President Peter Mutharika made rare attack on Uladi Mussa, leader of PP in parliament who accused the Head of State of nepotism. Mussa speaking in parliament, accused Mutharika for appointing a distant third in the clerk of parliament job interviews leaving out the person who came first. But reacting to the accusation, Mutharika speaking at […]
Nyasa Times has introduced a new column called ‘Off the Wall Of …’ We will be taking a Malawi Facebook Post of the Day and republish on Nyasa Times. Sam Zuze, a relation of the First Lady has been appointed as Finance Director at Malawi Revenue Authority through a simple instruction from the ‘Prime Minister’. […]
Senior officers at the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) are accusing their chief spy Nicholous Dausi for being nepotistic and practising favoritism. According to officers who spoke to Nyasa Times at NIB headquarters and regional offices, those that are having a smooth ride at the department are new recruits from the Lomwe belt and Mwanza where […]
A spirited campaign by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) Dr Matilda Munthali to flush out all staff that do not come from the northern region is hampering the Council’s work and making such staff watch their backs and utterances for fear of dismissals, Nyasa Times has established. The first casualty […]
President Peter Mutharika has told Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that he was nepotistic in his appointment of 20-member cabinet comprising ministers mostly from the southern region, saying they are based on merit. PAC and other human rights groups criticized Mutharika, accusing him of nepotism and creating division with his Cabinet appointments, and failing to address […]
Since 1994 Malawians want nothing less than total democracy , in the way they are being governed. It is wrong to assume that as long as there are timely elections to choose leaders Malawi is on a democratic path. However the timely elections must be credible as well. Meanwhile it has already been said elsewhere […]
Malawi legal watchdog has given a dressing down to the President Peter Mutharika for making “nepotistic” statement against members of the legal fraternity. Malawi Law Society (MLS) president Mandala Mambulasa and secretary Felisah Kilembe in a media statement made available to Nyasa Times condemned Mutharika on his claims against the composition of the commission of […]
President Peter Mutharika has received a tribalism tag from a political science lecturer at the Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, Ernest Thindwa on the way he has been purging public servants. Thindwa has said he feels the dismissals of officers are based on tribal lines. “It’s normal for any new government to make […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has completed 100 days in office – a traditional moment for taking stock of progress in what rights campaigners have assessed him highlighting nepotistic and ethnicity promotion in his public appointments fuelling calls for North Malawi secession. In evaluating Mutharika’s three months in power, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) […]
Exactly 50 years ago, in the first week of September 1964, barely two months after July 6 independence, serious disagreements between Prime Minister, Dr Banda and his Cabinet Minister exploded into the historic Cabinet Crisis on 8 and 9 September. The disagreements began after Dr Banda’s release from Gweru Prison in 1960, and his subsequent […]
Dr Blessings Chinsinga, a political analyst based at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, has disputed President Peter Mutharika’s claims on Sunday that Malawi’s democracy is fast-maturing and a good example to countries in the region. Mutharika made the remarks in Lilongwe as Malawi marked 50 years of freedom from colonial rule and the 20-year […]
Retired politician and former president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo has added his voice to the growing chorus of expressing discontentment on regionalist aspects that surrounded the appointment of President Peter Mutharika’s 20-member cabinet. Mutharika has come under heavy criticism from opposition in the way he has selected his cabinet and some public […]
The just ended presidential and parliamentary elections have revealed that Malawians have grown politically. It is a good development as they can no longer be taken for granted. Ask former President Joyce Banda what happened in the May elections after handing out maize and cows if you think I am exaggerating. What is also interesting […]
President Peter Mutharika, who has come under heavy accusations of nepotism and ethnicity favouritism in the way he has selected his cabinet and some public appointments, has received backing by social commentator Mzati Mkolokosa and human rights activist Billy Mayaya, Critics accuse Mutharika of practising nepotism by giving top positions in government to people from […]
A prominent newspaper columnist in Malawi on Saturday added his voice to the cacophony of accusations levelled against President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government on nepotism and ethnicity favouritism. Mutharika has come under heavy criticism from opposition in the way he has selected his cabinet and some public appointments. Critics […]
Former vice president Khumbo Kachali has advised President Peter Mutharika not to repeat mistakes of the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration in promoting nepotism and ethnicity favouritism. In a statement posted on social media, Kachali said “DPP and its leadership should avoid its obvious past mistakes.” He joined the chorus of criticism against the […]
The state-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB)Chief Executive Officer Ian Bonongwe has been hit by accusations of nepotism and favoritism. According to widely circulated documents to the media by MSB Employees, Bonongwe is accused of favouring staff from his district of origin Ntcheu at the expense of well qualified and deserving personnel. Bonongwe, according to concerned […]
Some concerned people have complained of flouting of procedures when recruiting temporary staff for some of the surveys at National Statistical Office (NSO) in Zomba. The office has come under scrutiny after it continuously neglects to follow advertisement procedures as per government requirement. Nyasa Times sources reveal that the government statistical agency has conducted certain […]