Malawians from all walks of life have asked the country’s Minister of Finance Dr Ken Lipenga to resign honourably from his position with immediate effect. This follows the minister’s own confession on Tuesday that he lied to the nation in the National Assembly earlier this year that the tax collection body-the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) […]
Lawmakers for United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi and Ibrahim Matola at weekend engaged the party supporters in the eastern region to explain their political stand after being roped in President Joyce Banda’s Cabinet. President Banda leads People’s Party which is now a defacto governing party. Banda, who ascended to power on April 7 following […]
In the first place, let me deliver my congratulatory remarks to the new cabinet, though comprised of many familiar faces, it still is a new cabinet of a new government under new leadership. Congratulations! The nation is both anxious and excited with your appointments, and expectations are oddly high; many expect you to quickly revitalize the economy and politics, how you will accomplish that, they do […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) MP for Karonga Nyungwe, Khwauli Msiska, on Monday took an oath for a ministerial position without holding on a Bible or Quran at a ceremony held in the capital, Lilongwe. Msiska was appointed by President Joyce Banda as deputy minister of economic planning and development. As is the practice, such public office-holders […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) national executive committee meeting in Blantyre on Saturday deliberated on the recent appointments of the party’s parliamentary leadership into President Joyce Banda’s inclusive cabinet. During the meeting which was chaired by the party’s Secretary General Kennedy Makwangwala, the party discussed the appointment of its parliament leader Ibrahim Matola as deputy minister […]
Its 22 ministers and 8 deputies, 9 women in cabinet of 31: Great! The new Malawi President promised a broad-based and inclusive Cabinet. Thumbs up! By the way, I still believe we can have a cabinet of only 10 Ministers and 5 Deputies (comprising 10 women and 5 men). Perhaps that is the goal PP Government […]
President Joyce Banda’s new 23-member cabinet with 9 deputies has seen many ministers in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which was under the late president Bingu wa Mutharika kicked out. Casualties include the late president’s brother Peter who was Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and anointed heir together with his deputy Kondwani Nankhuma. […]
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has announced a new 23-member cabinet in her inclusive government. The President put herself in charge of the civil service, disaster management, nutrition, HIV and AIDS. She is also commander in chief of the Malawi defence Force and the 8,000 strong Malawi police service. Vice President Khumbo Kachali is the second in […]
Malawi’s deposed Information and Civic Education minister, loud mouthed Patricia Botomani Kaliati and other five serving cabinet ministers have been hauled to court to face the wrath of the law on treason charges for undermining incumbent President Joyce Mtila Banda. A concerned citizen argues that the six wanted to destabilise peace and bring confusion into […]
Malawi’s leading print media house, The Nation, has chronicled the “dramatic” details of how, hours after President Bingu wa Mutharika had been incapacitated with a cardiac arrest on April 5 , the cabinet and DPP officials plotted to subvert the constitution to prevent Her Excellency Joyce Banda from taking over power. The report indicated that […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has called on the newly sworn in Minister of Information and Civic Education, Moses Kunkuyu, to respect Malawians and say the truth at all times than worship her – the way former ruling DPP hand clappers was doing to late president Bingu wa Mutharika. President Banda was speaking at Capital Hill […]
Representatives of the Malawi civil society say they are expecting the new President, Her Excellency Joyce Banda, to appoint a lean and clean cabinet based on merit and not partisan politics. They said this at a news briefing in Lilongwe on the current political transition in Malawi. They urged President Banda to ensure that the […]
Transport Minister Sidik Mia who vehemently opposed moves by other ministers to subvert the Constitution on Saturday rallied ministers to the resident of Vice President Joyce Banda to give her the authority to take charge of the country under the terms of the constitution following the death of President Bingo wa Mutharika. The Ministers have […]
Some cabinet ministers on Friday night confirmed fears of an attempt to subvert the constitution in their quest to cling on to power by saying they will not accept Vice President Joyce Banda to take over the presidency following President Bingu wa Mutharika’s death. Government spokesperson Patricia Kaliati told a news conference Friday night that […]
An emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday defied President Bingu wa Mutharika on his intentions to declare a State of Emergency in the country. Some ministers disclosed that Mutharika who chaired the meeting, wanted to declare a state of emergency but many cabinet ministers were against the idea arguing that the probability of the ruling Democratic […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has issued an alert after Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati, threatened to attack a journalist Gregory Gondwe. Misa said Kaliati, who is Malawi government spokesperson, accused the journalist of having a “vendetta against her personally and the people from her region, the same region where […]
Amidst growing squabbles in his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Nyasa Times has been tipped by top government sources that President Bingu wa Mutharika is contemplating to reshuffle his cabinet. Sources confided in Nyasa Times the honey moon for the six-month old cabinet is over as Mutharika continues with his reforms within the party ahead […]
Member of Parliament for Mzimba South Paul Sydney Shawa has returned to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after being promised a ministerial position. Shaba told a meeting in Mzimba on Saturday, Shaba says that he is returning to the ruling DPP because he wants “development” in his area. But Nyasa Times sources in government said Shaba’s […]