A Member of Parliament (MP) has sensationally called for a district hospital’s name to be scrapped — reigniting a row over a decision made by former president Lazarus Chakwera. Wilfred Mpisa, MP for Phalombe North East and a member of the ruling DPP, used his constituency statement in Parliament to demand that John Chilembwe Hospital […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Wednesday held a high‑level caucus in Lilongwe aimed at aligning its parliamentary strategy following the opening of Parliament this week. Former State President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, who also leads the MCP, chaired the meeting at the party’s National Headquarters. According to party officials, the session was convened to ensure […]
As Malawi celebrates 62 years of independence, a powerful question hangs over the nation: Has political freedom truly delivered the economic liberation that millions of Malawians still long for? While the country commemorates the historic events of July 6, 1964, three former Heads of State have delivered a strikingly similar message—Malawi’s greatest battle is no […]
A witness appearing before Malawi’s parliamentary inquiry into the Chikangawa plane crash has told the committee that he received detailed information about the fate of the aircraft carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima hours before the government made any public announcement — including a call from a retired military general who described in striking detail how […]
The parliamentary inquiry into Malawi’s June 2024 military plane crash on Monday opened with a stark claim: former president Lazarus Chakwera authorised the use of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Dornier aircraft that later crashed, killing vice‑president Saulos Chilima and eight others. The allegation came from former Defence Minister Harry Mkandawire, who told MPs that […]
Former State President Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s greatest political service to the Malawi Congress Party may no longer be to lead it. It is to leave it. That is not an argument for erasing his contribution. It is an argument for protecting it. Chakwera carried MCP from the long shadow of opposition into government, restored its […]
UTM Party led by state vice president, Dr Saulos Chilima is alleged to have given the Malawi Congress Party hierarchy to meet its fair share of representation or risk breaking away, it has been reported. The widening gulf between the two parties seem to have reached irreparable levels, only surviving because President Lazarus Chakwera and […]
Former pastor and devout evangelist President Lazarus Chakwera who clocks one year in office in two weeks is said to have lost steam and is now taking Malawi to war-torn Baghdad than Canaan following a series of u-turns and misjudgements which are damaging his standing with the public. Africa Confidential, an influential fortnightly newsletter in […]
Clad in full military gear, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera became the first President of the Republic to witness a field military training for the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Soldiers in the thick bushes of Luwawa Forest in Mzimba on Thursday, June 3, 2021, drawing praises from a retired soldier and former security aide to the […]
Spurred by incessant intermittent power-cuts and sporadic black-outs, Malawi Government is geared to increase energy generation capacity in the country in an ambitious and mind-blowing plan and has embarked on working towards adding a staggering 1,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid within the next four years, President Lazarus Chakwera has announced. President Chakwera […]
“The road infrastructure developments and other projects taking place in the country have created jobs, as well.” State President Lazarus Chakwera says the Tonse Alliance led government has so far created a lot of jobs since assuming office in June 2020. The well-speaking Malawian leader was in Parliament Wednesday to respond to questions from the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has praised the existence of Malawi University of Science & Technology (MUST), saying going forward, creation of new universities is part of human capital development as enshrined in the Malawi 2063 Vision. The President said this when he presided over MUST’s 2021 graduation ceremony on Tuesday at its campus at Goliati in […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will next Wednesday return to the national assembly where he will be expected to respond to questions from legislators on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) he presented on May 12. Such an appearance before parliament will be President Chakwera’s third time since he assumed office in June last year; and […]
“My goal of overhauling this broken and rotten system from top to bottom.” The Public Sector Systems Review taskforce led by Vice President Salous Chilima will on Friday present its report to President Lazarus Chakwera at Kamuzu palace. On February 14, 2021, Chakwera tasked Chilima to form and lead a Taskforce that will recommend radical […]
“You people make Presidents stubborn. You even worship them as gods.” A visibly irate Malawi President, President Lazarus Chakwera says he doesn’t want anyone calling him “our own” because he is not a leader for the selected few but a president for all Malawians. In what appears to be an encrypted direct-warning to some of […]
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday delivered his third state of the nation address (SONA) at the Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe where, among others, he outlined that—for the next four years—his administration’s chosen outcomes were three-fold. During the address titled ‘Accelerating the Change Malawians Fought For’ which was also the opening of the […]
“This is an attempt of denying justice and rule of law to prevail.” Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has accused Public Appointments Committee (PAC) for sabotaging his administration’s quest in the fight against corruption. Chakwera made the remarks at Parliament in Lilongwe following what is believed to be a scheme by corrupt parliamentarians who fear that […]
By now, believe you me, our HI5 and would-be servant leader that was President Dr Lazarus Chakwera—prior and after the 2019 tippexed elections—would have already made a decision, or at least said something, on whether and when he and his chief secretary to government Zangazanga Chikhosi are going to settle legal costs following their puerile […]