Malawi’s State House has issued a furious warning to motorists caught fraudulently displaying its official insignia on private vehicles — accusing offenders of trying to fake presidential authority to bully police officers and dodge the law. In a strongly-worded statement released today, presidential press secretary Cathy Maulidi revealed officials had noted with ‘serious concern’ the […]
Government has set aside K500 million for the constituency redemarcation exercise. Director of Communications for State House Sean Kampondeni said Monday during The Weekly Brief at Mtunthama State Lodge in Lilongwe. Addressing the media, Kampondeni said the Malawi Electoral Commission has been engaging political stakeholders across the country to come up with a better way […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered auditing institutions to immediately release the K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds abuse report. The call comes at a time Malawians are demanding why the process of releasing the report seems to have stalled. Chakwera says he expects auditing institutions to expedite the process of releasing to the public, a report into […]
State President Lazarus Chakwera communication team at State House has the Malawi leader will announce his new Cabinet when he is ready and stressed that its it is the “prerogative” of the Head of State to hire or fire ministers. During the virual State House Media briefing on Monday, director of communication and executive assistant the […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has sprung up in defence of former president Peter Mutharika who is accused of paying his private contractor K247 million using State House money. Malawi News last week published a story which said Mutharika spent over the K247 million construction contract for renovation of personal and state residences. The report […]
The ongoing impasse between the teachers and the government on risk allowances is too complex, Brian Banda, President Lazarus Chakwera’s spokesperson has said. Answering a question from a Nyasa Times journalist, during a State House virtual press briefing, on what the president is doing to resolve the matter considering that the biggest losers in these […]
Finance minister Felix Mlusu has backed the decision to increase State Residences budget, saying they need massive rehabilitation. Mlusu said after taking over power, the Tonse Government found most of the State Residences in bad shape, adding that some were even leaking. Asked why the state residences were in such bad shape when year in […]
State House is warning that some unscrupulous people have opened a fake Facebook account in the name of First Lady Monica Chakwera. A statement from State House says the crooked people are using the Facebook account to solicit money from people. According to the statement, members of the general public should realise that the First […]
State House Press Secretary, Brian Banda has said government would not renew contracts for the Affordable Input (AIP) contractors who have not performed according to government’s expectations. He made the remarks during a State House Weekly Brief at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday. “Ministry of Agriculture is accessing on the performance of the suppliers […]
State House director of communication and executive assistant to President Lazarus Chakwera, Sean Kampondeni, has played down reports that the Malawi leader is sending Malawi troops to Mozambique mid this month to fight the Islamist insurgents. Kampondeni told journalists on Monday, during the weekly media briefing at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre, that Chakwera has not not ordered the Malawi soldiers to […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba, has disclosed that the bureau is making good progress in investigating a suspicious transaction between the State House and the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe recently. Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC and Youth and Society (YAS) called for expedited investigations into the matter. Addressing a news conference in Lilongwe on […]
State House has dismissed media reports that the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBIGC), which is expected to establish a Delivery Unit to help the government in service delivery, will siphon taxpayer’s money through salaries and other expenditures, saying the government would not spend any money on the service. Speaking at Sanjika Palace on […]
State House on Monday reprimanded journalists for not wearing face masks at the weekly news briefs at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. President Lazarus Chakwera executive assistant and State House director of communications Sean Kampondeni said the journalists were not being exemplary by not wearing masks in the face of Covid-19 pandemic. “I can see only […]
State House director of communications and executive assistant to the President, Sean Kampondeni has clarified that President Lazarus Chakwera first born son Nick Chakwera was not the one involved in an accident as being speculated on social media, saying infact it was another relation of the Malawi leader who had a crash. Speaking in Mzuzu on […]
State House has backed the provision of Public Relations Officers (PROs) for Ministers and deputy ministers saying the PROs will help in promoting the image of the ministers. The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) intends to recruit PROs for ministers and deputy ministers, a departure from a tradition whereby PROs are appointed to serve […]
State House director of communication and executive assistant to the President, Sean Kampondeni, has expressed worry over the growing tendency of fake news on social media especially to do with the President. Kampondeni said they will utilize the State House weekly brief to address such fake reports from social media carpers. He brushed aside as fake […]
State House has moved in quickly and silently to cancel a cocktail party which President Lazarus Chakwera was set host Friday at 6pm, the same time Vice President Saulos Chilima is scheduled to a public lecture on mindset change. The cancellation has averted a potential clash and social media debate on whether it was right […]
State House has said President Lazarus Chakwera understands that some Malawians are grumbling over the pace at which the Tonse Alliance administration is tackling critical issues but is pleading for patience to ‘clear the rubble’ and fix the country’s economy. Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda said this on Monday at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre during […]