President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday morning left the country for for Gaborone, Botswana to attend the extraordinary SADC Troika Summit Meeting, saying the meeting is scheduled to tackle emerging security challenges the region if facing and that as incoming SADC Chair it was vital to attend the summit. Briefing reporters at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has called on citizens and the private sector in the country to support the Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) for it to enhance its humanitarian response activities towards mankind. He made the remarks on Thursday during the inauguration of Malawi Red Cross 2020 Flag Week at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe at which the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed his desire to see Malawi not just surviving but thriving through self-reliance and resilience. Chakwera made the committment at Bingu international Conference Centre in Lilongwe on Tuesday whenUnited Nations (UN) in Malawi conducted an inclusive dialogue of various stakeholders and the youth to tackle issues such as climate change, justice […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, is the source of change resistance of doing things in government for the betterment of ordinary Malawians. Chakwera pointed the finger at the government technocrats on Monday at Kamuzu Palace when ministries and government departments signed public reforms contracts. He said the […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) management has finally set a date for graduation after a protracted battle with graduands who took to the streets in Lilongwe protesting against the delayed graduation ceremony announcing that it will be held on January 27 2021. In a statement, the university states: “Mzuzu University is pleased to inform all students who […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), which replaced Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), is a big flop as subsistence farmers are failing to access affordable subsidized farm inputs. In his weekly broadcast, Chakwera outlined three challenges facing to access low-cost inputs under the Tonse Alliance administration’s signature K160 billion AIP which he said are the logistical […]
Reports that President Lazarus Chakwera travelled with 66 people to South Africa for his two day working visit are troubling. They are troubling because they are a painful reminder that we are yet to be a nation that prioritise prudence in moments of austerity. It must be noted, of course, that whenever President travels, as in working trip to […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday condemned law violations and all forms of abuses perpetrated towards children in the country. Chakwera was speaking when he presided over the commemoration of World Children’s Day at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. During the commemoration, the president answered questions from children on issues that affect them. He said inhumane cases […]
Rights activists, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has faulted President Lazarus Chakwera for abusing taxpayers’ money by taking a bloated entourage of 66 people to South Africa, saying this is a recipe to economic downfall. HRDC chairperson, Gift Trapence said there is no justification in the decision for the President to have such a […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended his decision to accept the position of chancellorship at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) after he earlier criticised presidents becoming chancellor’s of public universities. Speaking in Lilongwe during the graduation of students from Luanar, Chakwera said his acceptance to be chancellor of public universities may seem in contradiction with […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday assured Malawians of improved network for Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) currently being faced by farmers when purchasing the inputs. Speaking during a brief stop at Kamuzu Road in Salima on Wednesday, on his way to Lilongwe from Mangochi where he spent three days of rest, Chakwera said government is aware […]
Lilongwe University of Natural Resources (Luanar) is this Thursday set to confer President Lazarus Chakwera as its chancellor. This will be in contradiction to Chakwera’s earlier statements that there was no need that a head of state should be an automatic chancellor of public universities. Chakwera has been championing major public reforms which include exclusion […]
The head of the influential Catholic Church in Malawi has urged the Tonse Alliance government led by President Lazarus Chakwera and his Vice-President Saulos Chilima to fulfil their promise of serving Malawi better, saying people are now becoming weary. Archbishop Thomas Msusa said on Monday on the side-lines of the graduation of students at Catholic […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has spoken to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on phone over the treatment the Malawi presidential entourage faced on departure in South Africa forcing Chakwera’s presidential jet to delay for about seven hours. State House press secretary Brian Banda has confirmed that Chakwera and Ramaphosa have talked on telephone over the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera says he would not guarantee favours to prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is being sought in South Africa to answer a number of cases as SABC News reports that the Pretoria Magistrates Court which granted the Christian preacher bail, convinced that they were not a flight risk, has since revoked the bail and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is this week expected to go on three-day off-duty retreat at official presidential holiday resort Chikoko Bay in Mangochi to have a rest from the hectic presidential duties. State House director of communication and executive assistant to the President, Sean Kampondeni, has said President Chakwera and First Lady Monica, will spend the three days at Chikoko […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered that party loyalists, including dancing women who swam airports’ aprons whenever he is leaving the country or coming from abroad, be kicked out. According to a memo from secretary for Local government, Charles Kalemba, to district commissioners and chief executive officers, Chakwera has directed the ministry of Foreign Affairs that […]
Facts being to the mind what food is to the body (Edmund Burke), I will start with facts. Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale’s extraordinary leadership in managing the 23 June 2020 Fresh Presidential Election raised our flag high. To evidence this, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Electoral Commission […]