Listening to Presidential Press Secretary Gerald Viola—who is supposed to be the lead singer of the Peter Mutharika praise choir talk to Times TV last week—you would think that all of Malawi’s problems started the day Joyce Banda sold off Bingu’s beloved presidential jet. I cringed with embarrassment at that interview. While Viola tried to […]
Beleaguered Presidential Press Secretary Gerald Viola whose job hangs in balance after he publicaly made controversial statements insinuating that President Peter Mutharika is not in control of government has challenged Minister of Information Jappie Mhango over is suspension as at State House, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to State House officials, the development comes after […]
Beleaguered Presidential Press Secretary, Gerald Viola on Wednesday, sued Malawi media giant, Times Group, on defamation charges over the story which appeared in the Malawi News alleging that Viola told the grouping that President Peter Mutharika may contemplate buying a jet once the economy improves. According to the writ of summons filed at the High Court […]
State House on Tuesday conspicuously sidelined presidential press secretary Gerald Viola at the official opening of the Lilongwe City West bypass road where President Peter Mutharika was guest of honour. The sidelining of Viola as master of ceremony heightened speculation that the President is about to fire the press secretary for suggesting in a TV […]
Presidential press secretary Gerald Viola is facing a chop from his job and will likely be replaced by MBC journalist Mzati Nkolokosa, Nyasa Times understands. Director of Information, Bright Molande and President’s special assistant Ben Phiri have recommended that Viola be removed and be replaced by Nkolokosa, a former feature writer for the Nation Publications and part time […]
President Peter Mutharika has rejected remarks by his Press Secretary Gerald Viola during an exclusive interview on Times TV on Saturday that there are plans to buy a presidential jet, saying that is not true. Government spokesman Jappie Mhango said Mutharika and his government have no plans to purchase another Presidential Jet once the economy […]
President Peter Mutharika’s spokesman Gerald Viola has said the Malawi leader ‘will not resign’ despite calls from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), activists and human rights defenders. Viola said Mutharika is determined to remain in power until he finishes his term when elections will be held and he will contest for re-election and rejects CSO’s demand […]
State House is accusing main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of working out of frustration to disturb President Peter Mutharika from governing the nation. Mutharika’s press officer Gerald Viola said MCP just wants to disturb Mutharika for political reasons. Viola made the comments in reaction to MCP demand to government to release the list of […]
Presidential press officer Geralld Viola has been criticised for attacking private radio station Zodiak and other media watchdogs for exposing the extravagance of the presidency, saying his actions are tantamount to making President Peter Mutharika a dictator. Zodiak and Nyasa Times reported President Mutharika was chartering a presidential jet costing the struggling poor Malawians billions […]
President Peter Mutharika’s spokesperson, Gerald Viola, has dismissed the letter published by Nyasa Times on Friday as ‘partly manipulated’ saying the letter was tampered with by Galaxy FM management who inserted his current position as Presidential Press Secretary. The letter that asks government departments and agencies to advertise on Galaxy FM Radio which belongs to […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has held President Peter Mutharika by the balls, saying he should prove his governance credential by sacking presidential press secretary Gerald Viola who has been caught in controversy of power abuse after authoring a letter that asks government departments and agencies to advertise on Galaxy FM Radio which […]
Even when Malawians are yet to recover from losing the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) due to unbridled political interference and Cash-gate; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has now turned on government ministries and departments, directing them to conduct business with Galaxy Broadcasting Company owned by the President Mutharika family and a mouth-piece of the […]
State House – fending off attacks for Malawi Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa remarks that the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed, – have said the statement did not reflect President Peter Mutharika’s position. Nankhumwa, who is also official government spokesperson, made […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed journalist Gerald Viola as his press secretary, his office said in a media statement issued late on Friday. According to the announcement by chief secretary to government George Mkondiwa, the appointment has taken its effect from Friday. Viola was working as Director of Information. The former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation […]
Barely a week after Nyasa Times unravelled a syndicate at Information Ministry that is ripping off government revenue by using government equipment for their personal benefit, fresh investigations show officers in the Technical Section of the ministry has been pocketing illegal allowances whenever they are carrying out their core duties. Nyasa Times sources within the […]
Millions of money that was supposedly to go into government coffers is going into the pocket of a senior official and his selected cohorts in a very systematic and coordinated manner in which the officer uses state Public Address System and personnel to milk the Ministry of Information of its much needed revenue, Nyasa Times […]
Malawi Government woke up to a rude awakening over the weekend when hackers got into the state’s internet hub and infiltrated almost all government departments’ website rendering the sites inaccessible. However, government has played down the incident saying the development was a normal technical hitch. On Sunday websites for the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban […]
Malawi Government has fired its Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi and has since appointed former Station Manager for Galaxy Radio, Gerald Viola, as the new director, Nyasa Times understands. Galaxy Radio belongs to the family of former President Bingu wa Mutharika. Viola has been joined at […]