Malawi Law Society has faulted President Lazarus Chakwera for ordering public officials suspecting of squandering the Covid-19 funds be suspended without pay and backs the legal advice given by Attorney General (AG) Chikosa Silungwe to the Department of Human Resource Management and Development and the Accountant General’s office that the withholding of pay for public […]
President Lazarous Chakwera announced on Sunday that he is waiting for a comprehensive report and recommendations from Vice President Salous Chilima following a task force that he instituted to overhaul the civil service in order to root out entrenched corruption in government. The special task force was formed in February 2021 to comprehensively review the […]
Former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to create an enabling environment that prioritizes women initiatives to grow in wealth, power and authority to ensure enjoyment of equal opportunities. She was speaking virtually on Wednesday in Lilongwe during the launch of the gender responsive procurement financial inclusion initiative and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera warned that government will move to recover all the stolen public funds, interdict all public officers implicated in the thcontroversial K6.2 billion Covid-19 fund, whose audit has shown gross abuse, discipline them and then ban any business impilicated from any future government contracts. Chakwera issued the sterrn warning during a televised national […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has dropped Minister of Labour Ken Kandodo from his Cabinet after he took K1.4 million from the ministry’s project account on Covid-19, to use as allowances on a trip to South Africa last year, and the Malawi leader has warned to pursue thieving public officers implicated in the K6.2 billion investigative audit […]
Former president Peter Mutharika has come out of his cacoon to accuse his successor President Lazarus Chakwera of persecuting him. At a news conference on Saturday at his retirement home in Mangochi, Mutharika said there’s need to end a culture of prosecuting former presidents. Mutharika, ousted from power through last year’s fresh presidential election, said […]
Rights activists are demanding that the government should investigate and blacklist all companies that inflated prices for goods and services during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an audit report, it has been revealed that some companies inflated prices to benefit from the K6.2 billion Covid-19 money. One such company is a fumigation firm owned by Pastor […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has warned that taxpayers risk paying a huge price for the mistakes the Tonse Alliance led government has allegedly made by firing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-sponsored Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners, Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. On Tuesday this week, through the Office of the President […]
Legal experts are faulting president Lazarus Chakwera for disregarding advice from the Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe on the firing of two Malawi Electofal Commissioners (MEC) which has led to lack of coordination on the issue surrounding the employment status of Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. The Office of the President and Cabinet on Tuesday announced […]
The erstwhile ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has gone to court and is callingfor the nullification of the 23 June 2020 Presidential Elections, and all subsequent Parliamentary, and Local Government By- Elections following the rescinding of the appointment of two commissioners Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC). […]
Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe on Wednesday afternoon met President Lazarus Chakwera hours after the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) storm which threatens to tear apart the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM in the Tonse alliance led government. Officials at State House have given the news of the meeting a blackout but sources said the two […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has signed the Protocol to African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa (Older Persons Protocol). The Older Persons Protocol aims to strengthen regional protection for the rights of older persons, providing an opportune moment for older persons to enjoy their full rights and freedoms […]
PresidentLazarus Chakwera has wished all Muslims in the country the very best as they begin their observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan, a festival that includes a month of fasting and prayer. This is the second Ramadan to fall during the coronavirus pandemic, meaning some communities will be celebrating amid Covid restrictions. Believers taking […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered auditing institutions to immediately release the K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds abuse report. The call comes at a time Malawians are demanding why the process of releasing the report seems to have stalled. Chakwera says he expects auditing institutions to expedite the process of releasing to the public, a report into […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is keen to see Malawi Airlines financial situation that may lead to liquidation be duly resolved and has set a meeting with George Patridge, the chairperson of the country’s flag carrier, to address the crisis, State House director of communication Sean Kampondeni has said. Kampondeni said this Monday during the Weekly State […]
State President Lazarus Chakwera communication team at State House has the Malawi leader will announce his new Cabinet when he is ready and stressed that its it is the “prerogative” of the Head of State to hire or fire ministers. During the virual State House Media briefing on Monday, director of communication and executive assistant the […]
“Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.”- George Canning, British premier, Apr-Aug 1827 I recently stumbled on a fascinating article titled the Anatomy of Military Incompetence. Its thrust is that failure to make any decision is almost as bad as making a poor decision. Expressed mathematically, indecision = lousy decision. The author supports this […]
Newly established human rights watchdog, the Centre for Mindset Change (CMC), has challenged President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance-led administration to take decisive steps in addressing the social and economic problems besetting livelihoods of the ordinary citizens. CMC executive director Philip Kamangirah says they are worried with the snail’s pace at which Chakwera is […]