Malawi continues to register spiralling coronavirus infection rate and public hospitals are struggling to cope with the second wave with 15 related deaths reported on Sunday and 269 new virus pandemic cases have been registered with 15 as new recoveries as President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to go into self-isolation and consult healthcare workers […]
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Chakwera assures frightened Malawians we’ll overcome Covid-19’s ‘crusade of death’: Declares State of Disaster, Chilima to lead health guidelines review
‘Come what may, we shall overcome!’ President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday had to do some straight talking to convince frightened Malawian that we can safely overcome the coronavirus pandemic’s brutal “crusade of death” and declared a State of Disaster to cut densification. Chakwera said this when he addressed the nation following the death of Local Government […]
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How Covid-19 hit Malawi cabinet: The Kamuzu Palace meetings
Strategy meeting for the 2025 elections by Malawi Congress party (MCP) gurus in December 2020 at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe may have contributed to the Covid-19 attack on some cabinet members who lost two of their colleagues on Tuesday. Transport Minister Sidik Mia and Local Government Minister Lingson Berekanyama both succumbed to the disease in […]
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Chakwera, Chilima lawyers get paid from Malawi govt, Treasury confirms
Two legal teams that represented President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice-President Saulos Chilima in the May 21 2019 presidential election nullification petition have been paid the legal fees by government after the courts ordered they be paid costs in billions; Treasury has confirmed. Chakwera had eight lawyers while Chilima had four, and the 12 initially claimed […]
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Chakwera talks against ‘selfish, careless behaviour’: Unveils K17bn Covid strategy with new hospitals
After directing that Vice-President Saulos Chilima should lead a ministerial task-team to review Covid-19 guidelines in order to respond effectively to the virus pandemic, President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday came out with substance over style to deliver a comprehensive strategy aimed at defeating the invisible enemy. Among others, President Chakwera announced the injection of over K17 billion […]
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Covid-19 affects implementation of Tonse campaign promises
There are growing fears that President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse alliance administration might fail to implement some of its campaign promises due to Covid-19. One of the key campaign promises include the creation of one million jobs. George Phiri, a political expert with Livingstonia University said the upsurge in new infections and deaths over […]
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Chakwera launches Malawi 2063 Vision with call to stop wasting time on trivia
President Lazarus Chakwera has launched the country’s second long-term national development plan, dubbed “Malawi 2063” with a call not to tolerate or smile on anyone who engages in wasteful conduct. The Vision 2063, which succeeds Vision 2020, was launched virtually at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe and was among other attended on the internet live portal […]
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Chakwera mandates Chilima to provide Malawi 2063 vision document outline
President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday launched the country’s new master plan, Malawi 2063, a successor to Vision 2020, with an emotional call to the citizenry for mind change, dedication and to embrace the power of hope and belief that Malawi can develop. Speaking from Kamuzu Palace where he was joined virtually by Vice President Saulos […]
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Nankhumwa dissect Chakwera’s Covid-19 measures, calls on Malawi govt to consider the poor
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for South, has officially responded to the set of anti-coronavirus restrictions which were outlined by President Lazarus Chakwera this week, saying it does not have measurers to cushion loss of livelihood in one of the world’s poorest countries, where most people […]
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Chakwera congratulates Biden on inauguration as 46th US president, mum on Uganda’s Museveni
President Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated US president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris on their inauguration on Wednesday but has been silent on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s re-election in last Thursday’s presidential polls that his closest challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has vowed to contest in court. Biden was sworn in as the […]
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Chakwera, Chilima mourn Semphere
President Lazarus Chakwera has joined hundreds of people who are paying tributes to the chairperson of Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) who succumbed to covid-19 on Thursday. In his condolence message, Chakwera says Semphere was elected to the position of chairperson of MHRC just a few months ago. “Reverend Semphere had dedicated his life to […]
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‘We are in this together’: Chakwera commends private citizens, institution for donations to Covid fight
President Lazarus Chakwera has commended several Malawian institutions and private citizens for their vibrant initiative to raise money and contribute to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) and medicines in public hospitals to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation on Sunday, Chakwera said he has ordered the presidential taskforce on Covid-19 to engage the various […]
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Chakwera confirms South Africa coronavirus variant is in Malawi as virus flares
President Lazarus Chakwera has said the new variant of coronavirus that has been circulating in South Africa called 501.V2 is now being seen in Malawi as the Covid-19 cases continue to surge with increased death rates. The new variants appear to be more contagious, which is a problem because tougher restrictions on society is needed […]
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Malawi acquires Covid-19 vaccine: Chakwera says AstraZeneca jab to give immunity, local scientists sequencing virus
President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday evening announced that Malawi– has finally secured doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine which government will give to “as many citizens as possible” for immunity against the Coronavirus (Covid-19). Chakwera disclosed this on Sunday evening when he addressed the nation on the ongoing war against the Covid-19 pandemic, describing the acquisition […]
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Chakwera to address nation after scrutiny of K6.2bn reports on Covid funds: State House calls for calm
State House is calling for calm as the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 is scrutinising reports from various clusters on how K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds allocated to them last August has been used. In a statement released Wednesday, Press Secretary Brian Banda says also calls on people to be “vigilant” on how government is using […]
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HRDC raps Chakwera, ‘not transformative after all’ but rather talk-talk
For the first time since the Tonse Administration took power, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has made a stinging attack on President Lazarus Chakwera describing him as “not transformative after all.” In a statement issued Wednesday in which HRDC has commented on the K6.2 Covidgate, status of the Tonse Alliance, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority […]
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Chakwera faces MCP mutiny: Members want SPC Zangazanga out
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 […]
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Opposition leader Nankhumwa piles pressure on Chakwera over ‘Covidgate’: Suggests forensic audit on K6.2bn
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has threatened to resign as member of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 if President Lazarus Chakwera does not order a “forensic audit” to establish whether or not the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) and some government clusters abused K6.2 billion, which was released by government to […]
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Police arrest MCP’s ex-MP after criticising Malawi leader Chakwera
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of Parliament for Kasungu West Alex Major after he challenged President Lazarus Chakwera to make some changes in how he is governing the country including firing some officials at State House and Secretary to President and Cabinet. Major has confirmed that he was […]
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Cdedi decries nepotism, corruption in Malawi govt, dares Chakwera: ‘The President must exonerate himself’
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has decried high levels of nepotism and corruption in government and, challenged President Lazarus Chakwera to clear himself on allegations that he is entrenching the two vices in his leadership robbing the country of its development opportunities. Cdedi executive director Sylvester Namiwa said the vices are […]
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