Mutharika fires Maulana: appoints new Army commander

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President Peter Mutharika has dismissed General Ignacio Maulana as Malawi Defence Force Commander, Malawi24 can report.

Ignacio-Maulana
Maulana: fired from the army

According to Chief Secretary to government George Mkondiwa.Mutharika who is Commander In-Chief of Malawi Defence Force has since promoted Maulana’s deputy Lieutenant Supuni to the position of Army Commander General.

Former army spokesperson Clement Namangale will also take up a new post at the army as he has been appointed as deputy Army Commander.

Meanwhile General Maulana has been deployed to the National Food Reserve Agency ‘to manage food security’.