The United States said Malawi’s vice president should take charge soon following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, voicing concern over the delay in succession. “Malawi’s constitution lays out a clear path for succession and we expect it to be observed,” Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said in a […]
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Some cabinet ministers on Friday night confirmed fears of an attempt to subvert the constitution in their quest to cling on to power by saying they will not accept Vice President Joyce Banda to take over the presidency following President Bingu wa Mutharika’s death. Government spokesperson Patricia Kaliati told a news conference Friday night that […]
First, can I thank you for keeping us in the dark. Second, could you please remember that we elected you? And we elected you constitutionally. We therefore expect that the constitution will be followed during this time when the president has become incapacitated. Already there are worrisome rumours: meetings at Goodall Gondwe’s house; rumours of […]
Government says the Nkhoma Synod pastoral letter released on Sunday was not written in good faith, arguing it is a result of discontent, according to a report in The Nation of Tuesday, April 03, 2012. Capital Hill argues that the letter is from a disgruntled group that is crying for an unfulfilled K10 million pledge […]
Information Minister Patricia Kaliati says Malawi Government intends to connect submarine cables from Tanzania to ensure that Malawians can get affordable and accessible ICT as well as boost internet services. Kaliati made the disclosure after meeting Tanzania’s Minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbarawa, during her tour in the East African nation. The […]
Malawis ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top brass on Friday stopped a press conference organised by the Minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati who wanted to respond to Public Affairs Committee’s (PAC) call for President Bingu wa Mutharika to resign or call for a referendum. Kaliati organised the press conference Friday afternoon and […]
CEO for conglomerate Press Corporation, Mathews Chikaonda, who once served as Finance Minister has hit back at garrulous Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati, saying she should guard against her foul-mouth. Kaliati lashed at Chikaonda for his criticism of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s economic performance, accusing Chikaonda of failing when he was the country’s purse keeper. […]
Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba and Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, have said a resign-by-May 14 ultimatum to the Head of State would be rejected. The Public Affairs Committee, a group of religious leaders and activists, has threatened “civil disobedience” if Mutharika will not step down within 60 days […]
Malawi Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, on Thursday launched a scathing verbal attack to Kenyan Airways after the airliner refused to sell her a ticket for a trip of a government officer to Tanzania because it could not accept the Malawi Kwacha currency. Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines are charging their airfares […]
On Tuesday 6th March 2012 President Bingu wa Mutharika sneaked out of the Malawi on a secret visit to Nigeria. He used his Presidential Jet for the trip. The Presidential jet is an official facility assigned to the head of state to use as a means of official transportation , because taxpayers ( Malawians that is […]
Information Minister Patricia Kaliati and Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Bureau Chief for Lilongwe Mabvuto Banda brought tension at a news briefing at the Central Office of Information (COI) in Lilongwe on Thursday morning when the two had a fiery verbal exchange. The two tussled over the ongoing Public Affairs Committee (PAC) conference hosted at the […]
Malawi government is exerting pressure on the influential Roman Catholic Church not to allow a grouping of religious leaders, Public Affairs Committee (PAC) hold their two day meeting on the future of Malawi in the House of God, at Limbe Catholic Cathedral. The pressure is coming after government successfully stopped Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel to […]
First were Members of Parliament from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to allege that some Malawians were plotting to overthrow the Bingu wa Mutharika government on 14th March this year. The party’s Vice President and a senior cabinet minister, Goodall Gondwe followed suit. A few days later, it was Mutharika himself publicly echoing the allegations […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has issued an alert after Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati, threatened to attack a journalist Gregory Gondwe. Misa said Kaliati, who is Malawi government spokesperson, accused the journalist of having a “vendetta against her personally and the people from her region, the same region where […]
Did my minister Patricia Kaliati just accuse the State House in Abuja, Nigeria of doctoring a picture to give the false impression that President Bingu wa Mutharika was in the West African country? Is that the respect you give to a country from which you are seeking help of some sort? You just got to […]
Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati’s heavy make-up has become subject of debate. The sensational Weekend Times reports that some say she applies too much cosmetics to a point where it transforms her face into something artificial while others believe she is just a woman innocently taking care of her beauty. The newspaper reports that her […]
Malawi’s flashy Minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati has alleged the photograph that appeared on the Nigerian State House official website showing that country’s leader Goodluck Jonathan welcoming his Malawian counterpart Bingu wa Mutharika in Abuja was doctored. President Mutharika silently sneaked out of the country on Tuesday morning without announcing his destination […]