In what can be described as government’s seriousness to fix the bleeding economy, only one cabinet minister attended the coronation of Senior Chief Ngongoliwa in Thyolo on Saturday as the rest stayed in Lilongwe to discuss trade and investment led by Vice President Saulos Chilima during a cabinet retreat the same day. Only two Ministers missed the […]
Michael Usi, renowned playwright and actor has told President Peter Mutharika to fire his cabinet and top government officials, saying they have failed Malawians. Usi, popularly known as Manganya said this in an interview with Zodiak on Sunday. “Malawi has no future, Malawians do not even know if they have a leader in control, we […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) publicist Ken Ndanga says the cabinet should always be on top of the game by making sure people are kept abreast of developments in government. Ndanga’s comments come barely weeks after opposition parties and civil rights groups accused the government of acting in total secrecy when it took a staggering 106 […]
Senior Cabinet Ministers on Tuesday held a news conference to explain the current hardships Malawians are going through and responded to civil society organisations petition to President Peter Mutharika to commit as a matter of urgency the challenges facing the country. The CSOs urged Mutharika to reduce local and international travels; expedite pursuit of justice […]
In exercising his constitutionally guaranteed powers to hire and fire Cabinet, (the press release made sure it quoted the actual section) President Peter Mutharika saw it fit the other day to give the boot to Local Government Minister Tarcisio Gowelo and Lands Minister Paul Chibingu. As all the other presidents in the past, the President […]
Hon. Folks, here is my take on APM’s Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Kudos to him for maintaining a thin 20-member Cabinet but the new team is no better than the old one. More importantly, the shake-up is most likely to yield one undesirable result for democracy—boot-lickers to boot. Paul Chibingu said in a radio interview […]
President Peter Mutharika, who a few days ago reshuffled his cabinet, has appointed a British citizen Dr Peter Kumpalume as Minister of Health contrary to the laws of Malawi which prohibits people who have allegiance to other countries to hold public office, Nyasa Times has established. Kumpalume who lived in the UK for many years […]
The President has just reshuffled the Cabinet, and I feel it is the duty of every citizen to get interested in reshuffles when they happen, especially in times of governance crises of the kind our government is going through. The President has the exclusive right enshrined in the constitution of our republic to reshuffle the […]
President Peter Mutharika has told his new Cabinet that they are hired to serve the nation at a critical time when Malawi is facing “myriad challenges” and “economic woes” that he said require “astute attention.” Mutharika said Thursday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the swearing of news Ministers who have made it into his […]
The opposition Peoples Party (PP) has hailed President Peter Mutharika for retaining a lean cabinet in the recent reshuffle that saw two ministers dropped and others switched positions. Mutharika, in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday, dropped Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Paul Chibingu and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Tarcicius Gowelo after […]
Ministers Kondwani Nankhumwa and Atupele Muluzi though retained in a cabinet reshuffle are casualties as President Peter Mutharika has demoted the in the protocol rank. Nankhumwa, who was at the ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture has been moved Local Government and is now appearing on protocol number 17 of Malawi government from number 10 […]
Two members of parliament who have been booted out of cabinet in a reshuffle by President Peter Mutharika on Monday for unexplained reasons , have told Nyasa Times they have gracefully accepted their purge and pledged to remain loyal to the ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP). Chibingu told Nyasa Times on Monday evening in an […]
Despite the latest reshuffle, the Cabinet will remain largely male dominated as President Peter Mutharika has maintained three female ministers in his 20-member lean cabinet with one from each region of the country. However, Mutharika maintains that he will promote female talent so that Malawi women sit at the tables where decisions are made. In […]
President Peter Mutharika has reshuffled his Cabinet, dropping Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Paul Chibingu, M.P and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Tarcicius Gowelo, MP after weeks of speculation about corrupt practises. Most ministers in their portfolios including those of finance, education, foreign affairs, justice, and gender were retained . In the […]
Opposition lawmaker Kamlepo Kalua of Peoples Party representing Rumphi East has queried why there is a chronic absenteeism of some ministers in the legislative body. Some ministers were reportedly part of the presidential entrouge in Egypt. Kalua, rising on a point of order, queried why there were few ministers in the front bench during budget […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika began a widely-anticipated reshuffle of his cabinet on Friday, moving Atupele Muluzi, Paul Chibingu and Bright Msaka. Most ministers in their portfolios including those of finance, foreign affairs, justice, and Information,Tourism and Culture were retained . In the minor cabinet reorganisation, President Mutharika has moved United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi from […]
After Nyasa Times recently reported about a looming cabinet reshuffle amid revelations that United Democratic Front (UDF) and some opposition lawmakers have been pencilled in the proposed changes and that the President may appoint a second vice president, the Public Affairs Committee (Pac) has cautioned President Peter Muntharika against reintroducing the a second vice president […]
Anxiety has gripped government official and ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) over a looming cabinet reshuffle amid revelations that United Democratic Front (UDF) and some opposition lawmakers have been pencilled in the proposed changes and that the President may appoint a second vice president. President Peter Mutharika has the prerogative of reshuffling his cabinet and […]