Cash strapped government is paying monthly salary for three army generals, two retired including the current milatray commander. Information minister Malison Ndau confirmed Henry Odillo and Ignasio Maulana both fired by President Peter Mutharika remain on Malawi Defence Force payroll. “There are some contractual obligations the government must adhere to,” Ndau said. “Their contracts were […]
In depature to tradiiton, deputy minister of defence Aggrey Mssi on Wednesday handed over a sword of command to the newly appointed army commander General Griffin Supuni Phiri at Kamuzu Barracks parade square in Lilongwe replacing geneal Ignacious Maulana. Maulana who was unceremoniously removed from the position by President Peter Mutharika did not turn up […]
Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) Commander General Ignacious Maulana has been asked by President Peter Mutharika to take an embarrassing demotion but pushing him to head the security section of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) until he attains the mandatory retirement age of 60 next year. Muthalika fired Maulana and replaced his his former deputy Griffin Supuni-Phiri. […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander General Ignacio Maulana has appealed to President Peter Mutharika to help the Army address its many problems. General Maulana said on Thursday when Mutharika toured Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe where he held a closed-door meeting with senior officers for about 40 minutes before touring the clinic and corporals’ mess The […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has been embroiled in a fresh procurement scandal suspected to be a cashgate scheme by placing an order of K4 billion with a company based in Blantyre, Oil & Protein Limited of a Karim, for food stuff ( tins of Sardines ) without any tender . The army and police can […]
Former commander of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) General Henry Odillo on Monday handed over sword of command to the newly appointed army commander General Ignacious Maulana at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe. President Peter Mutharikalast month replaced Odillo, who came into the limelight in April 2012 for preventing an alleged coup when Bingu wa Mutharika died, with […]