Month: November 2015 Posts

Mutharika coy on buying new jet

Nov 02, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 23 &

The Malawi government led by President  Peter Mutharika has made a U-turn on a purported move to procure a presidential jet , days after the media blew the whistle that there were plans for the… ...

Viola fired! Called Mutharika a puppet

Nov 01, 2015 Mike J. Kangwele 283 &

…Government agrees: APM is only given names of already selected candidates Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ‘fired’ his Press Secretary, Gerald Viola, a few hours after he had made comments that pinned Mutharika as a… ...

I will hunt you down if you hurt my family: JB warns Mutharika

Oct 30, 2015 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 469 &

Former Malawi President Joyce Banda has told the Peter Mutharika led government to stop being obsessed with her and her family. Banda was responding to the recent report by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) which implicated… ...

Activists to Mutharika: ‘Stop being reckless!’

Oct 27, 2015 Richard Jimu 56 &

Besides being told to reduce his spending on travels, Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been asked to wake up from his slumber to end corruption as well see to it that donors get back to… ...

MCP blame government for ‘tempting the man of god’

Oct 27, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 213 &

...Govt. wants to divert attention Member of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), including its youth league, have all ganged up against calls for party leader, Lazarus Chakwera, to refund K300 million (of public funds used… ...

DPP clings to Malata-Cement Subsidy

Oct 26, 2015 Luke Bisani 22 &

Malawi’s ruling  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has disclosed that it will maintain the Malata, Cement Subsidy Programme in the 2015/16 financial year despite suspension of a loan facility by International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF announced… ...

Mutharika makes U-turn on India trip

Oct 23, 2015 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 94 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has forsaken his trip to India for the India-Africa Summit on what his offices describes as “one of the cost-cutting measures”, Malawi24 can reveal. Mutharika was according to an initial press statement… ...