Malawi’s Ad Hoc Committee probing the June 2024 military plane crash has received testimony that sharpens scrutiny of the decisions surrounding vice‑president Saulos Chili ma’s final movements. Samson Ngutwa — former clerk to the cabinet and now Principal Secretary for Monitoring and Evaluation — told MPs that Chilima’s attendance at the funeral of former attorney […]
The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military plane crash has heard fresh testimony from Kelvin Sentala, a close acquaintance of the late vice‑president Saulos Chilima, who sought to clarify a widely discussed remark attributed to Chilima shortly before his death. Sentala told MPs that Chilima’s statement — “If I die, I will die” […]
The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military aircraft crash that killed Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others continues to expose the distance between official account s of the disaster and the lived experience of the families still waiting for answers. Tuesday’s session, centred on testimony from two spouses of men who died […]
There was a steadiness to Mary Chilima’s appearance before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee — the composure of someone who has lived with unanswered questions since the June 2024 crash that killed her husband, former vice‑president Saulos Chilima, and eight others. Her testimony was not emotional; it was pointed.Her most striking concern centred on the […]
The inquiry into the June 10 military plane crash took a more intimate turn when Taona Aidin, widow of aircraft engineer Major Wales Aidin, told MPs she believes her husband deliberately emptied the aircraft’s fuel tank in the final moments to prevent an explosion. It was a striking claim — part grief, part technical instinct […]
Former National Intelligence Service (NIS) director general Dokani Ngwira appeared before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating the June 10, 2024 military plane crash on Monday, but his testimony was halted after concerns over classified information. Parliamentary sources say the committee did not seek formal clearance from Ngwira’s former office before summoning him, raising questions […]
The parliamentary inquiry into Malawi’s June 2024 military plane crash on Monday opened with a stark claim: former president Lazarus Chakwera authorised the use of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Dornier aircraft that later crashed, killing vice‑president Saulos Chilima and eight others. The allegation came from former Defence Minister Harry Mkandawire, who told MPs that […]
Winnie Nyondo, former special assistant to the late vice‑president Saulos Chilima, was put through a gruelling, minute‑by‑minute phone examination on Monday after being summoned to Area 30 Police Headquarters in Lilongwe — a session her lawyer described as unusually intense. According to Khwima Mchizi, officers combed through Nyondo’s phone in their presence, scrolling through messages, […]
UTM Party led by state vice president, Dr Saulos Chilima is alleged to have given the Malawi Congress Party hierarchy to meet its fair share of representation or risk breaking away, it has been reported. The widening gulf between the two parties seem to have reached irreparable levels, only surviving because President Lazarus Chakwera and […]
Former pastor and devout evangelist President Lazarus Chakwera who clocks one year in office in two weeks is said to have lost steam and is now taking Malawi to war-torn Baghdad than Canaan following a series of u-turns and misjudgements which are damaging his standing with the public. Africa Confidential, an influential fortnightly newsletter in […]
“I have been assured that by June next year, this facility will be a fully fledged centre.” The cancer centre currently under construction in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe will be fully operational as of June 2022, government authorities have disclosed. Currently, the facility only provides chemotherapy but by June 2022 the hospital will be offering radiotherapy […]
“Govement must move to full migration to e-Payments to ensure it the doesn’t lose funds.” “Some recommendations are strange, misplaced and out of scope.” Minute details of the much touted Saulos Chilima report on quick overhaul of public service systems, which was submitted to president mid last week and was kept close to the chest, […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday made an emotional call for peace, co-existence and unity among Tonse Alliance politicians and supporters stressing that toxic politics will only make Malawi poorer. “In Malawi there is one President. Full stop. There is only one Vice President, that is me. Let us work together to develop our country. […]
“My goal of overhauling this broken and rotten system from top to bottom.” The Public Sector Systems Review taskforce led by Vice President Salous Chilima will on Friday present its report to President Lazarus Chakwera at Kamuzu palace. On February 14, 2021, Chakwera tasked Chilima to form and lead a Taskforce that will recommend radical […]
“This is how taxpayers’ money should be used” Flamboyant and industrious Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima is out again on the ground to track progress of projects under the Public Sector Investment Program (PSIP) to ensure that progress on paper is matching what is on the ground. Operating like a Sheriff, the Chilima visits have […]
The US$10 million Nkopola Irrigation Scheme in Mangochi was abandoned by the previous Government after it plunged into debts, but Vice-President Saulos Chilima had pledged that the current administration will reactivate the project. Chilima, who is on a tour of the country to assess development projects that have been stalled due to some logistical hiccups, […]
“Do not lead me into temptation” Malawi’s hands-on Vice President Saulos Chilima on Wednesday tried to contain himself by pleading with the Contractor against leading him into temptation. The Malawi second-in-command blew off his top and lost his c as he fumed over the failure to complete Machinga Secondary School. The government funded project has […]
“The aim is to track progress.” Workaholic and vibrant Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima is running out of time on the ‘taskforce business’ and he has engaged an extra gear to speed up progress. Fresh from the northern region, the firebrand politician, Chilima is this week operating from the eastern region holding progress reviews of […]