Vice-President Saulos Chilima has set the tone for his consultation with CEOs of parastatals about the direction they should take to improve efficiency and service delivery. Some public institutions such as Admarc have performed badly over the years necessitating perpetual financial bailout from government in addition to the annual parliament subvention. Reforming the institutions has […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to name a full Cabinet this week which will be followed with a shake-up of the civil service as he ring changes to top technocrats, Nyasa Times understands. Chakwera hinted on Saturday that as he appoint a new Minister of Health, there will also be new Principal Secretary at the ministry. […]
Malawi’s functional vice-president Saulos Chilima has, again, reignited the fire in reforming the public sector and the first stop is interface meetings with heads of parastatal organizations. In a statement released on Friday and signed by controller of statutory corporations, Stuart Ligomeka, Chilima will be busy from 7th to 13th July next week. “I write […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has announced a partial Cabinet that, give it a second look, stirs a mixed feeling of hope and anxiety. You have to be hopeful to see the energetic and workaholic Vice president Saulos Chilima back to head Public Sector Reforms where, after making great strides, he left a gap his contemporaries failed […]
Chief Director for Public Sector Reforms Management, Seodi White has said District and City Councils have responded positively to public sector reform implementations. White said the positive developments are now making some Council’s innovative and efficient in their operations citing Zomba City Council as a model in the reforms agenda. She said this in Blantyre […]
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Nicholas Dausi has said government will continue to drive and make sure that its reform program is yielding tangible results in all the councils in the country. Dausi made the remarks on Monday at Central Office of Information (COI) in Lilongwe during the press briefing on the progress of […]
Newly appointed chief director in the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) Seodi White has said government will move on with public service reforms despite the fact that some people are resisting them. White was speaking on Wednesday in Mangochi at a local government meeting for district commissioners. “These public officers are frustrating reforms because […]
President Peter Mutharika has come under intense fire for literary swallowing public service reforms when he appointed former reforms commissioner to be CEO for debt ridden and under performing power generating company, Escom. Evelyn Mwapasa is set to take up her new position at Escom on April 1. However, as a public service reforms commissioner, […]
A renowned gender activist Seodi White, a former commissioner for Public Sector Reforms, has been appointed as Chief Director for Public Reforms at the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC). Chief Secretary Lloyd Muhara confirmed Seodi’s appointment as one of those the President has made in the civil service reorganisation. Muhara said the President want Seodi to […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technologies Nicholas Dausi has disclosed that the Public Service Reform Commission (PSRC) functions have reverted to the Office of President and Cabinet and that Vice President Saulos Chilima and his team are now out of it. Dausi, who is government spokesman, said the mandate for Chilima’s commission expired on December 31, 2016. “The […]
The Karonga central constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has become the first law maker to call for the reform of the office of the President, saying it is rotten. Mwenifumbo made his remarks during the orientation of the public service reform agenda to Karonga full council members. Speaking during the meeting, Mwenifumbo […]
Civil society organisations from the northern region have bemoaned government’s lack of meaningful engagement with citizens and civil stakeholders in the implementation of the public sector reforms processes arguably contributing to policy accountability queries. Following the dwindling in service delivery in public offices, the government of Malawi instituted a Commission headed by the Vice President Saulos Klaus […]
Over 80 Malawian diplomats have been fired by the cash strapped government, saving up to K3.2 billion in tax payers money as the government struggle to deliver public services. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda told a news conference on Thursday that either the diplomats are in Malawi or are on their […]
The Public Service Reforms Commission, chaired by Vice President SaulosChilima, says it is impressed with some statutory corporations that are implementing various reforms as they have much progress since the exercise begun. The Commission said this in a statement released on Sunday after engaging about 20 parastatals from the north and centre for progress review. […]
Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said given an eye opener to the progress of Public Sector Reforms Commission which he is chairing, saying said ever since the reform programme was launched in February 2015, there has been meaningful progress. “Often times people are blinded into negativity,” said Chilima on Tuesday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe […]
Four more ministries on Tuesday signed the performance contracts with President Prof. Peter Mutharika accepting to implement public reforms that the government is current advocating. The four ministries are; the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Sports and Culture. Among […]
Government says head count for civil servants has finally come to an end but authorities are keeping a tight lid on the results following donors assertion’s that Malawi has a ballooned civil service that is draining on the country’s meagre resources. Spokesman for National Audit office Lawrence Chinkhunda said it will take time before the […]
Vice president Saulos Chilima on Thursday received rare applause from religious leaders for religiously executing President Peter Mutharika’s public sector reform programme with zeal. Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Bishop Joseph Bvumbwe said he was impressed wih Chilima’s deep knowledge of the reforms he is undertaking in government. “What is happening in the country politically, socially and […]