Month: June 2023 Posts

Mzimba DHO employee arrested for theft of K10.9 million

Jun 08, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in Mzimba have arrested a 28-year-old Assistant Human Resources Manager for Mzimba South District Health Office for allegedly embezzling K10.9 million. The suspect, Boyd Chipeta, is alleged to have embezzled 10.9 million Malawi Kwacha… ...

Malawi civil servants to down tools over high cost of living

Dec 29, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Chakwera Civil servants in Malawi have said they will  start striking on 9 January, 2023 over government’s failure to address their concerns relating to the high cost of living. This is according to a letter… ...

Young civil servants pen Ministry of Finance over pension scheme

Nov 24, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Concerned Young Civil Servants have penned the Ministry of Finance demanding the withdrawal of mandatory pension contributions deduction and a refund of the whole deducted amount plus interest accumulated. In  2017, the Government of Malawi… ...

Ecobank loans of up to K15 million extended to Civil Servants

Sep 09, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Ecobank Malawi has extended unsecured personal loans of up to K15 million on a 36-month tenure to civil servants, including those who are not the bank’s customers. This is according to Ecobank Malawi's Country Head… ...

Cyclone Nepotism: Agriculture Ministry demotes directors from the South

Aug 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Agriculture is being accused of reshuffling its top layer managers through unprecedented 'political overhaul' as some  directors have been moved from the Ministry's headquarters to various stations across the country. According to… ...

45 Malawi Govt principal secretaries undergo leadership training

Jul 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Public Sector Governance Division organised an intensive training programme for 45 Principal Secretaries in Malawi aimed at preparing them with the right skills and knowledge to lead their respective ministries and effectively… ...

K100 billion suspected to have been stolen from Malawi Govt

Jun 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Over K100 billion is suspected to have been stolen from Malawi Government from 2015 to 2020, with K30 billion unaccounted for in 2015 alone. The National Audit Office (NAO) published Audit reports following investigations into… ...

I didn’t know I am on the poster, Chakwera

Jun 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera, who appears on a poster as guest of honour for the 2022 Environmental Health Conference and General Meeting in Mangochi, has said he will not attend the meeting. A flier circulating on… ...

Govt bans lakeshore meetings

Jun 08, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The newly appointed Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba has banned all out of duty station meetings for civil servants as a way of saving resources amid economic hardships in Malawi. Zamba said… ...

Govt increases civil servants’ salaries

Apr 28, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Government has increased civil servants' salaries by 12 percent, with the lowest paid civil servant getting an extra K220,000 per year and the highest paid getting an additional K2 million per year. According to a… ...

Interdicted Malawi Govt. workers should not expect salary – Attorney General

Dec 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda says Malawi Government will not pay salary to any public officer who is on interdiction. Nyirenda made the remarks this morning at a press conference. According to Nyirenda, when… ...

Court lifts injunction that blocked rollout of Govt medical scheme

Jun 27, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has lifted an injunction which barred Government from proceeding with the civil servants’ medical scheme under Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM). High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has removed the injunction which… ...

Chakwera cannot fire Chikosa: The People’s Attorney General

Feb 13, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The hands of Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera are tied as he cannot fire Chikosa Silungwe who has been dubbed the 'people's attorney general'. There have been calls for Chakwera to fire Silungwe as some Tonse… ...

Chikosa spits fire: I will not let Malawians down for politics

Feb 12, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Enough is Enough! Malawi's Attorney General (AG) Chikosa Silungwe has told public officials "who have deluded and condescending attitudes" towards him over his legal opinion that their conduct is "silly and immature". In a statement… ...

AG Silungwe says interdiction without pay is illegal

Feb 11, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe has taken Malawi Government’s human resource department to task for interdicting civil servants without pay. Silungwe in a letter said he has been inundated with communications from lawyers representing public officers… ...