President Lazarus Chakwera has kicked his journey at UN with a virtual address at the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) by reiterating the call s his predecessor, Peter Mutharika, who advanced the need for Africa to have two permanent seats with veto power and five non-permanent seats in the Security Council. At present, the Council […]
This week, President Lazarus Chakwera sexed up his list of advisors by appointing even more. As of today, Chakwera has about 12 advisors. Former president Peter Mutharika had a team of seven advisers on political affairs, economic affairs, civil society, religion, domestic policy, parliamentary and national unity and on women affairs. Among those appointed are […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed board members for 67 parastatals, a move that has drawn a mixture of professionals, the clergy and the governing Tonse Alliance politicians. According to a list from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) released on Tuesday, there are also some traditional leaders on the new boards. Secretary to […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has invited his Zambian President Edgar Lungu on a State visit to Malawi. Chakwera confirmed this on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport from a day-return trip to Lusaka where he held talks with Zambian counterpart. He left Tuesday morning and returned in the afternoon on a Malawian Airlines chartered plane – Chakwera’s first […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed two Malawi Congress Party (MCPP) members and a People’s Party (PP) vice president as special advisers in his office overcrowding State House with the inflation-busting league of advisors attracting criticism that most of the characters have nothing to tell him other than gossips. The three include former MPs Moses Kunkuyu, […]
Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema (HH), president of United Party for National Development (UPND), has spoken highly of Malawi leader Lazarus Chakwera describing him as the ‘statesman that Africa needs’. Hichilema made a statement on Facebook on Tuesday which was part of welcoming the Malawi leader in Lusaka on his day-return official visit. Said Hichilema: […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is visiting Zambia this Tuesday on day-return official visit and we are happy with the gesture for two reasons. One, it shows that President Chakwera is serious about strengthening bilateral relations with neighboring countries after years of isolation. And secondly, we believe Chakwera will use this moment to reprimand Zambia’s leader, President […]
State Residences director of communications and executive assistant to President Lazarus Chakwera has said there is nothing to hide that South Africa-based business mogul Simbi Phiri of Khato Civils is connected to the Malawi leader and supported his election campaign but that he will not get preferential treatment in doing business with government. Simbi Phiri […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is Wednesday next week expected to address the Biodiversity Summit at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The President is attending the 75th session of the UNGA, which started Monday and runs till 5th October, via virtual conferencing. State House Director of Communications, Sean Kampondeni, told the media at Kamuzu Palace […]
State House director of communication and executive assistant to the President, Pastor Sean Kampondeni has announced that President Lazarus Chakwera will release names of members of 60 boards in the next 48 hours as part of completing the nine-party Tonse Alliance-led administration transition process. Kampondeni announced this at the weekly briefing currently underway at Kamuzu […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will make his first foreign trip since becoming Malawi leader in June as he heading to Lusaka to hold bilateral talks with his Zambian counterpart Edgar Lungu. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chakwera will leave the country on Tuesday via Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe. The statement […]
During his inaugural appearance before Parliament to answer queries from legislators, President Lazarus Chakwera righted an important historical wrong about the genesis of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) – the country’s oldest party. Responding to Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhuma who had insinuated that Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda was the founding president of MCP, Chakwera […]
Israel has committed to upscale bilateral relations with Malawi following the decision by President Lazarus Chakwera to establish a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. Malawi will be the first African country to establish a diplomatic office in Jerusalem against a background of an unresolved conflict between Israel and Palestine over east Jerusalem and many countries recognise […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said it doesn’t oppose the plans by President Lazarus Chakwera to build houses for members of parliament (MPs) in their constituency which has come under heavy resistance from the opposition and some section of the society, however it has urged government to prioritise other more urgent projects such […]
In Nyasa Times editorial last week, we saluted Sate House Director of Communication Sean Kampondeni and press secretary Brian Banda for the Weekly Briefing initiative. We hailed the initiative because we see it as an important avenue for the public to be reliably informed with regards to what the presidency is up to. However, we […]
There is an interesting debate going on with regards to merits and demerits of Malawi opening diplomatic relations with Israel and planting an embassy in Jerusalem. As Nyasa Times, we feel that it is a misplaced debate—not do different from parents who can’t clothe and feed their one child, but busy debating the possibilities of having […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will this week meet representatives of the Peoples Land Organization (PLO) in order to hear their grievances on the cause they have been fighting for in regards to recurrent land issues in Thyolo and Mulanje. Presidential communications director Sean Kampondeni, made the revelation Monday during the second State House weekly briefing to […]
State House director of communications pastor Sean Kampondeni told reporters in Lilongwe on Monday morning that President Lazarus Chakwera is committed to ensuring that all key campaign promises are delivered at the end of his term of five years. Kampondeni said during the second in a series of newly-introduced weekly State House briefings at Kamuzu […]