Prime Lazarus Chakwera has said he has put to a“ battery of scrutiny” the picks of ministers in cabinet positions before naming his full government team after winning the presidential election last month. Chakwera in a briefing released on Wednesday said the ministers he has picked together with vice-president Saulos Chilima would be a “well-balanced […]
If an inaugural speech were a person, his name would, without doubt, be Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera. President Chakwera’s inaugural speech on Monday was a stuff of legends. He chose his words carefully, delivered them proficiently and, eventually, left the nation energized, brimming with renewed hope and rekindled faith. Ideally, inaugural address isn’t about a leader […]
Immediate past president Peter Mutharika did not attend President Lazarus Chakwera’s inauguration ceremony to hand over the sword because he was feeling poorly, a source in the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said. Mutharika, 80, who is at his retirement home in Mangochi along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, did not travel to […]
Prominent Malawians and ordinary citizens roundly hailed President Lazarus Chakwera’s speech at inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe as “inspiring” and said it reflected his vision and resolve to build a new Malawi. Business tycoon Jimmy Koreia Mpatsa described Chakwera’s inaugural address as unprecedented and historic which has infused new energy, trust, and pride […]
Zambia-based Chewa King His Majesty Kalonga Gawa Undi on Monday paid a courtesy call on President Lazarus Chakwera in Lilongwe after his formal inauguration as the country’s new Head of State. Gawa Undi—the paramount chief of the Chewa people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia— met President Chakwera at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) after he has been […]
Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan says Malawi has set an exemplary maturity of democracy for Africa and that President Lazarus Chakwera’s resolve to root out corruption is admirable. Speaking to journalists after attending President Chakwera’s inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe, Suluhu Hassan hailed Chakwera’s resolve to fight corruption and submission to following […]
Kenyan senator Gideon Moi on Monday paid a courtesy call to newly-elected president, Lazarus Chakwera in Lilongwe after attending his inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Barracks. Moi, representing President Uhuru Kenyatta, led a high-powered delegation to Malawi to deliver congratulatory message to Chakwera who was first sworn in as Malawi’s sixth president on June 28 after […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is setting the right tone as his inaugural address lent itself admirably to what is expected of his governing style – eloquent but not bombastic, pointed but polite. Chakwera had unique stresses in his opening lines, which set the tone, and indeed the rhythm, for the rest of the speech. He said […]
President Lazarus Chakwera used his inauguration speech at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe on Monday to salute Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima for his frontline role he played in championing democratic change that has lead to his presidency. “To reach this inauguration as State President and State Vice President, Dr. Chilima and I have ridden the wave […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday was inaugurated as the 6th President of Malawi and new Commander-in-Chief of Malawi Defence Force, ushering in a “new dawn of government accountability.” In a scaled down ceremony in line with coronavirus (Covid-19) social distancing restrictions at Kamuzu Barracks in the capital Lilongwe, that capped a remarkable rise to power, […]
New era indeed! President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will be submitting himself to “constitutional processes” including attending the presidential question time in parliament, setting the tone of new way of doing things in the next five years of governance. The laws state that a President should go to parliament to answer the questions from […]
Malawi does not require nationwide lockdown to get its coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak under control, despite the fact that there is a surge in national daily infection rate but it will be business unusual with strict new curbs on life to tackle the spread of the virus, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Malawi virus pandemic cases […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) now in opposition is being accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against the newly-elected President Lazarus Chakwera and his immediate family members on allegations that they were receiving kickbacks from Asian businessmen and other local persons. In the past days online sites, mainly those connected to the DPP, have carried […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that the presidential inauguration ceremony will take place at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe with a minimum of 100 invited people to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Initially, the inauguration was scheduled to take place at Bingu National Stadium to coincide with Malawi 56th Independence Day celebrations […]
A hearty congratulations to the Tonse Alliance for their victory in the just held elections.The battle for this victory was long and costly: demonstrations ground the economy to a halt, public and private property alike was damaged and destroyed. Malawians were united in making the country ungovernable in the process of reclaiming their stolen vote. […]
Newly elected President Lazarus Chakwera was set to be inaugurated this Monday at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe during a ceremony which would have also marked 56th Malawi Independence Celebration have been cancelled amidst threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic due to rapid increase of virus cases the country has so far registered. Chakwera, was already […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has taken a paradigm shift in national health governance in relation to novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic aimed at helping populations reduce their individual risk factors and augment their natural immunity. Speaking at a live televised news conference on Saturday from his private- residence on Area 6 in Lilongwe, Chakwera said government is […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has trimmed the number of people to patronize the inauguration ceremony on 6th July which will be held at Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe from 40,000 to 20,000 in order to maintain the appropriate social distance to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The President made the remarks on Saturday […]