Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Board Chair, Perks Ligoya, says plans are underway to make the statutory corporation corrupt free and ensure they achieve consistency power supply. Ligoya was speaking during the official commissioning of 55 megawatts power supply generators in Blantyre on Wednesday, saying the corporation will be aligning itself towards the vision of […]
Malawians are made to live in blackout all day everyday as Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) board chairperson Dr. Perks Ligoya has messed up procurement of new heavy-duty generators that were expected to add about 80 megawatts to the national grid when he pushed for awarding of a $74 million contract to a South […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed board members of the troubled Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) with economist Perks Ligoya as its board chairperson. According to a statement by chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara, Ligoya therefore ceases to be chairperson of Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medef) with immediate effect. Other members of the Escom […]
Malawi continues to recall some of its diplomatic envoys, including former Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Perks Ligoya from Kenya. President Peter Mutharika has appointed Agrina Mussa, wife to Labour Minister Henry Mussa, to be Malawi’s new High Commissioner to Kenya. The Public Appointments Committee of Parliament (Pac) last week Wednesday interviewed Mussa on her […]
Malawi government has recalled its envoys from Kenya, Zambia and Japan and relocating some amidst report that President Peter Mutharika is “absolutely furious” with the fraud at Malawi mission in Addis Ababa and has called for thorough investigations. The recalled diplomats are former Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Perks Ligoya who was serving in Kenya […]
Malawi’s High Commissioner to Kenya Perks Ligoya has described effective communication and information delivery as key to government’s e-service delivery and citizen engagement. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) after meeting a delegation from Malawi benchmarking on government web-portal in Nairobi, he said the country has a lot to learn from Kenya on […]
Former Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Dr Perks Ligoya has lost a father. According to a statement from the family, the senior Ligoya died on Thursday morning at Dr Ligoya’s residence in the low density location of Area 43 in the administrative capital, Lilongwe. Family sources says he died suddenly. Born Clemency Khongono Ligoya on 24th December, […]
Barely few weeks after he was fired as central bank chief, Dr Perks Ligoya has been given a diplomatic post. He now heads to New Delhi, India to be Malawi’s High Commissioner. He replaces Chrissie Chawanje Mughogho, who was among the first diplomats to be recalled late April 2012 by the new President Mrs Joyce Banda. Ambassador Mughogho […]
The writing was on the wall but the former Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Dr Perks Ligoya is still trying to come to terms with the reality that he has painfully parted ways with his extravagance life at the country’s central bank. President Joyce Banda on Tuesday replaced Ligoya with an international public servant and […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda dispelled rumours that Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dr Perks Ligoya has been sacked. Reports indicated that Ligoya was given the boot and replaced with Mary Nkosi. But the President said Ligoya remains in his position as central bank chief. Ligoya: Still in charge “I spoke to the governor last […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Dr Perks Ligoya, who is also chairman of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), has called for collaboration of African Central Bank governors against undeserving removal. Ligoya made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, Nigeria at the first ordinary meeting of AACB. Accoridng to The Nationof Nigeria, he told his […]
There has been a radical shake-up at the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) as part of the ongoing restructuring programme, Nyasa Times understands. The shake-up sees director of financial markets Henry Mathanga, who was recently involved in the release of $1.36 million about (K220 million) to his wife’s company to import fertilizer from Dubai without following […]
It is generally believed that everything happens for a reason. Therefore one can say that the recent comments by the Reserve Bank of Malawi governor, Dr Perks Ligoya on alleged mistakes on Kayerekera mining agreement , were for a reason. Most likely the governor might have wanted Malawians to know how the government seemed to […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has comprehensively responded to issues raised by Reserve Bank od Malawi Governor, Dr Perks Ligoya, saying contrary to the cricisim the Kayerekera uranium project in Karonga is bringing more benefits to Malawi exceeding K825 billion (about US$500 million.) Ligoya criticised Paladin saying Malawi rushed through the process of the Kayelekera uranium […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dr Perks Ligoya says there is no need to press the panic button for Malawians over devaluation of the Kwacha currency, saying it will not be done imminently. Ligoya had disclosed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “high powered team” will be coming in the country from December 1 […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dr Perks Ligoya has conceded that the country “made mistakes” in the way it handled the mining licence to Australian-based uranium- miner Paladin to develop the Kayelekera project. The central bank boss said government has realised some of the mistakes and would demand to “renegotiate” the deal. The mining […]
On Wednesday, Police in Blantyre arrested three tricksters who wanted to purchase agricultural products from farmers using fake Malawi Currency. Police identified the three suspects as Chancy Phiri who comes from Mchinji, Sam Sulumba of Zomba and Daniel Mussa whose home district is Mangochi. Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer Beatrice Mwachande said the three tricksters […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Perks Ligoya said on Tuesday that it is misleading to say that country’s economy was doing very well under the tenure of Bakili Muluzi than currently under economist President Bingu wa Mutharika. Economist and former diplomat Dr Jerry Jana told a radio interview on privately-owned Capital radio that “in the […]