Malawi President Joyce Banda has instituted another committee to review Chief’s perks and privileges saying traditional leaders were instrumental in the development of the country. “This time is for Chiefs to work and not speak on TV. Chiefs are supposed to be principled and fearless,” Banda said. Not long ago the DPP government usually paraded […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Wednesday said she has forgiven chiefs who were making disparaging remarks against her when she was virtually an opposition figure but urged the traditional leaders not to practise politics. Speaking at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre as a special convening conference with the traditional leaders, President Banda said chiefs “are […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda is expected to leave the country for South Africa this weekend where she is expected to have talks with that country’s Head of State, Jacob Zuma, Nyasa Times has established. According to information sourced from government, President Banda is expected to be in South Africa on April 27, on official visit. […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika blasted Traditional Authority Chekucheku of Neno for not following protocol after the Chief wrote him a letter in which he alleged that Neno District Commissioner Lawford Palani had mismanaged government funds, Nyasa Times has established. According to impeccable sources, Bingu is reported to have dressed down the Chief and then ordered […]
Several traditional leaders in Malawi have lately taken to the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV to argue on the president’s behalf about why the Malawian currency, the Malawi Kwacha, must not be devalued. The suggestion to devalue has been prescribed by the International Monetary Fund and Malawi’s bilateral donors, and has been supported by several […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika over the weekend met some traditional chiefs in a bid to drum up support against International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s insistence to devalue the local currency, Kwacha. Mutharika held a two-day caucus at Sanjika Palace between Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon where among other things he persuaded the chiefs on how to […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has always boasted as a person who respects traditional leaders but on Wednesday the Malawi leader barked at the chiefs threatening to strip them off of their chieftaincies. The president attacked the chiefs in Zomba when he launched the 2011-2012 National Tree Plating Season at Jali in the area of TA […]
Malawi government owes chiefs K38 million in arrears of honoraria because it failed to pay most of them through the newly introduced bank system. Government has admitted it goofed to force chiefs get their monthly honoraria through the banks when most of them live in rural areas where there are no banks and that others […]
Traditional Chiefs have been urged to stand up against state-sponsored abuse where among other things, they are paraded on the state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) television and radio to sing praises for the Bingu wa Mutharika’s regime and denigrate the state vice president Joyce Banda. Speaking when she addressed her People’s Party (PP) public rally […]
By Garvey Karvei, Nyasa Times A senior chief from President Bingu wa Mutharika’s backyard, the Southern Region of Malawi, has pleaded with the Malawi Government to stop abusing traditional leaders by, among other things, parading them in public media and at other functions to drum up political support. According to Malawi’s flagship daily, The Nation, the […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi’s traditional chiefs on Monday made a passionate appeal to rights groups to call off the planned nationwide vigils against President Bingu wa Mutharika set for Wednesday in order to “save loss of life” and damage to property as it happened on July 20, saying they should give dialogue a chance. […]