No fuss about reshuffle, Cabinet in place: ‘President’s prerogative to hire or fire ministers’ – State House

State President Lazarus Chakwera communication team at State House has  the Malawi leader will announce his new Cabinet when he is ready and stressed that its it is the “prerogative” of the Head of State to hire or fire ministers.

Kampondeni:The President is not making any further comment on Cabinet

During the virual State House Media briefing on Monday, director of communication and executive assistant the President, Sean Kampondeni, said Chakwera will not make further comments as to when he is expected to unveil a new Cabinet.

Malawians have bee eagerly waiting to learn who will be included or dropped in this reshuffle as presidential press secretary Brian Banda had indicated a March 31 deadline for the release of the incoming Cabinet.

On Monday, Kampondeni said President Chakwera was meeting Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga  Chikhosi over “Cabinet matters.”

But as to where’re he was releasing names of new ministers, Kampondeni said: “The President is not making any further comment on Cabinet until he is ready to address the nation on the same either personally or through the Secretary to the President and Cabinet.”

Answering questions from reporters, press secretary Banda  said there is  currently a Cabinet in place  except Minister of Transport and minister of Local Government whose portfolio holders Sidik Mia and Lingstone Belekanyama csuccumbed to Covid -19.

Banda said it remains “President’s prerogative” to hire or fire his ministers.

Chakwera’s first Cabinet was not the resounding success as it was perceptibly discriminatory with a lot of people coming from one region particulary  Lilongwe district  as well as failing to achieve gender balance.

Some sections of the public felt the ministerial appointments were just a gimmick to reward party loyalists and the individuals who contributed, financially or otherwise, to Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for his rise to the presidency.

Malawians expect Chakwera to pick capable lieutenants to help him execute his vision of a better Malawi.

This commenators say, will need Chakwera to relive the loyalists and let seasoned technocrats with demonstrable ability in their respective fields to lead and not politicians to lead ministerial portfolios outside of their primary fields of expertise.

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51 replies on “No fuss about reshuffle, Cabinet in place: ‘President’s prerogative to hire or fire ministers’ – State House”

  1. Sanasankhidwe ndi Mulungu awa kutsogolera Mulungu anasankhidwa ndi nkhoti. Ndiye amaona ngati nkhoti lo lidziwathandiza kulamulira lero nkhoti linafumukako zawakulira. Kutengera dziko ndi nkhwizi. Lero tomwefe tinavoto tinachotsa pa mpando ngati nzanu uja tikuti chonde mudzisungira ulemu tulani pansi udindowo. STEP DOWN. A Malawi eni ake voti tiyeni panseu. Watikwana Jokera yu. Gule kwao.

  2. DPP will never come back no matter how hard the bark. They will never ever come back.
    Who questioned Muthalika’s cabinet of form form. When questioned Muluzi’s 48 member cabinet? Muluzi was just an idiot. He made all defectors like Bundaunda Phiri and other ministers. What an idot!

    1. DPP may not come.bak to power anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean we should not hold the current administration to account. We voted them to make change and steer the development of this country. Chakwera said it with his own mouth that Ministers will be evaluated publicly and those not reforming will be relieved of their duties.
      Chakwera is all bark and no bite. He should get some balls. He doesn’t have the strongest political backing even within MCP so his only hope is to deliver and earn the trust of the electorate. This is what Bingu did in his first term. He let the work of his hands speak and was given a second mandate by an overwhelming majority from Chitipa to Nsanje. Lazaro should borrow a leaf from.the great Bingu

  3. I do not understand why Malawians are obsessed with cabinet. The decision maker is the president. The Ministers are there to assist the president in carrying out his duties and that is why the president can hire and fire a minister. A minister cannot challenge his firing and no body can challenge his hiring. Let’s simply focus on development. The country is a very bad state with no roads, no schools, no street lights, deforestation, poor waste management and many more.

    1. You should have ended with ‘…and Chakwera jokes’. Don’t waste space with ‘many more’

    2. You’re missing the point. If the president is worth his title, his words had better carry some credibility. He should desist from yapping if he can’t understand what it takes to execute certain actions. Who forced him to make those pronouncements that he will evaluate his cabinet and make a reshuffle within 6 months? He could have kept quiet and nobody would be bothered. Next time he wants to make a pronouncements to the nation, he should think twice. A Malawi anachenjera masiku ano as APM found out

  4. People are tired of the incompetence of the current cabinet that’s why they are asking the fallen pastor Chakwera to reshuffle and fire some of them such as Manganya, mtambo, Msungama, Khumbize of covidgate, Kazako, Kambala, Minister of Lands, chilima the liar, etc etc.

  5. When people anxiously wait for cabinet reshuffle, know that something is wrong with the current appointments. If truth is to be told, most are useless including but not limited to mtambo, msungama, chiponda, chimwendo etc. These needs to be replaced period.

  6. This obsession with cabinet reshuffle is boring. Come to think of it, it’s just as well there has been a delay in announcing because the Covid 19 Audit Report is out and it looks heads are going to roll since some of current crop of.ministers are implicated.

  7. Reason why we r concerned with delays in reshuffling the cabinet is because the cabinet is underperforming as a team using the Balanced score card.

  8. Chakwera is a highly qualified lier and a certified crook. Malawians should not expect anything from this fallen man of God..The holy spirit departed from him the moment he was elected as president.. He is the Lord of Thugs

  9. It’s now confirmed Chikhosi is one big headws brute.he was advised properly by the IG and he acts contrary. Chahana was right that this lunatic is the one standing in the way of reforms..how stupid he is to employ a JC holder as director..chikhosi is probably the most stupid and useless chief secretary to ever hold that position.

  10. Mr Kampondeni, you’re slowly transforming into a puffed up cadet.
    The president gave these deadlines himself. He said there will be public evaluations, key performance indicators bla, bla, bla.
    Nobody set those deadlines for him.
    Today you’re confirming that this Itsanana president is all talk and no action. That he cant be trusted with him own promises. That he doesn’t know what he is talking about.
    Next time, tell him to let the work of his hands speak for him. We’re sick and tired of empty rhetoric

  11. MALAWIANS PLEASE FIRE CHAKWELA NOW. WE RECEIVE MSGS BEFORE DESTRUCTION
    HE IS NO GOOD AT ALL. HOW CAN M’BUSA BE A PRESIDENT?

  12. The whole pro for state house is a complete garbage. I thought Chakwera would be different but he is very timid and a certified liar. He is afraid of making painful decisions because he is also involved in criminal activities that are taking place in the current government.

  13. It is on record, unless the State House Conmunications Team wants Malawians to not take them seriously

  14. No one disputes the prerogatives due to the president. Perhaps the Presidency needs to learn and understand the art of saying nothing in politics. The more you speak and promise without any tangible outcomes the more you lose political capital. You would rather speak less and act more. In that way we shall judge you positively. Malawians need action. For anything you utter, be sure you will move to make it happen and it has to be done. No matter how legitimate your excuse is, it’s still an excuse and it doesn’t work in politics. Next time you speak to the public please dont make excuses. Come to tell us you have delivered something tangible. Build roads, build hospitals, build office complexes, even when it’s hard to manage the economic fundamentals, but if you have more tangible things to point at you would have won the hearts of people. That’s how politics work.

    1. Well put… Nobody told him to promise what he promised. Now he’s failing to deliver kkkk

  15. Oiya ochakwela!!! Good English for nothing!!!!!only chilima and Oiya okudya katatu voters koto koto koto

  16. This president is useless! Zero balls, can someone check if the man has cojones in that too tight child fitting suit? Such a Dud, a fugaze, a copy and paste, a Vwende, a chimphonda. We are lost, straight to baghdad. A liar, a cheat. So many words zero action

    1. Basopu with your language for Stare President. You may find yourself in trouble even though there’s freedom of expression.

      1. President is not God, once a while after taking food he also goes to the toilet like you and me. I am not a man if I cannot express what I feel and mean what I say. The man is a liar!

  17. The arrogance that made people to send APM to retirement is that same one that Brian is starting. It is Chakwera & Brian to be more precise who came out telling Malawians that in 48 hours there will be a new Cabinet. So he cannot come with the prerogative stance now. That time he was saying that he didn’t know that it is a President’s prerogative?????

  18. This is time for delivering our promises you said u gona doing for us not cabinet thing were tired with this..Malawi walero siwamakezana wash the space it’s better to have independent president than this..I don’t see better malawi for all but for u camereon politians..

  19. Koma A Malawi why are we so obsessed with this cabinet thing? Olo atabweletsapo azungu or Chinese sikuti tikhala ndi ndalama matumba. Tiyeni tilimbike patokha. Start farming. Za mowa olo azimayi tisiye and work hard . We are wasting our time with politicians whilts them belly full. Tiyeni achinyamata tichimike pogwira ntchito. Zitayeni za cabinet

    1. They want to celebrate someone’s downfall. Tifanane!
      Most of these folks don’t even know three quarters of the cabinet.

    2. Nkhani sikuti anthu sakufuna kulimbikira koma tikufuna anthu amene anasankhidwa mmaudindo azikhala responsible azikumbukira kuti ali pa udindo umenewo chifukwa cha anthu ndiye sibwino anthu nthawi zonse kumangowanamiza kenako ngakhale zoona anthu sadzakhulupilira. lies come from satan

  20. It is this kind of impudence that we as a nation decided to deal away with just last year. Kapena mu chichewa tinene kuti kukula ntima kumeneku ndiko tidathana nako chaka chatha chomwechi. Where is servant leadershipi? Abusa a Chakwela, abusa a Kampondeni, lekani bodza. Nokha you said you will review cabinet after 5 months, and people are taking you to task on your own words. Are you still saved? Kapena ndalama za wanthu zakoma, zafika pa chorus? God is watching you.

  21. Well said. I also remain the citizens’s prerogative to hire or fire the President. 2025 is fast approaching. Some of you will go and settle in Salima along the Lakeshore.

    1. Akulu…. izi musadzayimbilenso. Ku Salima we don’t entertain such mediocrity. Apezeleni kwina kopita. Takaniza ku Salima. Say perhaps Mchinji or Kasungu

  22. Mr. Talk, Talk No Show nzeru zawathera. Kuyendetsa Boma simasewera ayi anatelo Bakili. Lero kunena izi, mawa izo. We are waiting to see the appointment of another set of family, friends, relatives in Cabinet, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  23. This president is good for nothing really everytime what we hear is different story from the other what kind of the president who never stick to his deadlines chakwera is matured enough to make sold decisions or sold promises I feel sorry our Malawi with this crroocks chilima should pull himself otherwise he is swallowed

  24. Koma nthawi zina kumaganiza ngati anthu mwe. Inu mudanena nokha kuti musankha nduna palibe Mmalawi adakufunsani ndiye mubwebweta za zii apa popeza zakukanikani.. Chonde dziwani kuti a Malawi a lero si adzana odapenya. Musatipusitse ndi mabodza anuwo .Mulungu amadana ndi bodza monga zimene muluchitazi.Musatitopetse ife tudziwa kulephera kwanu chifukwa mudadzisankha nokha kudzera ku khothi ndiye tiona chifukwa inu si Namalenga ayi.

  25. If Brian Banda thought speaking for the president was easy, it’s time to face the music.

    1. Man. These guys have no idea what government is all about. They think it’s big brother Africa. Nobody forced them to tell us about cabinet reshuffle within 5months which didn’t take place. They then said by march end which they missed it. Sean and Brian have no idea what to do with press.

  26. Remains Presidents prerogative to hire and fire ministers? This is you saying this? Inuyo Amenewo? Lelo limenelo?

    Oky guys. Time is ticking.

    Road to 2025.

  27. But is he normal in the head? It’s always been his prerogative but why did he tell Malawians that he would be reviewing after 5 months. Then by end of March he would release new names? He could have just kept quiet from the get go. Unfortunately all the conflicting messages are making things look suspicious. Either they are failing to agree on who should go or those meant to go have power over him. Time is a great revealer of things.

    1. In fact there is no need to address the nation on Cabinet. Anzake amangochita mwakchetete ndi kudzidzimutsa mtundu wa a Malawi. The country which is laid by babies. President I wa mtundu wanji wopanda ma surprise. Ones the begin to predict the President’s moves, just know there is no leadership.

  28. Too good at talking
    Too good at promising
    Too good at missing deadlines
    Too good at doing nothing about anything that matters

    Days are counting, and Malawi is watching

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