Former senior civil servant who joined the private sector Patrick Kabambe has been appointed new chief executive officer for the Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) effective February 1 2020. Economist Kabambe served as Principal Secretary (PS) various ministries including at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education before he quit in 2016 to join […]
Patrick Kabambe, the senior civil servant, has joined the private sector and is now with First Merchant Bank. Kabambe was Principal Secretary for Labour and Manpower Development and has served as controlling officiers in various ministries including Fofreign Affairs. In his posting on LinkedIn a social networking service primarily used for professional networking, Kabambe profile indicates he […]
Malawi Government has come out punchy, warning job recruiting agencies that they risk prosecution should employers face problems in countries where they have been sent. Principal Secretary for Labour Patrick Kabambe’s warning comes in the wake of reports that 12 more girls are stuck in Kuwait where they were sent by a local recruiting agency […]
Displeased by the rise of cases of abuse and exploitation of Malawians working abroad, particularly in the Middle East, government has produced guidelines to be followed by Private Employment Agencies (PrEA) and migrating individuals. A statement signed by Secretary for the Ministry of Labour, Youth and Manpower Development, Patrick Kabambe says this has come following […]
Government is warning Malawian women to turn down job offers in Arab countries from unknown job agents, saying unsuspecting women are thrown into prostitution. Secretary for Labour Patrick Kabambe said this after a consultant Trevor Kandoje released a report which shows that Malawian women are sexually abused in Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. “Government […]
Principle Secretary for Labour and Manpower Development, Patrick Kabambe has said uneducated people have little potential to be productive or engage in innovations necessary for national development. Speaking during the official opening of the Child Labour in Agriculture Roundtable at the Bingu International Conference centre, Kabambe said that most families occupied in child labour are […]
Government is optimistic that the establishment of Community Colleges will spur opportunities for jobs among youths and eventually stimulate the country’s economic growth. Principal Secretary for Labour and Manpower Development Patrick Kabambe made the remarks last Friday at the end of a three week pedagogical course for 45 professional instructors at Domasi College of Education […]
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 and her counterpart, Kenya’s Mwai Kibaki have agreed to further cement bilateral relation of the two nations by reopening embassies that were closed for seven years. In a communiqué read by Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Patrick Kabambe during a news conference held at Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe […]
The Malawi Government has indicated its protracted boarder dispute with Tanzania will not be tabled at this year’s United Nations General Assembly which begins on Tuesday, September 18 at its headquarters in New York, USA. Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Patrick Kabambe, disclosed the news to Malawi Broadcasting Corporation […]
Tanzania government has hit back at the statement by Malawi for its claim of ownership of Lake Nyasa, saying the country would defend its territorial integrity and observe international laws. The acting Leader of government businesses in Parliament, Samweli Sitta , said the Tanzania government was shocked by the information that principal secretary in Malawi’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
Malawi vowed on Tuesday to press on with oil and gas exploration on Lake Malawi, dismissing a demand by Tanzania, which claims half of the lake, to halt prospecting. “We categorically put it to them [Tanzania] that as far as we are concerned, the entire lake belongs to Malawi,” Patrick Kabambe, principal secretary in the […]
Things are getting worse for embattled Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika as his ‘relationship’ with the new Zambian president Michael Sata continues to get strained by the day. The latest being the eviction of Malawi’s envoy from the Zambian premises in Dar –es- Salaam after the Zambian government hiked rent by 200 percent. According to […]