A Malawian political commentator has alleged that former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zanga Zanga Chikhosi walked away with three luxury government vehicles after being fired — without paying for any of them. In a Facebook post, Idriss Ali Nasser claims the ex‑SPC took home a Mercedes‑Benz, a Toyota VX, and a Land Cruiser […]
Cheating does not pay, so the saying goes! The proverb has proven true for the former Director General (DG) for the State-funded Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Godfrey Itaye, and many others who have had their contracts with the Authority nullified today. The Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has ordered the nullification of all the contracts Itaye […]
“We want to know how much was spent, misspent, and how much was stolen.” The Chakwera administration must explain to the people of Malawi how much of the K17.5 billion was spent, unspent, misspent and how much was stolen as well as the identities of those who mismanaged the money meant for public health emergency, […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded that President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi should be held personally liable for the legal costs in the case in which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje were challenging rescission of […]
“…Pay their honorarium” The High Court in Blantyre on Friday ordered President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately reinstate two embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. The court has further ordered government to pay honorarium to the two mentioned MEC commissioners starting from the month they stopped receiving these benefits. Apart from […]
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 […]
Some senior Malawi Congress Party (MCP) officials under the Second Liberation of Malawi Nation movement have written President Lazarous Chakwera accussing him of only employing his relatives and Assemblies of God Church members at State House and have also demanded that he fires Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi for frustrating the Tonse […]
Secretary to the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC}) Zangazanga Chikhosi has found himself in a mess – after it has been established that he endorsed some dubious appointments at Tobacco Commission (TC). Barely days in office on June 29, 2020 Zangazanga approved a three -year contract for Emily Banda Egolet as Director of Human […]
Despite her ‘personal liaisons’ with National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka has said he cannot go against President Lazarus Chakwera instructions to “address the anomaly” of appointing Buluma as acting CEO and it has been releaved that she will not be sacked because she gave a […]
Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC), Zangazanga Chikhosi, Wednesday challenged the newly appointed boards of directors to revitalize the country’s parastatals which, according to the SPC, are currently serving unsatisfactorily. The SPC made the call in Mangochi during the official opening of a three day workshop aimed at orientating the new boards of directors. Chikhosi […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has decided to revert the position of Chief Secretary to Government to its original name of Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) which former president Bingu wa Mutharika changed.. According to government Notice dated July 27 2020, the restoration is effective August 1 2020. “In the exercises of the powers conferred […]
The Malawi Government has established a National Covid-19 Office in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), effectively replacing the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19. However, In a statement, the Chief Secretary to Government, Zanga-zanga Chikhosi said the governance structure will comprise a reconstituted Presidential Taskforce and a National Secretariat. The Office is expected to spearhead the fight against coronavirus […]
The Malawi government has, with immediate effect, introduced mandatory use of face masks in all its offices in an effort to prevent further spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The country has lately registered an accelerated rate of Covid-19 infections, a development that has raised an alarm among various stakeholders, including authorities at the Capital […]