Youthful Minister of Industry and Trade, Sosten Gwengwe, appears as third in command chain in the Joyce Banda’s cabinet hierarchy. According to a cabinet list released by Office of President and Cabinet on Monday, Banda is leading the Executive line up as Head of State, seconded by her deputy Khumbo Kachale. In the list, maverick […]
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) is playing double standards in the employment of two top senior public officers within the government system who were both arrested and cleared of corruption charges, according to a report in the Malawi News. Former Secretary to the Treasury Milton Kutengule and former Principal of Natural Resources […]
There has been a reorganization of Principal Secretaries at Capital Hill aimed at strengthening performance in a number of ministries. Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Patrick Kabambe has been moved to Ministry of Education as PS for Higher Education. Kabambe has replaced Lonely Magaleta at Education who is now PS (2) in the Ministry of […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda is demanding accountability from her ministers asking them to submit reports on achievements and progress in each ministry starting from next week. The former president, the late Bingu wa Mutharika, also demanded reports from his ministers. In a memo dated November 20 2012 from Secretary to Government Bright Msaka addressed to […]
Fear of the unknown has gripped ministers as President Joyce Banda will reshuffle cabinet to improve her flagging political ratings following the rising cost of living and alleged corruption in her government, a top civil servant has revealed. It is being widely belived that President Banda wants to merge the Ministry of Finance and that of Economic Planning […]
Malawi President Joyce Ntila-Banda has moved a broom once in the Office of President and Cabinet leaving one Deputy Chief Secretary Nector Mhura out of the highest office. Mhura, a lawyer by training, was the Deputy Chief Secretary since 2009 when late Malawi ruler Bingu Wa Mutharika was elected for the second term. “Mhura has […]