President Lazarus Chakwera has assured Malawians that the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) was on track for the 2020 to 2021 farming season. The President made the remarks when he visited fertilizers warehouses for Malawi Fertilizer Company, Farmers World and Smallholder (Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund (SFFR) at Kanengo in Lilongwe ahead of the programme rollout. He […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appealed to government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to work towards achieving strategic goals in order for the country to realise meaningful development which is tandem with the vision of the Tonse lead administration. The president made the remarks at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday on the occasion to mark 100 […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday hit the 100-day marker that the media has used to judge presidents but the Malawi leader said it is not “panacea” to evaluate his administration, saying his focus together with the second-in-command Saulos Chilima has been focused to turn the country around and steady the ship which was heading in the wrong […]
In 100 days, President Lazarus Chakwera has given us hope by not taking us back to Egypt but, at the same time, betrayed us by not putting us on a clear path to Canaan. As the nation stands today, we are in the doldrums, at a crossroads where we are not sure if we should smile or […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will on Monday October 5 2020 clock 100 days in office as the sixth President of the Republic of Malawi. Presidential Press Secretary, Brian Banda said Chakwera will address the national at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday to outline some of his achievements within 100 days. “President Lazarus Chakwera will address […]
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera speaks earnestly, passionately and sounds like someone who means what he says. He is likable and has a face that exudes honesty and trust. The fact that he has been a respected man of God throughout most of his adult life does not hurt either. He smells piety. So, when he […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he did not rebuke his Zimbabwean counterpart Emerson Mnangagwa, whose regime has come under international spotlight for human rights abuses, saying there were proper processes that need to be followed in tackling such issues. Two civil society organisations, Youth and Society and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation- on Tuesday […]
President Lazarus Chakwera Wednesday afternoon arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe for a two-day State visit with senior officials from his government already in Harare to bolster ties between the two countries. Chakwera, who won the Malawi election run-off in June this year, is making his inaugural visit to Zimbabwe where he is expected to carry out […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday as left the country for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Zimbabwe with hopes to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries. Speaking at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Chakwera expressed eagerness to boost diplomatic cooperation with Zimbabwe and all the neighboring countries. “It is very […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have written a letter to Minister if Foreign Affairs Elsenwhower Mkaka asking President Lazarus Chakwera , who will be on a two-day State visit to Harare, to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to “tone down” on escalation of human rights violations. In […]
Renowned legal scholar Professor Edge Kanyongolo of University of Malawi at Chancellor College has appealed to President Lazarus Chakwera against being mum on human rights abuses as he visits Zimbabwe this week. Chakwera is set to leave for Harare, Zimbabwe, this Wednesday on a two-day State visit. Writing on his Facebook account, Kanyongolo was blunt saying:“During his planned visit […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will not reconstitute parastatal boards which have been blamed to be not compliant with the Gender Equality Act, State House director of communications Sean Kampondeni and government spokesman Gospel Kazako have said. The Gender Equality Act stipulates appointment of not less than 40 percent and not more than 60 percent of either […]
President Lazarus Chakwera leaves the country this Wednesday for Harare, Zimbabwe for some talks with Zimbabwean leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as two leaders are turning to Israel for diplomatic support. The director for communication at State House pastor Sean Kampondeni announced on Monday at the weekly briefing in Lilongwe at Kamuzu Palace. Kampondeni said the President […]
Malawi leader President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Scotland-Malawi Partnership (SMP) annual general meeting which, due to Covid-19 restrictions, will be held virtually. During the conference, whose focus is to celebrate the 161-year old friendship between Scotland and Malawi, President Chakwera is also expected to accept the role […]
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) and the NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) have separately faulted President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera flouting Gen der Equality Act when in appointing the board members of the 67 parastatals. Law Society and NGO GCN have asked Chakwera to reverse the appointments of the recently constituted boards of parastatals. In an […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said people in the country “must thank God” as country continues to record lowest number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases. Chakwera also commended Malawians for vigilance in observing health and safety guidelines government gave in the fight against the virus pandemic. In this 10th radio address on Saturday night, Chakwera said […]
Malawi’s leading daily newspaper has used its editorial opinion column to point comment on President Lazarus Chakwera’s begging bowl speech on debt relief at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (Unga) on Thursday, stating that debt relief may not be an end in itself. Chakwera asked rich countries and international lenders to immediately cancel debts of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera —who won Malawi’s first court-ordered fresh presidential election on June 23— on Thursday took his Tonse philosophy, to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75) to promote unity as the session highlighted a lack of unity between UN members, with tensions particularly apparent between the US and China. The […]