State House Chief of Staff Peter Mukhito also known as director general of State Residences on Saturday had a religious blessing of his marriage at Area 18 St Patricks Parish Catholic church in Lilongwe. “I promise to be true to you in good and bad times, in sickness and in health. I will love you […]
The shadow boxing currently raging in the corridors of State House appears to be gathering speed and getting dirtier by the day, sources habe confirmed to Nyasa Times that there are practically two opposing camps striving to outdo each other for the attention of President Peter Mutharika, in a ‘battle’ that is increasingly proving gruesome […]
Director of State Residences Peter Mukhito has said there is nothing wrong that Lilongwe house of Ben Phiri the special assistant to President Peter Mutharika is being accorded State House Security. Phiri’s house in Area 12 has two guards with state Residences badges who are manning the gates, according to published reports. Other presidential aides […]
State House press officer Chikondi Juma has corrected a report about State House chief of staff Peter Mukhito being redeployed to the National Intelligence Service (NIS), saying he remains in office . Juma said “it is not true” that Mukhito and Paulos Chisale, security advisor and a valet for President Peter Mutharika have been moved […]
State House chief of staff Peter Mukhito appears to be affected by the state residences shake-up which has seen a growing list of the President’s aides forced out of State House. Mukhito has been redeployed to the National Intelligence Service to the state chief spy, replacing Nicholous Dausi, Nyasa Times understands. Also being moved out of […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been assigned a new Aide-de-Camp (ADC). He is Lieutenant Colonel Gilfred Chafikana. Chafikana has been assigned to State House after Lieutenant Colonel Fostino Gunda-Phiri was controversially removed from his position last week. State House chief of staff, Peter Mukhito, confirmed that the President has the new ADC. He called the […]
Malawi’s former Police boss who is currently the country’s State House Chief of Staff Peter Mukhito faces arrest for disobeying a court order restraining the State House from proceeding with plans to redeploy more than 20 of its household staff to other government departments. Mukhito faces the arrest along several others that include Director of […]
Malawi Government has a special aide to the First Lady Phillomina Kasambwe in less than six months of her employment, State House chief of staff Peter Mukhito has confirmed. Mukhito, however, said Kasambwe will not be jobless as she will be redeployed to other duties within the civil service. He disclosed that Kasambwe’s next assignment […]
State House risk being sued for contempt of court for defying a court order restraining it from going on with plans to transfer over 22 employees from state residences. Nyasa Times understands that State house through Director of State Residences wrote the staff members informing them of their immediate transfer but failed to indicate their […]
“The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why” –Warren Bennis From the beginning I must declare that Kondwani Nankhumwa needed not have gone down so low to issue a government epistle that was very high on hyperbole and too low on substance. I mean, I scrolled down the whole treatise just because it is my job […]
I commend my good friend Lot Dzonzi, the Inspector General of Police, for using unorthodox ways in combating crime in the country. Lot, the most pious police chief Malawi has ever had, led his troops in a day of prayer and fasting this other Thursday. That was a novel way of combating crime, I must […]
State House has downplayed assertions that there is resistance from Pastors of the Blantyre Synod of the CCAP church to officiate President Peter Mutharika wedding with a former parliamentarian Gertrude Maseko on June 2. Reports were rife that the clergy are not comfortable to bless Mutharika’s wedding as doing so is going against church’s standing […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika has appointed former Inspector General (IG) of Malawi Police, Peter Mukhito as Chief of State at State House also known as director general of State Residences, replacing veteran civil servant Ben Mbewe. Mukhito has confirmed his appointment, saying: “It pleased His Excellency, Professor Peter Mutharika to trust me with this appointment.” […]
The Council of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) has dragged to court former acting President of the university’s Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccassu) the controversial Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula of the academic freedom fame. The UNIMA council is demanding that Kabwila-Kapasula along with Malawi’s Attorney General pay almost K55 million (almost US$212,000) as compensation to students […]
The newly-appointed Inspector General of Malawi Police Service Loti Dzonzi on Tuesday visited Chancellor College in Zomba and appealed for a new beginning in as far as relations between the Police and College community are concerned, vowing to ensure academic freedom in the university. The Police chief delivered a lecture titled: “Eight lessons I never […]
Parliament on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Loti Dzonzi as new Inspector General (IG) of Malawi Police Service. President Joyce Banda sacked former police chief Peter Mukhito immediately after assuming the presidency on April 8 2012 and appointed Dzonzi. She and presented his name to Parliament for vetting as per legal requirement. With the confirmation […]
Tidzakumana pamtengo wakachere; pothera nkhani – Lucius Banda By all accounts, Mrs. Joyce Banda has hit the ground running as President of the Republic of Malawi following the sudden death of former President, dictator Bingu wa Mutharika, on April 5th., 2012. Media reports are replete with accounts of how she is busy repairing relations with multilateral […]
Fired Inspector General (IG) of Police Peter Mukhito says he is not bitter for being given the boot by Malawi’s new President Joyce Banda. Mukhito became the first casualty of the post Bingu wa Mutharika era when President appointed one of the longest serving officers in the Malawi Police Service (MPS), Commissioner Loti Dzonzi, as […]