A bizarre game of buck-passing has erupted at the heart of Malawi’s government after First Vice President Jane Ansah was mysteriously frozen out of Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting — with officials tying themselves in knots trying to explain why. The saga has exposed what looks like utter chaos inside the Presidency, as one spokesperson after another […]
A leading constitutional lawyer has dropped a legal bombshell, warning that President Peter Mutharika broke the law by allowing Second Vice President Enoch Chihana to chair a Cabinet meeting while First Vice President Jane Ansah was reportedly available — and that any decisions made could now be torn up in court. In a detailed legal […]
Government officials were left scrambling for answers on Monday after admitting they do not know why First Vice‑President Jane Ansah failed to attend a crucial Cabinet meeting in Lilongwe — despite reports she was very much in the capital while Second Vice‑President Enoch Chihana chaired proceedings. The revelation came from Chief Secretary to the Government […]
First Vice‑President Jane Ansah did not chair a Cabinet meeting — despite reports she was fully available to do so. The flashpoint came when Dedza Kasina MP Joshua Malango rose on Standing Order 69, demanding answers from the Minister of Justice on why Second Vice‑President Enoch Chihana ended up chairing the meeting after President Peter […]
A human rights activist has launched a blistering broadside at the Malawi government, demanding urgent answers over the extraordinary decision to have Second Vice President Enoch Chihana chair a Cabinet meeting — while sitting Vice President Dr Jane Ansah was left out entirely. Sylvester Namiwa didn’t hold back at a press briefing on Monday, tearing […]
Jane Ansah, Malawi’s vice-president, has not been invited to Monday’s cabinet meeting, the first such exclusion since she took office, fuelling claims that she is being gradually marginalised within government. The meeting, at State House in Lilongwe, will instead be chaired by Enoch Chihana, the second vice-president, while President Peter Mutharika attends to other duties […]
A Deputy Minister has allegedly crossed a significant constitutional line by secretly recommending to the appointing authority that his own line minister be removed from office, according to claims circulating on social media gossip platforms. Highly placed sources within government confirm that the extraordinary move has sent shockwaves through Cabinet, laying bare deep and growing […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has dropped Minister of Labour Ken Kandodo from his Cabinet after he took K1.4 million from the ministry’s project account on Covid-19, to use as allowances on a trip to South Africa last year, and the Malawi leader has warned to pursue thieving public officers implicated in the K6.2 billion investigative audit […]
Gender activists are jerking president Lazarus Chakwera to honour the gender law when hiring his new cabinet. The NGO Gender Coordination Network says Chakwera should adhere to the 2015 Gender Law which contains a 60-40 gender clause. The call comes as Chakwera is still in the process of reviewing his cabinet which has a relatively […]
State President Lazarus Chakwera communication team at State House has the Malawi leader will announce his new Cabinet when he is ready and stressed that its it is the “prerogative” of the Head of State to hire or fire ministers. During the virual State House Media briefing on Monday, director of communication and executive assistant the […]
A grouping of political scientists have given a sharp criticism to President Lazarus Chakwera for his failure to be accountable in the way the review of cabinet as he indicated that he was going to subject the ministers to a follow up assessment where each minister will have to make a report on how they […]
The vibrant human rights watchdog, the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has described President Lazarus Chakwera as a Fools’ Day comedian for deferring indefinitely the release of the new Cabinet. In February this year, Chakwera promised the nation that he be reconstituting his Cabinet before the end of March 2021 after assessing […]
A political commentator says president Lazarus Chakwera can do better by not making promises which he can hardly fulfil. This follows his failure to announce a new cabinet on March 31. Humphrey Mvula said Chakwera was pressuring himself by presenting to the public promises he is failing to fulfil. Chakwera promised he will announce his […]
President Lazarus Chakwera faces pressure to publicise performance assessment of this cabinet before hiring the new cabinet. A political analyst George Phiriis has told Chakwera to publicise the performance assessment of his cabinet before naming his new ministers. Chakwera failed to honour his promise of unveiling his cabinet on Tuesday, saying he was still looking […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has tweaked his cabinet line-up which was to be released on Wednesday, and is finalising the list of ministers that would revamp the image of a Tonse Alliance government hit by graft scandals by some ministers. Nyasa Times sources indicate that the President was considering some new faces who include Malawi Congress […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will name his new cabinet by Wednesday March 31, 2021, the presidential spokesman has disclosed. State House Press Secretary, Brian Banda confirmed the development on Monday in Lilongwe during the weekly State House brief. “I can independently confirm that in the next two days President Chakwera will announce his cabinet,” said Banda […]
When President Bingu wa Mutharika spoke in May 2004. the nation shook. He had gotten only 34% of the popular vote, but his speech resonated well with at least 90% of the voters, excluding the Bakili Muluzi fanatics. By the time Bingu left the UDF in February 2005. People were comparing him with Kamuzu Banda. […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will hire a new cabinet for his government at the end of this month, State House has announced. Speaking during a virtual State House press briefing, which included local and Malawian UK-based journalists in attendance, presidential press secretary Brian Banda, responding to a question on ministers’ public assessments, said: “There has been […]