Newly appointed chief director in the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) Seodi White has said government will move on with public service reforms despite the fact that some people are resisting them. White was speaking on Wednesday in Mangochi at a local government meeting for district commissioners. “These public officers are frustrating reforms because […]
President Peter Mutharika has come under intense fire for literary swallowing public service reforms when he appointed former reforms commissioner to be CEO for debt ridden and under performing power generating company, Escom. Evelyn Mwapasa is set to take up her new position at Escom on April 1. However, as a public service reforms commissioner, […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technologies Nicholas Dausi has disclosed that the Public Service Reform Commission (PSRC) functions have reverted to the Office of President and Cabinet and that Vice President Saulos Chilima and his team are now out of it. Dausi, who is government spokesman, said the mandate for Chilima’s commission expired on December 31, 2016. “The […]
Malawi daily newspaper on Monday used its editorial comment to applaud vice president Saulos Chilima for his action last week during the Public Service Reforms Commission meeting with local authorities in Blantyre where he sent back some for late-coming and others for shabby dressing. The Nation reported that late-comers and poorly-dressed district council officers were send […]
The decision by the Vice President Saulos Chilima led Reforms Commission to take reforms to district and city councils has earned them praise from Malawi’s two daily papers. Both The Nation and Daily Times of Tuesday echoed the initiative with comments that reforms in councils were long over due. The Nation said councils should be […]
President Peter Mutharika’s prompt civil service reforms which he directed soon after taking office two years ago have hit a snag, leaving Malawians surprised and frustrated. In a memo dated July 12, 2014, Mutharika directed that chief executive officers of public institutions, principal secretaries and other senior public officers needed to spend more time attending […]
Civil society organisations from the northern region have bemoaned government’s lack of meaningful engagement with citizens and civil stakeholders in the implementation of the public sector reforms processes arguably contributing to policy accountability queries. Following the dwindling in service delivery in public offices, the government of Malawi instituted a Commission headed by the Vice President Saulos Klaus […]
Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati has told critics of the President Peter Mutharika initiated public sector reforms program to be “shut up”, saying they cannot criticize a program they do not know much. “It is His Excellency the President and the DPP (the Democratic Progressive Party) who brought this program. You […]
For the time ever, the Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) in Malawi will soon issue licences to three more importers of blank registration vehicle number plates in a bid to create competition and reduce prices. The development is part of the fruits of the ongoing Public Service Reforms headed by Vice President […]
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday made a passionate plea to government officials to be patriotic, embrace business unusual approach and continue working hard – saying there will be enough time to rest in the grave. Chilima, who is well known for being a workaholic, disciplined and time conscious, was speaking in Lilongwe when […]