The principal secretaries (PSs) — Joseph Mwandidya, Harry Kanjwe and Wilson Moleni —have been sacked by the Tonse Alliance-led government as part of “clearing the rubble”, Nyasa Times learnt on Wednesday evening. Mwandidya – a former top spy – was PS in the Ministry of Energy, Kanjwe was at Homeland Security and Moleni was for Lands, Housing […]
President Peter Mutharika has shifted around top technocrats in the civil service which has seen the appointment of Deputy Chief Secretary to government in the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC), Nyasa Times understands. The new deputy chief secretary to government is convicted Cliff Chiunda, promoted from te position of Secretray of Treasury. The shake-up […]
Government has ordered district councils and local authorities to stop accepting building materials be under the Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme (DAHSP) also known as Malata and Cement Subsidy, saying suppliers have no valid contract with the government. According to Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Joseph Mwandidya, no […]
Many missed it. Amidst the euphoria and confusion that have come with the elections case, it is understandable. That is how many Malawians also missed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s address to the nation this week in which he tackled some pertinent issues of national importance. One of them is that he would intervene in the food […]
Government has warned it will withdraw land from lessees who fail to develop it within a specified period or have sold to a third party the undeveloped land. In a statement seen by Nyasa Times, Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development Joseph Mwandidya says this tendency has slowed down development within the cities. […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have released unconditionally President Peter Mutharika’s guard who threatened a Principal Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Lands and Housing with a gun following a row over a government piece of land. Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed the arrest of the presidential guard Ernest Malola who threatened PS for Lands and […]
Government says it has fired 3 000 interns due to absenteeism and that others had secured jbs elsewhere but decided not to resign in order to continue getting monthly allowances. Secretary for Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Joseph Mwandidya said this follows a head count and recommendations from heads of departments. The government introduced […]
President Peter Mutharika has directed that interns currently under the paying internship programme should be offered fulltime employment to fill the existing vacancies in various government departments and agencies. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Joseph Mwandidya disclosed the development Thursday during a press briefing at Capitol Hill in […]
Youth and Society (YAS) has asked the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports, and Manpower Development—specifically principal secretary Joseph Mwandidya—to explain how he, as a controlling officer, and several other officials managed to swindle public money in allowances for meetings that never happened over the Mzuzu Youth Centre Project amounting to MK30 818 487. YAS wrote […]
Government has said it will fire immediately all graduate interns who abscond without reason, saying the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development has received reports of rampant absenteeism from work. Secretary for the ministry Joseph Mwandidya says in a letter that work places should be reminded that it is an offence not to […]
The Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development says the private sector can benefit from the youth internship programme by requesting for interns to be attached to their companies. Principal Secretary Joseph Mwandidya said government could be providing allowance while the interns are working. “The problem is that we did not conduct enough sensitisation […]
President Peter Mutharika has removed from his position director of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) Josephy Mwandidya and redployed him to ministry of youth, Nyasa Times understands. Sources at the State House confirmed to Nyasa Times that Mutharika has indeed removed Mwandidya . It is alleged that Mwandidya acted on issues which was not related to […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Joseph Mwandidya as deputy director of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). Sources at State House confirmed to Nyasa Times that Mutharika has appointed Mwandidya to deputize Nicholas Dausi who was appointed to head the State spy agency last month. This is one of the appointments Mutharika has made since taking over […]