The Malawi cabinet has approved the National Disaster Risk Management Policy which will help in creating an enabling framework for the establishment of a comprehensive disaster risk management system for Malawi. Principal Secretary for Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) Paul Chiunguzeni has confirmed. The policy, according to the February 4, DoDMA update on the […]
Malawi’s cabinet ministers (18) on Tuesday donated 125,000 bags of maize flower each weighing 10 kilograms to flood disaster victims in the 15 affected districts. Presenting the donation to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, Labour Minister Henry Mussa said the 18 Ministers (together with deputies) contributed K100, 000 each, meaning that they raised K1.8 million. “As […]
The Malawian government has restricted domestic travel by cabinet ministers to eight trips per month as a cost-cutting measure to support the zero-aid budget, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe said Wednesday. According to Gondwe, the restrictions have been done in the austerity measures with no budgetary support from donors including Britain, who suspended aid following massive […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe has said Ministers and Deputy Ministers in have joined their President Arthur Peter Mutharika and his Deputy Saulos Chilima in deferring the implementation of the proposed salary increments until Malawi economy recovers. The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) effected an 80 percent salary increment […]
Vocal human rights campaigners the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has questioned President Peter Mutharika’s sincerity over the recent suspension of his salary hike and that of his deputy pending the time the economy is on track, describing the action as a mere political tool to woe public sympathy in view of the […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has described the recent government’s move to hike President, Vice President, and Cabinet and MPs salaries as insensitive in view of the prevailing political and economic crisis. CHRR executive director Timothy Mtambo indicated that the recent salary increments by the cabinet and parliamentarians are an insult and mockery […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has received an 80 per cent salary increase and will now earn K2.7 million ( ($5,284) per month from K1.5 million (($2,935). The President’s salary has been unchanged since 2009 when Mutharika’s brother Bingu wa Mutharika was in power. He died in office in 2012 following a sudden heart attack. His […]
President Peter Mutharika has told Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that he was nepotistic in his appointment of 20-member cabinet comprising ministers mostly from the southern region, saying they are based on merit. PAC and other human rights groups criticized Mutharika, accusing him of nepotism and creating division with his Cabinet appointments, and failing to address […]
A local religious grouping, Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom (ICJF) is commending Malawi President Peter Mutharika for rejecting the 600% salary hike demand by the cabinet ministers. In a statement made available Nyasa Times the organization has argued that there other serious issues to be looked into rather that of those few individuals. “There […]
Reports reaching Nyasa Times indicate that Malawian President Peter Mutharika reject of a proposal by the Office of President and Cabinet to have cabinet ministers’ salaries increased from $1500 to $9000 per month was a panned publicity stunt made to get public’s attention that the President is keen to austerity. The proposal, contained in a […]
Malawi which is currently mauling over how to close financing gaps in the 2014/2015 national budget due to aid freeze, has proposed an almost 600 percent salary increase for cabinet ministers and their deputies. The proposal from the country’s Office of the President and Cabinet also suggests an increase of gratuities for the ministers from […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika, has given a 30-day ultimatum to ministers and principal secretaries to explore areas of investment within their respective ministries. Mutharika made the remarks on Tuesday August 12 in Lilongwe when he addressed the media two days after his return from Washington where he attended the US-African leaders’ summit. He said the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika thought he was being clever. Malawians, he reckoned, were desperate for a 20-member Cabinet and so, he decided, they would get their wish. That he did, in drips and drops, but by the end of the day, there it was—the magical number, 20. He received praises from all the major players, […]
Malawigovernment has completed a probe into the alleged rotting and subsequent disappearance of 30,000 metric tonnes of maize in its Strategic Grain Reserves in the capital Lilongwe. Information and Civic Education Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa said the government conducted the investigations into the alleged rotten of maize and its disposal at the national silos. “We are […]
Malawi Government might be footing an annual bill of almost K0.7 billion (US$1.75 million) on ministerial perks, a government press statement has revealed. In a statement to expel what the government called misinformation on the appointment of presidential advisors, Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education was forced to give a detailed breakdown of the […]
Malawi government has lashed out at critics who have accused President Peter Mutharika of hiring a league of advisors, saying the “impression” that they will defeat the austerity spirit is “erroneous and an irresponsible mockery of the truth.” Many commentators have faulted Mutharika for appointing the bloated team of advisors deemed as continued trend of […]
Government has said unity of purpose among people of different political divide was necessary to achieving meaningful and sustainable development in the country. Speaking on Monday in Mangochi when he opened an orientation workshop for Cabinet Ministers and their deputies, President Prof Peter Mutharika observed that unity especially among people in the service was necessary […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has advised members of the executive arm of government to be beyond reproach by adhering to principles of transparency and accountability in the course of discharging their ministerial duties. Mutharika said transparency and accountability are essential elements in dealing with corruption, noting that corruption is a cancer that denies people their […]