Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima continued with the tradition as he turned Father Christmas to cheer patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre and presented assorted gifts. Chilima was accompanied by his wife Mary, who also wore matching seasonal red attire. The vice-president cheered up children in two paediatric wards (special care and oncology) […]
Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must) has been commended by the Vice-president Saulos Chilima for undertaking innovative projects which include an industrial park, a purpose-built science laboratory, shopping mall, waste recycling and recreation centre and ambitious plans of electricity generation. Must, a public university, will be producing 60 kilowatts (kW) electricity from agricultural waste […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has expressed dismay with persistent power outages at the Bingu International Convention Centre (Bicc), when various events are in session, branding it lack of seriousness. The Vice-President called out the Bicc management in relation to a five-minute blackout that occurred as he graced the African Institute for Development Policy (Afidep) dinner Friday […]
Vice President, Dr. Saulos Chilima has said the Shire Valley Transformation Program (SVTP) will turn around the agricultural sector by among others, promoting agro-processing. Chilima, who is also Minister responsible for Economic Planning and Development, and Public Reforms, on Monday, toured some development projects in Chikwawa. He commended progress at the irrigation project construction site, […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said government is losing a lot of money when road projects are not well funded or delayed. Chilima made the remarks on Tuesday when he visited the 97-kilometer Blantyre City By-pass Road to evaluate the progress made so far. He said it was sad to see that people get compensated when […]
Roads Authority (RA) chief executive officer Engineer Emmanuel Matapa has said as suggested by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, they will engage Plem Construction Limited on the need to improve the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road project. Chilima described as substandard works and ordered the redesigning of the first completed 10 kilometres (km) of the 140-km road. The Vice-President, who […]
Road Authority (RA) has said capacitating a government institution in road construction will have positive results in the near future. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emmanuel Matapa made the observation Sunday when the Vive President Saulos Chilima toured the newly constructed Ntcheu–Tsangano-Mwanza road. He said the engagement of Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Engineers Battalion was in […]
A visibly furious Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday deplored and took to task officials from Plem Construction company over what he called ‘poor and substandard works’ on the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza road. Chilima, who is also Minister responsible for Economic Planning and Development and Public Reforms, visited the road project as part of his inspection tour […]
Government has hinted that new projects need to secure 80 percent of total funding before its commencement if implementation time frames are to be achieved. Vice President, Saulos Chilima made the observation Sunday when he toured Ntcheu-Tsangano-Mwanza road to appreciate progress being made by contractors, Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Engineers Battalion. He observed that most […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima on Friday inspected the construction of Mponela Rural Community Hospital in Dowa, to appreciate progress on the project. He was accompanied by the Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda and her deputy Chrissie Kalamula Kanyasho. After his visit, the Vice-President said he was impressed with the quality of the work and urged […]
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 […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has disclosed that the lack of adequate oversight and adherence to the 2018 amended Public Audit Act and the Public Finance Management Act of 2003 has cost Malawi billions of kwachas. Chilima made the remarks on Friday at the closing of the Public Sector Conference at Mponela in Dowa. The Vice […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has challenged faith leaders in Malawi to lead the struggle for the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking when he opened the Micah Challenge Malawi Campaign in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Chilima observed that the leadership of faith leaders is critical since they command more influence and […]
Malawi’s Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has urged government and other stakeholders to ensure that human rights remain central in all recovery efforts from Covid-19 as Malawi joins the rest of the world tomorrow in commemoration of International Human Rights Day. MHRC held a news onference on Tuesday in Mzuzu with the objective of updating the […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has asked public universities and other institutions of higher learning to borrow a leaf from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), which is working hard to broaden its sources of income. Chilima reiterated that the government’s resource envelope is quite tiny; hence, the need for the public […]
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has made a rare and brave acknowledgement that Malawi’s youth sector remains maligned both in terms of political status and fiscal priority in budgetary allocations in spite of their social and economic importance are being mentioned in all national strategic documents. Chilima has further observed economic stagnation or jobless economic growth have […]
State Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima says the Salima Solar Project is critical in addressing the Malawi’s irritating power shortages. He made the remarks when he visited project site in Salima today. Chilima, who is also the Minister of Economic Planning and Development, has today embarked on a tour of public project sites to […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has appealed to women in the country to speak with one voice on matters affecting them as opposed to pulling each other down or succumbing to the divide and rule traps set on them. Chilima was speaking in Lilongwe Saturday when he attended an inaugural networking meeting for the Women Lawyers […]