President Lazarus Chakwera has advised Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers to be apolitical when discharging their duties, so that they continue to be accorded the respect they deserve. Chakwera, who is also Commander-in-Chief of the Malawi Defense Force made the remarks on Friday in Salima, when he commissioned 56 officer cadets who have completed nine-month […]
After elections, I go on mandatory six months break. Yes sought of writing quarantine. I thought I would write again in January 2021. But hey, the new President has more nick names in six months than five of his colleagues before him. Imagine, in six months, the word itsanana has disappeared from social media, replaced […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has assured the clergy in the country that he will continue to work closely with them in tackling various challenges the country faces. The President made the pledge on Thursday when he met Anglican Bishops led by Bishop of Northern Malawi who is also the Chairperson of Anglican Council in Malawi Reverend […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said the political violence in the run up to the November 10, 2020 by-elections un Karonga Central, perpetrated by some members of his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party of Vice-President Saulos Chilima, was “unacceptable” and “a disgrace” to the Tonse Alliance government. Speaking on Tuesday at Karonga Community Ground […]
President Lazarus Chakwera who has faced scathing criticism from an influential newspaper columnist that he is inspecting some infrastructure projects by his predecessor, is today in the northern border district of Karonga to launch construction of 10 000 houses for the country’s security agencies. The project was initiated by the previous government but the current […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is aware of challenges the youth in the country are facing and sympathises with them hence the need to address such challenges in order to create a Malawi that was good for all, his spokesperson Brian Banda has said Banda, State House Press Secretary, made the remarks Monday during a Weekly Brief […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday joined civil servants at Capital Hill in Lilongwe for a clean-up exercise of the office surrounding with a commitment to ensuring that the country is a clean place to live in. The cleanup exercise follows the launch of the clean-up initiative at Chinsapo in Lilongwe last month where the President […]
It was a moment of pride and nostalgia for President Lazarus Chakwera who returned to Chancellor College in the Eastern city of Zomba where he was among its first graduates but this time around, he was being installed as Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima.) Chakwera is an alumnus of Unima after he graduated […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has directed his government to prepare legislation with punitive measures for those involved in gender-based violence. In a statement Thursday morning to commemorate the International Human Rights Day, Chakwera directed the ministries of Justice and Gender to prepare amendments to relevant pieces of legislation as means of addressing the increasing cases of […]
United Nations (UN) has urged Malawi to root out corruption if the country is to recover better from Covid-19 and accelerate progress to achieve sustainable development by 2030. UN Resident Coordinator, Maria Jose Torres says in a statement on the International Anti-Corruption Day on Wednesday that while corruption impacts every country, it is the poor […]
President Lazarus Chakwera said he has received the findings of inquiries government carried out into killings, attacks and abductions of people with albinism (PWAs) and purported markets for their bodies which was instituted by his predecessor Peter Mutharika. Chakwera disclosed this at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Wednesday when he met board members of Federation […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has urged Zomba City Council (ZCC) and Ministry of Local Government to complete the construction and upgrading Zomba Community Centre ground into a 20 000-seater stadium. Chakwera made the call on Tuesday when he engaged ZCC councillors and secretariat staff at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. “I want that stadium completed so that […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials have today taken political jabs against President Lazarus Chakwera and punched holes in the Tonse Alliance led government. The DPP administrative secretary Francis Mphepo said at a news conference in Blantyre that Chakwera wants to turn Malawi into a police state. Mphepo said this was why the police are […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) on Monday met with President Lazarus Chakwera at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe where key on the talking points was the decision by Members of Parliament (MPs) to hand themselves an inflation-busting huge increases in salaries and allowance, bringing their salary bill to almost K3.4 billion in the current fiscal year from […]
Presidential press secretary Brian Banda has said President Lazarus Chakwera has no clear stand on legalization of same-sex marriages and has left the issue to the country’s citizens to determine whether to legalise it or not. Banda also told the media during the Weekly Brief at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Mondaythat the issue was same-sex marriages […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has avoided commenting on the issues surrounding Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary Bushiri who are being sought by South African government after an extradition application request has been made to Lilongwe following the couple’s jumping bail in the rainbow nation. When Bushiris skipped South Africa, it was speculated that they […]
Presidential press secretary Brian Banda has dismissed as “gossip” reports in social media platforms that government is buying a presidential jet for President Lazarus Chakwera. Banda said the claims that Chakwera is intending to buy a presidential jet were hearsay. This comes hot in the heels of social media reports that the government was buying […]
Malawi supports the proposal to extend the mandate of African Union (AU) programme of ‘Silencing the Guns’ and roadmap beyond 2020. Presiden Lazarus Chakwera made Malawi’s position on Sunday during Virtual 14th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on Silencing Guns. He said the extension was for the period of 10 […]