Presidential press secretary Brian Banda has dismissed as “gossip” reports in social media platforms that government is buying a presidential jet for President Lazarus Chakwera. Banda said the claims that Chakwera is intending to buy a presidential jet were hearsay. This comes hot in the heels of social media reports that the government was buying […]
A civil rights group Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has called for a probe into the sale of a presidential jet by the Joyce Banda administration in 2013. Cdedi says the Lazarus Chakwera government must probe the matter despite the fact that Banda is part of the Tonse alliance led government. Acting executive […]
A powerful Malawi government delegation of senior ministers on Friday addressed a news conference in Lilongwe, declaring there is an existing valid arrest warrant for former president Joyce Banda which Police talked about two years ago to investigate Banda for “alleged abuse of office and money laundering”. The national police spokesman James Kadadzera said they […]
Malawi’s former president, Joyce Banda, has again denied any involvement in the Cashgate, the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill, saying she has evidence the corruption scandal exposed under her watch in 2013 had started during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime before she became Head of State in 2012. JB, as Banda is […]
President Peter Mutharika has dismissed reports that his government plans to buy a US$51 million (K51 billion) presidential jet, saying the reports are false. He was speaking in Lilongwe on Sunday on his return from the Republic of South Africa where he attended the BRICS Summit. According to press reports, the issue of purchasing a […]
President Peter Mutharika has rescheduled his flight to Lusaka, Zambia to Wednesday morning after the commercial plane he wanted to board had delayed. The Malawi leader was supposed to leave at 3pm on Tuesday to attend the 20th COMESA Summit. However, operators of the plane he was supposed to travel in communicated that the plane […]
Former President Joyce Banda will be quizzed by government to establish the truth about the disposal of the French-made jet to Bohnox Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary of Paramount Group, a South Africa-based defence and military equipment supplier. The Banda administration had given conflicting explanations on the sale of the jet, including how the State had used the […]
Hon Folks, watching MBC TV on Tuesday evening, it was refreshing seeing my old friend Nicholas Dausi sounding extremely concerned about APM flying commercial to an AU summit in Ethiopia. He said on arrival at Bole International Airport, the plane landed far from the airport lounge and they sent a rickety minibus (maphokonyoli) for our […]
Foreign Affairs minister Francis KasaiLa says President Peter Mutharika only chartered the jet from Lilongwe to South Africa and connected to the US for the United Nations General Assembly on commercial flight. He could however not say whether Mutharika will have the same transport arrangement on his way back from the US. “State House and […]
Rights activist Rafiq Hajat has described as sick suggestions by a Malawian to solicit K12 billion in donations to buy a presidential jet for Head of State, Peter Mutharika. Hajat joins hundreds of other Malawians on social media who have condemned businessman Sydney Ndembe for calling for the donations for the luxury of the President […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Monday lashed out at those insinuating his is planning to buy a jet once the country’s economy stabilize but revealed that his administration is working to find out the actual truth on how the presidential jet, bought during President Bingu wa Mutharika’s time in office, was sold out without Malawi […]
Sydney Ndembe, a self-professed well-wishing Malawian, has launched a fundraising campaign whose aim is to buy Pres Peter Mutharika an official presidential jet. Ndembe who has pegged the price of purchasing the jet at an approximate K12 billion (US$20 million), has himself made a contribution of K200 000 towards the campaign. Advertising in local press , Ndembe […]
I missed the BBC Hardtalk when Zeinab Badawi was speaking to Professor Peter Mutharika, the State President of the Republic of Malawi. I later leant that there would be a rebroadcast of the program at 6:30pm that same day, and I was all geared up to be in front of the TV by 6:20pm. But […]
The President of Malawi–any president of Malawi, irrespective of party affiliation—needs to fly on his or her own jet. Seriously, people, should this even be a matter for debate? Listen, if Madonna, a mere entertainer, can fly on a private jet into Malawi, the President of Malawi, our country’s First Citizen, should be able to […]
“A presidential plane is not a luxury; it is a necessity. It enhances the president’s ability to work effectively. It is a tool without which no chief executive can effectively execute his duties in the 21st Century. Yes, Malawi is poor. But we are also in the 21st century. And fate has called even the […]
Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has defied request by the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to investigate and provide information to the nation on what happened to the royalties earned from Nigerian crude oil deal and the proceeds from Presidential jet sale. Malawi in 2013 earned US$1,256.081.70 as royalties from crude oil deal […]
Civil Society Youth Consortium (CSYC), a grouping of 300 youths organisations in the country has asked President Peter Mutharika government to explain to the nation the outcome of the investigations into a sale of the presidential jet by former President Joyce Banda . Government said it launched the probe last year to establish the truth about […]
Malawians writing on social media are up in arms against the DPP led government decision to continue chartering presidential jets despite the state of the country’s economy. The presidential communication team says President Peter Mutharika will not stop using presidential jets chatered from South Africa despite the fact that the economy is down at its […]