President Lazarus Chakwera has now moved into a 300-room Kamuzu Palace, the official residence of the Malawi Head of State. His Special Assistant, Sean Kampondeni, has confirmed the development. The delay to occupy Plot Number One was caused by renovations that were being undertaken at Kamuzu Palace. His moving to Kamuzu Palace comes a month […]
After 26 years in the political wilderness, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been rehired. Buoyed by main ally UTM Party and a number of smaller parties, the party, denounced by pro-democracy champion the late Chakufwa Chihana as a “party of death and darkness”, made a strong comeback in last month’s presidential poll. This was […]
Barely a few days after settling a clash with the NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGOGCN) over the missing of the word ‘gender’ in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare, President Lazarus Chakwera seems to have drawn another flame of fire for omitting ‘children’ in name of the reconstituted ministry. This time, child focused non-governmental […]
A local governance, human rights and peace advocate, Undule Mwakasungula, has commended President Lazurs Chakwera for calling a three-day national fasting and prayers to seek God’s intervention to deal with coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Mwakasungula said in an interview with Nyasa Times on Friday morning that the prayer and fasting are timely and must be applauded […]
President Lazarus Chakwera, former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of the largest Christian denominations in the country, has called upon Malawians to go into three days of prayer when churches are supposed to be closing and observing social distance with the crisis-hit country now suffering one of the highest infection rate in […]
Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has officially written President Lazarus Chakwera that instead of embarking on a serious governance agenda, his Tonse Alliance government is arbitrary arresting and persecuting DPP members and sympathisers, requesting the new Head of State to seriously reconsider their position. In a letter dated 13th July 2020 and signed by […]
President Lazarus Chakwera who was this month inaugurated as 6th Head of State and proclaimed that “time of giving free handouts is past” on Tuesday splashed K500 000 to members of parliament belonging to his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) at his Area 6 residence, Nyasa Times understands. Chakwera splashed the money on the MPs during […]
President Lazarus Chakwera announced his first full Cabinet the other day. Save for a few hard-line sycophants who have quickly taken over the shoes this far sported by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) apologists, many Tonse Alliance followers were up in arms. Independent critics who had in the same week been singing songs in praise of […]
South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa has condemned President Lazarus Chakwera as a master of flip-flopping, likening him to the behavior of reverends that preached one thing in the morning and did exactly what they had condemned in the afternoon. In a strong Facebook post reacting to Chakwera’s defense of his faulted Cabinet, […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will not change the appointment of a faulted Cabinet, saying he has assembled a capable team, appointed on merit and one which equates with the Tonse Philosophy in a five-months transition in which to prove to Malawians that change has come. Among the appointments that appear to have rattled the […]
A new cabinet in Malawi was sworn-in on Friday with President Lazarus Chakwera warning 31 of his newly hired ministers and their deputies against corruption, saying he would not spare anyone found abusing their positions. Chakwera said at Bingu International Convention Centre during the swearing in of new ministers in what he called ‘Transition Cabinet’ that they should […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended the absence of a Ministry of Gender and Women, saying he has named more women in Cabinet than any president in the history of Malawi. Gender activist Emma Kaliya had criticized President Chakwera for not living up to the promise of 40 percent female representation. Kaliya also pointed out that […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has clarified that the appointments of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) commissioner general and his deputies are “provisional” and that the hiring of deputy Inspector General (IG) of Police has been withdrawn. On Wednesday Chief Secretary to Government Zangazanga Chikhosi announced the appointment of John Bizwick as MRA Commissioner General and his deputies; […]
Amid increasing and continuing dissatisfaction with President Lazarus Chakwera’s maiden cabinet appointments, the Youth Decide Campaign (YDC) has also poured out its own misgivings–expressing anger over what it describes as “violent and heartless” exclusion of youths from the cabinet. Apparently, the inclusion in the cabinet of youthful politicians such as Ulemu Msungama, Timothy Mtambo and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended his first cabinet appointments tainted by family ties which include a husband, wife and cousin, a brother and sister, and a brother and sister in law. Speaking in an interview with the BBC on Thursday, Chakwera said that he is listening attentively to the public critique about his cabinet and […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will be meeting President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to discuss issues bordering on the cabinet list released Wednesday night. HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence has told journalists in Lilongwe that they have received concerns from Malawians decrying the appointment of members of the same family and alleged failure to […]
Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan of Mzuzu Diocese of the Catholic Church has asked President Lazarus Chakwera and his deputy Saulos Chilima to serve the nation with diligence. Speaking on Wednesday when he presided over the distribution of food items, money and other household items to vulnerable women in Mzuzu to cushion them from effects of coronavirus (Covid-19), Ryan […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that he has spoken to Rwanda President Paul Kagame and hopes to tap from his strategies to rebuild the nation and give it economic transformation. In his media briefing statement, Chakwera said he spoke to Kagame “as part of my quest to forge strategic partnerships towards the strengthening of Capable […]