After 26 years in the political wilderness, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been rehired. Buoyed by main ally UTM Party and a number of smaller parties, the party, denounced by pro-democracy champion the late Chakufwa Chihana as a “party of death and darkness”, made a strong comeback in last month’s presidential poll. This was […]
Mchinji South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Agness Nkusa Nkhoma who has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in President Lazarus Chakwera’s first ever cabinet has described her appointment as an advantage to serve her constituents. She said the ministerial portfolio does not only give her an opportunity to serve the country but also […]
The argument by a majority of those faulting the new Cabinet is that the President should not have appointed people from the same families. The most important consideration should not be whether or not they are related. But rather whether they have the requisite credentials for the job? Can they deliver? The people in question […]
South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa has condemned President Lazarus Chakwera as a master of flip-flopping, likening him to the behavior of reverends that preached one thing in the morning and did exactly what they had condemned in the afternoon. In a strong Facebook post reacting to Chakwera’s defense of his faulted Cabinet, […]
First congratulations. There is a reason why you are there at this time in our history. From your first day at work a lot of people will want to see you. Some just to introduce themselves. Others want to influence your decision making. Here is what to look out for 1) They will call you […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will not change the appointment of a faulted Cabinet, saying he has assembled a capable team, appointed on merit and one which equates with the Tonse Philosophy in a five-months transition in which to prove to Malawians that change has come. Among the appointments that appear to have rattled the […]
A new cabinet in Malawi was sworn-in on Friday with President Lazarus Chakwera warning 31 of his newly hired ministers and their deputies against corruption, saying he would not spare anyone found abusing their positions. Chakwera said at Bingu International Convention Centre during the swearing in of new ministers in what he called ‘Transition Cabinet’ that they should […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended the absence of a Ministry of Gender and Women, saying he has named more women in Cabinet than any president in the history of Malawi. Gender activist Emma Kaliya had criticized President Chakwera for not living up to the promise of 40 percent female representation. Kaliya also pointed out that […]
Attorney General Dr Chikosa Silungwe on Friday took the oath of office and allegiance before President Lazarus Chakwera in Lilongwe but it was non-religious. Silungwe, who was vice-president Saulos Chilima’s lead counsel in the presidential election case, didn’t include the phrase “so help me God” at the end of the either oath. Nor did he […]
Amid increasing and continuing dissatisfaction with President Lazarus Chakwera’s maiden cabinet appointments, the Youth Decide Campaign (YDC) has also poured out its own misgivings–expressing anger over what it describes as “violent and heartless” exclusion of youths from the cabinet. Apparently, the inclusion in the cabinet of youthful politicians such as Ulemu Msungama, Timothy Mtambo and […]
Many Malawians have said what Lazarus Chakwera has appointed is a “loan repayment cabinet”. Most appointments are evidently based on compensating people who are either owed money by Chakwera and Chilima or those who did work that never got paid for. This is what Malawians on social media mean when they say “Angongole alanda Cabinet”. […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended his first cabinet appointments tainted by family ties which include a husband, wife and cousin, a brother and sister, and a brother and sister in law. Speaking in an interview with the BBC on Thursday, Chakwera said that he is listening attentively to the public critique about his cabinet and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera can be lambasted with every word available regarding his Cabinet choice but, let’s face it, appointment of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Abida Mia as deputy minister is a mark worth celebrating. It is worth celebrating because, to a larger extent, it symbolizes Chakwera’s resolve to reward sacrifice, hard work, loyalty and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera, on Wednesday, released a 30-member Cabinet which, in all intents and purposes, we find to be antagonizing the yearn for change most Malawians expect from his government. In voting out the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with a resounding 58 percent of the national vote, Malawians wanted a break from tribal/regional politics that […]
As Malawians continue to digest the 31-member cabinet announced by President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has described the new cabinet as “betrayal of people’s trust” in the new administration. Speaking in a telephone interview with Nyasa Times from Blantyre, Nankhumwa said President Chakwera had failed in the […]
As the new Cabinet lineup that will administer state affairs in the Tonse Alliance government assembled by President Lazarus Chakwera in consultation with his vice-president Saulos Chilima is set to be sworn-in, critics have berated the team. South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, says, in his cabinet, President Chakwera has reduced the electoral victory […]
Commander-in-chief of the Citizen Transformation Movement Timothy Mtambo has said he is happy and ready to serve in the Tonse Alliance government as Cabinet minister. Mtambo has been appointed Minister for Civic Education and National Unity in a Cabinet announced by President Lazarus Chakwera. However, on Thursday fake news was spreading that Mtambo, who formerly […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will be meeting President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to discuss issues bordering on the cabinet list released Wednesday night. HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence has told journalists in Lilongwe that they have received concerns from Malawians decrying the appointment of members of the same family and alleged failure to […]