President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday took a strong stance against maladministration of fund on the Covid-19 pandemic fight, firing Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) Commissioner James Chiusiwa, appointing new co-chair of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 and suspending all cluster heads. This follows reports that K6.2 billion has been abused by some officials. “As you […]
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Chakwera cracks whip on Covid-19 funds abuse, signals forensic audit: Fires Phuka, Dodma commissioner, all cluster heads
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Chakwera concedes whole Malawi govt system is corrupt: Delegates Chilima to deal with mafia-like criminal enterprise, restructure civil service
President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday conceded the public perception that Malawi government is like a crime scene of the mafia-like criminal enterprise, saying public sector reform is what the country needs and delegated the country’s second-in-command Saulos Chilima up a turbo-charged reforms to clean the system. Chakwera said this on Sunday during his weekly briefing […]
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Msaka says Chakwera trying to hoodwink Malawians on K6.2bn Covid-19 funds scam
The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused President Lazarus Chakwera of trying to hoodwink Malawians that he is cracking down on culprits who misappropriated K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds, faulting the decision to include in the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 representatives of Civil Society Organizations, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the Malawi Human […]
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Diplomatic appeasement a disaster for Malawi foreign policy
In the run up to last year’s presidential election, then-Presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera based his presidential campaign on meritocracy, thereby promising that people are treated on the basis of what they know, not whom they know. Rightly so in his campaign, he attacked corruption. Rightly so, he addressed the wrongdoings that took place during Peter […]
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More heads roll in Malawi civil service: 10 PS, 28 DCs interdicted
President Lazarus Chakwera who promised heads will roll and fired the head of the disaster management department and the Presidential taskforce on Covid-19 co-chair, and suspended further officials, over the K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds feared mismanaged has intensified the crackdown with 10 principal secretaries (PSs), 28 district commissioners (DCs) and five other senior officers […]
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Kasambara advises Chakwera to seek High Court opinion over 2 DPP MEC commissioners
A veteran prominent lawyer has advised president Lazarus Chakwera to seek High Court opinion on the embattled two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners. This follows a heated legal debate on whether Chakwera can fire Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje or not after parliament’s Public Appointments Committee recommended to the president to […]
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Chakwera and Chilima to review ministers’ performance internally: Reconstituted Cabinet expected March end
The second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has forced President Dr Lazarus Chakwera and his Second-in-Command, Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, to review the performance of the Cabinet ministers internally. The Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda has confirmed the development in an interview with Nyasa Times , stressing that the review is already underway. This […]
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Chakwera says Covid-19 funds forensic audit to take a month: DCs, others’ interdiction formalised
President Lazarus Chakwera has said his order for the interdiction of some controlling officers, over accountability of K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds has been effected according to the law pending investigations. Delivering his seventh televised National Address on the War on Covid-19 from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Sunday, the President said the forensic audit will […]
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Chakwera condemns beating of ambulance drivers, says Malawi Covid vaccine for health workers delay
President Lazarus Chakwera has said the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines for frontline health workers has delayed for seven days but said the country was on course for roll out of the vaccination process in March with delivery of 1.5 million doses expected this month end. Chakwera said when he delivered the seventh National Address on […]
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Malawi CSOs give Chakwera govt poor scorecard: ‘Entrenching corruption and impunity instead of taming it’
Civil society organizations (CSOs) and actors under the banner of National Advocacy Platform (NAP) Has given President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance administration. a poor rating, accusing the leadership of entrenching the same governance shortfalls it promised to address at the height of the campaign for the June 23, 2020, Fresh Presidential Election. The CSOs have observed […]
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Chakwera says Mzuzu University has embraced progressive change: ‘Explore alternative financing’
President Lazarus Chakwera has noted that ever since former president Bakili Muluzi launched the mission of Mzuzu University in 1999, the institution has set the pace in embracing “progressive change.” Chakwera said this when he presided over the graduation ceremony at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) which was held virtually. He said it’s been 24 years since […]
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Chakwera tells Mzuzu University graduates: ‘The future we want is captured in Malawi Vision 2063’
President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged the graduates of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) to turn their minds towards the study and mastery of the national development blueprint Vision 2063, which succeeded Vision 202. Chakwera was speaking when he presided over the first congregation as Chancellor of Mzuzu University which was held virtually on Friday. The vision, dubbed […]
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Chakwera talks tough on ‘first-degree stupidity’ ranks: Hails unsung heroes Dr Ben Chilima, Dr Dr. Miriam Nyenje
President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged graduates in the country to provide solutions and opportunities to the country’s problems, saying “in fact, every time we meet a college graduate, we must demand an answer to the question: what problem are you solving for all Malawians with the education you received?” Chakwera said this on Friday during […]
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Chakwera set to outline Malawi exit plan to Covid restrictions
President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to detail on Sunday evening the path to gradually lift Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions in Malawi , depending on the vaccination campaign. Chakwera will give his televised Covid-19 update this evening, which will be his last until further notice. Last Sunday, President Chakwera indicated that this Sunday he will outline […]
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Talking Blues: A whiff of Chakwera’s Valentine Day’s bouquet of roses
As with all Valentine Days, this year’s day was not uneventful. Covid-19 notwithstanding, a lot happened. For fear of opening a Pandora’s Box, I will leave this at that and redirect our discourse elsewhere. On Valentine Day, President Lazarus Chakwera gifted us a bouquet of roses in the form of his first serious statement of […]
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Chakwera upbeat Tonse promises to be fulfilled: ‘On our way to Canaan… will never give in to despair and to negativity
President Lazarus Chakwera has promised that his Tonse alliance administration will fulfil its electoral manifesto which include free electricity connection and creation of one million jobs, adding that a policy is being formulated to see to it that the promises are achieve. In his televised address to the nation on Sunday from Kamuzu Palace in […]
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Chakwera talks of Malawi govt measurers against economic aftershocks of Covid-19: ‘Mark my words, we will win’
President Lazarus Chakwera has said government has put in place measures to see to it that Malawians are provided with safety nets as a relief from the challenges that are there due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In his televised address to the nation on Sunday, Chakwera his administration has extended the moratorium for loan facilities […]
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Chakwera ready to trim presidential powers, waiting for law amendment – Spokesperson
PresidentLazarus Chakwera is ready to reduce his ‘unnecessary’ presidential powers but he is waiting for the laws to change, State House has said. Press Secretary to the Malawian head of state, Brian Banda responding to questions from journalist during State House weekly briefing on Monday said President Chakwera is committed to fulfil his campaign promises. “President […]
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Chakwera won’t allow State House officials to do ‘a Chisale’: Presidential aides wealth to be unmasked
Presidential press secretary Brian Banda has said President Lazarus Chakwera administration would not allow some people to take away what belongs to Malawians and that his aides will not be involved in wrongful self-enrichment like in the previous administration, saying he has set an example by declaring his wealth to the Office of the Director of […]
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Mwanamvekha goes after Chakwera, says lost direction ‘instead of going to Canaan, now heading towards Baghdad’: MCP not ready to govern Malawi
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Monday responded to the Mid-Term Budget Review Statement presented by Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu which has increased the fiscal plan by K144 billion, saying Malawians voters who ushered President Lazarus Chakwera into power feel betrayed and are hopeless. DPP spokesperson of Finance in Parliament Joseph Mwanamvekha said the budget […]
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