Civil servants have been ordered to pack away their suitcases and cancel their posh hotel bookings as bosses launch a brutal crackdown on cozy government junkets. Top brass at the Office of the President and Cabinet have put an IMMEDIATE stop to all taxpayer-funded workshops, seminars, and lavish away-days outside official work stations. The extraordinary […]
When Willy Kambwandira speaks about public sector reform, he does so with the steady insistence of someone who has watched Malawi’s bureaucracy bend under political weight for far too long. So when news emerged that government had promoted 310 senior civil servants since October — a sweeping reorganisation of directors and deputy directors across ministries […]
A Malawian political commentator has alleged that former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zanga Zanga Chikhosi walked away with three luxury government vehicles after being fired — without paying for any of them. In a Facebook post, Idriss Ali Nasser claims the ex‑SPC took home a Mercedes‑Benz, a Toyota VX, and a Land Cruiser […]
President Lazarous Chakwera announced on Sunday that he is waiting for a comprehensive report and recommendations from Vice President Salous Chilima following a task force that he instituted to overhaul the civil service in order to root out entrenched corruption in government. The special task force was formed in February 2021 to comprehensively review the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera warned that government will move to recover all the stolen public funds, interdict all public officers implicated in the thcontroversial K6.2 billion Covid-19 fund, whose audit has shown gross abuse, discipline them and then ban any business impilicated from any future government contracts. Chakwera issued the sterrn warning during a televised national […]
Rights activists, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) is calling for a complete overhaul of the civil service following the plunder of K6.2 billion Covid-19 money by some civil servants. HRDC says there should be a complete overhaul of the civil service, investigation of all companies involved in unlawful activities, strengthening procurement systems and placing […]
A powerful parliamentary committee has faulted the Lazarus Chakwera administration for flouting laid down procedures in the hiring of officials in the public service. Shadreck Namalomba, chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said the Tonse Alliance regime is repeating the cycle of irregular recruitments in the public service. It follows the publishing last week of […]
The Public Service Systems Review Taskforce convened in Lilongwe on Friday to review progress of its work with a promise that is ready to produce a comprehensive recommendation report to President Chakwera with 90 days as mandated. A statement issued after the meeting from 9 am to 7 pm, said the 14-member Civil Service Comprehensive […]
Government has unceremoniously kicked out Ministry of Education principal secretary for administration Kiswell Dakamau just days after he led a government team to successful negotiations with Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) which led to teachers returning to classes on Tuesday. Dakamau has confirmed that he is no longer in the ministry. He described his removal […]
The Public Service Systems Review Taskforce is inviting the general public to submit their views, proposals and comments on the review of the three Government Systems of Allowances, Procurement and Employment Contracts as mandated by His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, on 14th February 2021. Please categorise your submissions […]
The Public Service Systems Review Taskforce which government announced last week Friday has rolled into action and held its first meeting in Lilongwe on Thursday to roll out its work to comprehensively review systems of allowances, procurement and employment contracts which have over the years been conduits of looting public funds. The meeting – […]
Government has set up a 14 member taskforce led by vice president Saulos Chilima to look into civil service reforms on allowances, procurement and employment contracts. This follows the directive by President Lazarus Chakwera, on February 14, 2021, that Chilima must form and lead a special taskforce to comprehensively review the three government systems of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera who promised heads will roll and fired the head of the disaster management department and the Presidential taskforce on Covid-19 co-chair, and suspended further officials, over the K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds feared mismanaged has intensified the crackdown with 10 principal secretaries (PSs), 28 district commissioners (DCs) and five other senior officers […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday conceded the public perception that Malawi government is like a crime scene of the mafia-like criminal enterprise, saying public sector reform is what the country needs and delegated the country’s second-in-command Saulos Chilima up a turbo-charged reforms to clean the system. Chakwera said this on Sunday during his weekly briefing […]
The Attorney General (AG) Dr. Chikosa Mozesi Silungwe has taken a swipe at public officers who have continuously leaked to the social media his legal advice to the government. Silungwe says he has noted with disappointment the leakage of his opinions to the social media. “Since I assumed office, a number of Opinions I have […]
The outgoing Ministry of Information Chief Information Officer (CIO), Grace Kwalapu, on Friday described patriotism, passion and hardwork as key pillars in bringing about achievements in one’s career. She made the remarks during a farewell ceremony organised by the department’s social welfare group to honour her as she is retiring from the civil service after […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has put all controlling officers for all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies on notice that if they do not perform productively by the end of the year, they will be fired. Chakwera made the warning on a special address to the nation on Thursday by laying bare his personal anguish following the mass […]
Former Chief Director for Public Sector Reforms Seodi White has publicly commented about her contract being terminated, says politicians will not change the destiny of Malawi but a vibrant civil service. President Lazarus Chakwera, a former church preacher, is on record to say God has given Malawi through the Tonse Alliance of 9 parties the […]