Month: June 2021 Posts

It’s a family business! Foreign Affairs minister defends Chilima’s mother in-law

Jun 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Foreign Affairs Minister Eisenhower Mkaka has defended the hiring of Vice President Saulos Chilima's mother in-law as the head of the Malawi mission in Zambia. Miss Magaret Kamoto, who is the mother of Chilima's wife… ...

UTM threatens to break away from Tonse Alliance

Jun 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

UTM has threatened to leave the governing Tonse Alliance if its demands for better representation in terms of appointments to top jobs are not met. According to a report by British fortnightly newsletter Africa Confidential,… ...

God cursed Malawi because Mutharika remarried

Jun 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Prophet Austin Liabunya claims that God did not want Malawi President Peter Mutharika to remarry. The prophet claims Malawi is currently under a curse because of the 2014 marriage vows APM exchanged with Gertrude Mutharika.… ...

Chilima urges implementation of conference resolutions

Jun 01, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has called on stakeholders at the Agricultural Policy Conference to join hands in implementing the resolutions of the conference. Chilima made the remarks on Tuesday after opening the 2021 Malawi Annual… ...

Chilima report tells Chakwera to merge ministries, fire deputy ministers

May 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The report compiled by a taskforce led by Vice President Saulos Chilima says President Lazarus Chakwera should merge some ministries, fire deputy ministers and ensure that Members of Parliament do not double as ministers. Chilima's… ...

Chakwera refuses to make public Chilima reforms report

May 24, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

State House says President Lazarus Chakwera will not make public the taskforce report which contains recommendations on reforming the government systems of allowances, procurements and employment contracts. Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda revealed this today… ...

Chilima, Chakwera, APM received bribes

May 13, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Court evidence shows that Tonse Alliance partners received more than half a billion of what commentators describe as bribes in the greatest corruption scandal to hit Malawi after cashgate. Business magnate Thom Mpinganjira revealed in… ...