State vice-president Saulos Chilika said described a 10 percent pay salary cut for President Mutharika and his 32-member cabinet to cushion the impact of coronavirus on the economy as manifestly inadequate for a country that depends largely on donor funding, and where the virus is starting to be felt, therefore calling for further reduction up […]
From the early 90s to the present, no name has had the ruthless streak of being a hot political topic than that of Kamlepo Kalua. He was fearless and combative in denouncing the fierce and dictator Kamuzu Banda, in the early 90s, when winds of democracy stirred up the shores. Kamlepo, a former president of […]
President Peter Mutharika has said he has assembled a new 32-member Cabinet which is “inclusive”, saying the new team will look for innovative methods to achieve greater efficiency and increased productivity. “This is an inclusive Cabinet. I would like to work with every Malawian to develop this country,” said Mutharika during the swearing in ceremony at […]
President Peter Mutharika says he has restructured some ministries to ensure that critical issues are given appropriate attention. The President has split several ministries to accommodate alliance partner United Democratic Front (UDF) and some officials from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) including newcomers Chimwemwe Chipungu as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security and Grezelder […]
A new cabinet in Malawi has been sworn in with President Peter Mutharika on Saturday warning 32 of his newly hired ministers and their deputies against corruption, saying he would not spare anyone found abusing their positions. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony for newly assembled Cabinet at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre, Mutharika said the Chief Secretary to government will give […]
Former Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda has delivered a major snub to President Peter Mutharika by turning down a ministerial post in his new-look government. Mutharika on Thursday appointed Chimunthu Banda as Minister of Natural Resources and Mining. But the former Speaker on Friday said he will not be taking up the post, saying […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s exclusion in President Peter Mutharika’s new Cabinet which has been bloated by 60 percent announced on Thursday night is illegal, according to prominent legal scholars. In the revised Cabinet, there was no mention of the Office of the Vice-President whose holder – Chilima- leads UTM Party which has now entered into electoral […]
Bintony Kutsaira, who was Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Minister, is the biggest casualty in newly hired Cabinet as he has been dropped with President Peter Mutharika moving around several others and drafted in new faces in a bloated team from 20 to 23 full ministers and 9 deputies. Kutsaira, who was also Central Region […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has maintained his trust in Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) big wigs keeping them in strategic positions in the new Cabinet which he has assembled on Thursday but has moved DPP vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa to become new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Nankhumwa was serving as Minister of Agriculture, […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new Cabinet and appointed ministers and deputy ministers incorporating members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) – a partner of his own Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — into the cabinet and drafted in veteran politican Kamlepo Kalua and former Speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda to try to broaden his popular […]
New ministers are expected to be announced as President Peter Mutharika freshens his Cabinet – a break away from lean team – in an attempt to convince voters that his administrations has the energy, ideas and talent for government. Mutharika dissolved Cabinet last week a move political analysts believe is to incorporate Democratic Progressive Party […]
Dr Martin Kansichi is former trade minister under late Bingu Wa Mutharika administration. He writes about his experience as Cabinet minister and decided to split it into two parts. Preamble Although I have sworn not to reveal cabinet secrets, it is my conviction that what I am writing here will help others coming after us, […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has criticed the decision by President Peter Mutharika to fire all ministers and plans to incorporate Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) partner United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Cabinet – which may be bloated – ahead of the forthcoming presidential fresh election. MCP spokesman Maurice Munthali said Mutharika was acting […]
With the battleground of fresh presidential elections in his rear view mirror President Peter Mutharika needs a different type of top team as political commentators have advised to remove “riff ruffs” when hiring a new Cabinet. Mutharika on Friday fired his entire Cabinet ahead of a possible presidential election in May. The Constitutional Court last […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday dissolved his Cabinet a day after Supreme Court of Appeal ruled the processes for fresh presidential elections as ordered by Constitution Court be continued pending substantive appeal. The sacking of entire Cabinet is with effect from Friday, 13th March 2020. According to a statement from Chief Secretary to the government […]
Ministers and Members of Parliament are bracing themselves for a Cabinet reshuffle as speculation over the size and timing of it reached fever pitch the corridors of power. President Peter Mutharika is set to re-cast his top team after his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has partnered with a United Democratic Front (UDF) in an electoral […]
Everton Chimulurenji , 56, who was the de-facto Vice President of Malawi from May 2019 to February 2020 until his title was voided after the presidential elections results were nullified by Constitution Court, has been sworn in as Minister of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events. President Peter Mutharika last week created a Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs and […]
The presidency of Peter Mutharika gained a lot economically but lost politically. President Peter Mutharika 2014 campaign of a 20 member Cabinet won hearts of thousands of Malawians. It is a campaign pledge he has fulfilled 100% throughout his first five-year first term, even the nine months of his second five-year term. The President has […]