Former president Peter Mutharika and former secretary to the Office of President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara will have to dig deeper from their pockets to pay costs incurred in a case the two are accused of forcing Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda go on retirement. Justice Charles Mkandawire has delivered the landmark ruling this Friday, a […]
Immediate former president Peter Mutharika and former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara have challenged application asking the court order that they pay costs for forcing Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and Justice Edward Twea to go on leave pending retirement earlier this year when they had no powers to interfere with Judiciary operations. […]
State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) chief executive officer Gift Dulla has been arrested on allegations of abuse of office, police have confirmed. National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed that Dulla was arrested Friday but could not give more details. However, police sources indicate that they are also looking for former Chief Secretary […]
A group of lawyers and law academics have petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to fire former Chief Secretary to the Government Llyod Muhara as a judge of the Hight Court for misconduct including allegations of corruption and abuse of office that will compromised his integrity at the bar. In a letter seen by Nyasa […]
The office of the Chief Justice is now free from being encroached by the Executive arm of government after a High Court in Lilongwe has ruled that f the country’s immediate-past president Peter Mutharika and former chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara had no powers to force Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and Justice Edward Twea or […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has again written the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) with additional information on dubious land allocation and named the former Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Lloyd Muhara to have been the one responsible for authorising the award of 1.171 hectares of land to Democratic Progressive Party […]
Former chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara, a judge at the High Court, has beem implicated to have been the the kingpin of the procurement of the multi-billion kwacha generators contract at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) which were awarded to Aggreko in November 2017 dubiously. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has confirmed it […]
Former Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara ‘sat’ on a recommendation to summarily dismiss beleaguered National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) deputy chief executive Officer Gerald Viola for fraud and abuse of office. A disciplinary committee of the NFRA board met in Mangochi in April where they recommend to have Viola dismissed after he was […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed new Chief Secretary to the Government, Zangazanga Chikhosi, replacing Lloyd Muhara, who recently drew public wrath for writing Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda to “proceed on leave pending retirement” in December 2021. Muhara was conspicuously absent when at Chakwera swearing-in ceremony on Sunday. Chikhosi will be deputised by Dr Janet Chikata […]
Fresh from meeting President Peter Mutharika to find a lasting solution to political violence, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has accused Chief Secretary to Office of President and Cabinet (OPC), Lloyd Muhara, of attempting to stifle justice as Malawians prepare for the fresh presidential election. Malawians are scheduled to go to polls on June 23 […]
The contract of Chief Secretary to Office of President and Cabinet (OPC), Lloyd Muhara, has leaked to public domain and trending on social media after his notice to force Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and Justice of Appeal Edward Twea to go on mandatory leave pending retirement. Muhara—a judge of the High Court on secondment to […]
Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara has dared Chief Secretary to the Government, Lloyd Muhara, challenging him to rescind government decision to send Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on leave pending retirement or face repercussions. Muhara, in a public notice dated July 12 2020, said government wanted to inform the public that the […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has launched a stinging attack on government Chief Secretary Lloyd Muhara over his notice to send Chief Secretary Andrew Nyirenda go on mandatory leave pending retirement. In a statement signed by society chairperson Burton Chidongondo Mhango and secretary Martha Kaukonde, MLS described the move as an assault on the Judiciary. “Malawi […]
Government has sent Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on leave pending retirement, according to a public notice from chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara. The notice says Nyirenda has accumulated more leave days than the remainder of his working days to retirement age. “In accordance with the Constitution, the most senior Justice of Appeal will act […]
Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara on Wednesday blasted Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Board of Directors for ‘undermining’ President Peter Mutharika of the firing of beleaguered director general Godfrey Itaye. Mutharika sacked Itaye from Macra last week and deployed him to Malawi Post Corporation as Postmaster General but Macra Board, chaired by Reverend […]
Malawi Government and the United Nations (UN) have signed a joint annual work plan for 2020 to accelerate the country’s efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara and the UN Resident Coordinator for Malawi Maria Jose Torres signed the joint work plan Friday afternoon at Capitol Hill in […]
As a heart-beat of a city, Lilongwe’s City Centre is perhaps the smallest in the world. You could jog through it in two or three hours. If you decide to drive 10Km outside the city by taking any direction, you will be welcomed by gut-wrenching poverty that is hidden from city life. Scores of shabbily […]
Government has emphasized that good governance is crucial for the promotion of efficient and effective management and administration of the public service. Chief Secretary to the Government, Lloyd Muhara made the remarks in Lilongwe on Friday during the commemoration of the Africa Public Service Day. He said public officers work in the public interest which […]