Month: November 2020 Posts

Chakwera rebuffs IMF on AIP: State House says Malawi leader wants to fight hunger

Nov 02, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

State House has questioned why the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has problems with the Affordable Input Programme (AIP), saying President Lazarus Chakwera introduced the programme to fight hunger in Malawi. Speaking in Lilongwe during a… ...

Chakwera challenged to reveal foreign trip expenses

Oct 29, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Activists have challenged President Lazarus Chakwera to reveal the expenses incurred during the four foreign trips he undertook last month and earlier this month. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) wants Chakwera… ...

Chakwera to attend Chilima’s lecture after cancelling State House cocktail

Oct 29, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera will attend Vice President Saulos Chilima's public lecture on Friday after the president cancelled a State House cocktail which clashed with the public lecture. The Public Lecture titled "The Mindset Change" will… ...

Chakwera calls for patience on trimming presidential powers

Oct 27, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by  Glory Msowoya  -Mana President Lazarus Chakwera has called for patience on reduction of presidential saying it cannot be done overnight. During his inauguration at Kamuzu Barracks soon after being sworn in as Malawi… ...

Chakwera has already started clearing the rubble – State House

Oct 27, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

State House says President Lazarus Chakwera has already started clearing the rubble in government by firing some principal secretaries and more public officers are expected to be fired. Press Secretary Brian Banda said on Monday… ...

Crossroads contradicts itself: We only got K12.5m from State House

Oct 20, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Barely few hours after describing reports of getting payments from State House as fake, Crossroads Hotel has changed its statement saying it only received K12.5 million from State House instead of K65 million as alleged.… ...

Corruption at State House: Chakwera using “Do as I say not as I do” policy

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

State House officials in the Lazarus Chakwera administration have been named in a scam in which K65 million in taxpayers’ funds has been stolen. Chakwera was elected in June after promising to eradicate corruption but… ...