

Issa Njauju

Chijachi
Chijachi
7 years ago

Gwirani ntchito yanu a President, zinthu zikuyenda. Kuyendetsa dziko ndi ndalama zopanda chithandizo cha madonars mm one sindinaone.

nambewe
nambewe
7 years ago

please bring back Matilda katopola into the civil service. she is an asset and was just hated by Joyce Banda and Kasambara.

Aubry Kadzuwa
Aubry Kadzuwa
7 years ago

full of empty talk mr president

Achi
Achi
7 years ago

Clean ur very house (cabinet) of the evil Mr President before Muhura cleans the public service.

How do u explain to the nation the corruption on maize, tractors, etc whose engineers and archtecs are ur very cabinet confidants? If u cant root this out, how do u expect Muhura to clean anything?

Sehedstan
Sehedstan
7 years ago

Empty words with no actions. What a waste of space!! Corruption cannot end by talking about it Mr Stupid President!! Is that what you call zero-tolerance on corruption. Malawi wavutika ndi mbuzi izi ndithu!

Mathanyula
Mathanyula
7 years ago

That is what we call lip service Mr President. You are not serious

Dr Patel
Dr Patel
7 years ago

F…….k mapwara. Lloyd Muhara has been put to advance lhomwelization of civil service. Mukanthidwa ndi Mulungu. Anthu onse padziko sangakhale opusa kudandaula zany (Musamude Fumulani, 2006).

Mudzakanthidwa pansi pompano kufikila tsiku lo

mmc
mmc
7 years ago
Reply to  Dr Patel

The civil service is arleady northernised nobody complains so what is wrong with a qualified lhomwe to head it. Get out with ur thoughts

Dr Madalitso Mumba
Dr Madalitso Mumba
7 years ago
Reply to  mmc

Gwape iwe. I say they want to lhomwelize. F…..k. Leave atumbuka alone. So in your empty head full of ukalaaa you think it’s good to promote tribalism? Mxiiiiii. Every parastatal is being headed by Alhomwe and sadly lhomwelize every recruitment. Stupit tired of this. Fuvk

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