There was drama at the burial ceremony of deputy chief secretary to the government Willie Samute at his home Songani in Zomba on Sunday when ruling DPP officials annoyed mourners on their conduct to ill-treating retired chief justice Richard Banda (former First Gentleman), snatching away the wreaths he had bought too lay. The former first […]
The remains of deputy chief secretary to the government Willie Samute will be interred at Songani in Zomba on Sunday and President Peter Mutharika, former president Joyce Banda have paid tribute to the experienced civil servant. Samute died at Sunning Hill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa early Thursday. In a statement issued by State House […]
The death of Willie Samute will not just shock many, it will also sadden them. This I can bet with my index figure because generally he was a public servant extraordinaire. He aimed, from my observation, to make the public service be at the service of the public. He made you respond to public queries […]
Veteran civil servant Willie Samute, the deputy chief secretary in the Office of President and cabinet, has passed away, government has confirmed. He had suffered a short illness of heart problem and died as South African hospital Wednesday. Chief Secretary George Mkondiwa has since said the body of Samute is expected to arrive in the […]
Willie Samute, who was acting as Malawi’s Chief Secretary to Government has been pushed aside to continue with his role as a deputy in the office, President Arthur Peter Mutharika has instead elevated former Secretary for Foreign Affairs George Mkondiwa to be the new head of the civil service. Samute was in the news just […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Principal Secretary in the ministry fo Foreign Affairs, George Mkondiwa as Chief Secretary to the Government. A statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet issued on Wednesday 27, 2014 said the appointment is with immediate effect. “The President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter […]
Malawi which is currently mauling over how to close financing gaps in the 2014/2015 national budget due to aid freeze, has proposed an almost 600 percent salary increase for cabinet ministers and their deputies. The proposal from the country’s Office of the President and Cabinet also suggests an increase of gratuities for the ministers from […]
Former president Joyce Banda has written to chief secretary to government Willie Samute, requesting to collect her household items from presidential residences. In a memo seen by Nyasa Times to Samute dated August 12 2014, Banda through her former director of household, Cecilia Kumpukwe, is asking for one container with assorted medical equipment which was […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has advised members of the executive arm of government to be beyond reproach by adhering to principles of transparency and accountability in the course of discharging their ministerial duties. Mutharika said transparency and accountability are essential elements in dealing with corruption, noting that corruption is a cancer that denies people their […]
President Joyce Banda has appointed experienced civil servant Willie Samute to the position of Deputy Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC). Samute was serving as Ministry of Health principal secretary. Now there are two deputy chief secretaries . The other one is Hawa Olga Ndilowe who took from Necton Mhura. Mhura was the Deputy Chief Secretary […]