Vice President Saulos Chilima has send a loud and clear message to the accounting fraternity — shape up or ship out — urging Malawi Accountants Board (MAB) to de-register accountants involved in mischief. The vice-president made the remarks when he met MAB management on Tuesday in Blantyre. Chilima, who is also Minister for Economic Planning and Development […]
A combination of low wages and perverse incentives motivate civil servants to supplement their income with per diem payments connected to participation in seminars and workshops but the United Nations has come out in full support President Lazarus Chakwera’s recent commitment to end the allowance culture he termed “most difficult form of corruption.” UN Resident […]
Despite its commercial viability, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) says it has huge liabilities and wants a bailout on its K4.9 billion tax arrears and K1.2 billion in pension arrears. This was revealed during technical meetings which State vice-president Saulos Chilima had with Parastatals based in the Southern Region to appreciate the reforms being implemented. However, […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has urged government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to recognize and appreciate the role Planning Units in the attainment of the country’s development agenda. Chilima made the remarks Friday during his meeting with Directors and Deputy Directors of Planning from various MDAs following a commitment he made as Minister of […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has challenged the private sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in the Northern Region to be innovative by adopting unorthodox ways of doing business in order to contribute to the attainment of the public sector reforms. Chilima made the remarks in Mzuzu on Wednesday morning after engaging players […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has described the state in which a state-run Sunbird Mzuzu Hotel is as very poor, not befitting a hotel in the 21 century. He has since ordered that renovation should be done one facility as a matter of urgency. Chilima made the directive in Mzuzu on Tuesday at the start […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has commended the Government of the United States of America (USA) for donating Video Conferencing equipment that the Public Sector Reforms Department through its Local Government Accountability and Performance (LGAP) Programme. Chilima said at a time when Covid-19 is limiting us from physical interaction, such technical assistance for virtual communication […]
Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima has pledged government’s full support to state-funded constitutional and governance bodies as the Tonse Alliance government embarks on a journey to flush out corruption and wastage of public resources. Chilima made the pledge in Lilongwe today during his engagements with officials from the Office of the Director of Public […]
Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima who is also Minister for Public Sector Reforms on Tuesday held a Zoom meeting with management of Malawi’s Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC), formerly Privatisation Commission (PC), which outlined a number of game changer reforms to improve service delivery. Writing on his Facebook page, Chilima said the PPPC reforms strive […]
Malawi government is taking reforms to mining sector and control the trade in minerals with Vice-President Saulos Chilima holiding orientation meeting with with Minister of Mining Rashid Gaffar and officials from his ministry. Gaffar said the ministry is working major reforms to ensure that there are increased benefits to Malawians from mineral resources through review […]
Vice-President Salous Chilima on Tuesday met five Cabinet ministers in his continued busy schedule where on a daily basis he is briefed on the reforms the ministries are implementing or plan to undertake as government embark on the journey to reform the public sector. The first minister to meet Chilima on Tuesday was Minister of […]
Comptroller of Statutory Corporations Steward Ligomeka has said Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) should discipline 10 heads of parastatals who missed the deadline of submitting reform proposals to vice president Saulos Chilima. Ligomeka said OPC should move in on the matter because boards were dissolved in statutory corporations. “In the absence of boards […]
A governance expert and socio-political commentator Makhumbo Munthali has observed that Malawi now has an empowered vice-president, saying the office holder Dr Saulos Chilima is indeed a functional second-in-command who has hit the ground to improve public service delivery. Office of the Vice-President in the country is a delegated one, an arrangement that has seen Vice-Presidents, including […]
The reform areas the Malawi government has assigned to its Ministry of Homeland Security have potential to enable the ministry to contribute to revenue generation while also improving its own service delivery, Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has said. Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, made the remarks in Lilongwe […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima is going to engage Cabinet ministers starting this Monday to orient them for the public sector reforms programme. Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, will be meeting three ministers daily to persuade them to champion the reform in their respective ministries. The spokesperson in the Office […]
Vice President Salous Chilima on Wednesday held a joint meeting with the top leadership of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) to ensure there is power all day, everyday in the country. Chilima said later in the day he also met Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) top management in a drive […]
Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima, who is also Minister for Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, has directed the Controller of Statutory Corporations to take a disciplinary action against parastatal organizations, which failed to submit on time Reforms Status Reports requested on 7 July, 2020. Chilima had requested that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has postponed until further notice a meeting on public sector reforms which was scheduled to take place in Mzuzu this Monday July 13, 2020 due to the increased threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, his spokesman has said. Office of the Vice President’s spokesperson, Pilirani Phiri, said in a statement released on […]