Scope of work did not include construction and strengthening of the bridge The People’s Republic of China Embassy in Malawi disowns attribution to the wash away of the Kyungu Bridge in Karonga that has been attributed to the Chinese contractors, Zhejiang Communications Group Co. Ltd, saying the scope of work the company was contracted to […]
A Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officer and his other two friends from the Immigration Department officer, are reported to have died on Wednesday night after the car they were travelling in plunged into a flooded river whose bridge had been washed away by strong rain water flow in Karonga. MRA Head of Corporate Affairs, Steven […]
Over K6 billion is needed to complete three teachers’ training colleges (TTCs) in Rumphi, Mchinji and Chikwawa districts. The three teacher training institutions’ construction work cannot be completed due to government’s delay to release the required K6 billion. The revelation was made was Tuesday when Vice-President Saulos Chilima toured the project site in Rumphi District. […]
Malawi’s flamboyant vice president Saulos Klaus Chilima, who is also the founding president of UTM, one of the key partners in the Tonse Alliance government has come out of his cocoon after a long silence and publicly pleaded for unity due to incessant intra-parties fielding. A passionate Chilima, popularly known as SKC, had to publicly […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has told constructors of the Karonga Water Supply and Sanitation project that the May 2022 deadline for the project must be met to ensure that issues of erratic water supply are a thing of the past in the district. The project aims at rehabilitating and upgrading the existing Karonga Town water […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday embarked on an inspection of public projects being undertaken in the northern region as well as tracking first quarter progress of reforms in councils based in the region. The inspection will take Chilima to Karonga, Rumphi and Nkhatabay where various projects are currently under implementation. All along councils have […]
President Lazarous Chakwera announced on Sunday that he is waiting for a comprehensive report and recommendations from Vice President Salous Chilima following a task force that he instituted to overhaul the civil service in order to root out entrenched corruption in government. The special task force was formed in February 2021 to comprehensively review the […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has an overstretched schedule and hectic agenda for the next two weeks as he embarks on inspecting some major projects in the Northern, Eastern and Southern regions of the country as well as holding public reforms and civil service task force meetings across the country. A packed programme for the Veep […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima who chairs the Public Service Systems Review Taskforce has expressed gratitude to all Malawians who responded positively to the Taskforce’s call for views, proposals and comments on the review of Public Service Systems. Three weeks ago the Taskforce called on the public and stakeholder groups to send their input to the […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has expressed hope that the opening of the privately owned state-of-the-art Uromed Clinic will help the Government of Malawi save resources on sending patients abroad to receive specialized treatment. Chilima made the sentiments when he presided over the launch of the facility at a colourful ceremony that took place at Area […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima says he has finally completed quarterly progress reviews on reforms contracts for ministries and government departments. The contracts were signed between the responsible ministers and President Lazarus Chakwera, on November 23, 2020. Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, started the exercise with the Ministries […]
The Public Service Systems Review Taskforce convened in Lilongwe on Friday to review progress of its work with a promise that is ready to produce a comprehensive recommendation report to President Chakwera with 90 days as mandated. A statement issued after the meeting from 9 am to 7 pm, said the 14-member Civil Service Comprehensive […]
State Vice President Saulos Chilima received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Muzu on Thursday as part of a growing effort to convince the public that inoculations are safe. Chilima braved the heavy rains at the Mzuzu Central hospital where he also inspected a field facility for Covid-19 being constructed at the facility. He […]
President Lazarus Chakwera twill this Thursday get the historic life saving Covid-19 vaccine at Zomba State House now turned Covid-19 field hospital. This inaugurates the vaccination campaign for Covid-19, an infection which has killed over 3,000 people in the country. A statement signed by Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi says Vice-President Saulos […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Thursday appeared in parliament to answer questions relating to his Ministry of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms where he shared the distinctive features that sets apart the new Malawi 2063 vision different from Vision 2020. The sole question that appeared on order paper – from Mzimba North […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) member of parliament for Mzimba North Yeremiah Chihana has been sent out of parliament for generating the House into chaos after insisting that President Lazarus Chakwera must fire Secretary to the President (SPC) alleging that the SPC’s incompetence is making Vice President Saulos Chilima under perform as head of reforms. Chilima […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday joined various other high level speakers from Africa to virtually address an African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development being hosted by the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Minister for Economic Planning and Development which also oversees the National Statistical Office (NSO), Chilima addressed a special panel that discussed the […]
Vice President Salous Chilima’s press officer Pililani Phiri has been awarded as Public Relations Professional of the year by Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM). The award was announced on Friday night February 26, 2021 during a virtual conference and general meeting of the PRSM which also ushered in new office bearers for the society. […]