Month: April 2021 Posts

Malawians mock Chakwera over indecisiveness: “Kwantere wa ku Baghdad”

Apr 01, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Malawians are mocking President Lazarus Chakwera over his postponed cabinet reshuffle. The electorate is saying Chakwera is proving to be indecisive in his leadership and is taking the country on a bumpy ride to Baghdad… ...

Talking Blues: Do we really need Section 91?

Mar 21, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Last Sunday’s Times Television flagship “Hot Current” programme broached the nascent debate over Section 91 of the Republic of Malawi’s Constitution. The Section reads as follows: (1) No person holding the office of President or… ...

Magalasi was illegally appointed as MERA CEO – Ombudsman

Mar 19, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Ombudsman Martha Chizuma says appointment of Dr. Collins Magalasi as Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) chief executive officer was illegal. Chizuma said this today when she presented her report titled Institutional Anarchy which is an… ...

Magufuli was a symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence – Chakwera

Mar 18, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says Tanzanian leader John Pombe Magufuli was a symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence. In a statement this morning, Chakwera said he has learnt the news of Magufuli’s death with shock and sadness.… ...

“Tonse wants to finish Mutharika”: Concerned Citizens worried of political persecution under Chakwera

Mar 17, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A group of concerned citizens are moving around with a msonkhe-msonkhe plate [begging bowl] to support Malawi ex-President Peter Mutharika settle his legal bills. The grouping claims that the Tonse administration, led by President Chakwera,… ...

Mwanamvekha muddled in Mulli’s loans

Mar 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha has been mixed up in the Mulli Brothers’ loan which the company acquired from Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) when Mwanamvekha was the bank’s chief executive officer. Malawians on social media… ...

Talking Blues: Nemo est supra legem

Mar 14, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Before I cut to the chase, I hereby reproduce, in their entirety, two letters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OPC To: Rt. Hon. Nyirenda, Chief Justice-MSCA Date: 5 June 2020 Dear Rt. Honourable Justice Nyirenda, LEAVE PENDING RETIREMENT… ...