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Chakwera is leader without substance, presiding over a yet another corrupt Malawian regime – Professor Danwood M Chirwa

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Village ReporterChakwera, Kamuzu Banda who, Malawi President, Professor Danwood M Chirwa

Opinion by Professor Danwood M Chirwa The emerging revelations around NOCMA oil procurement scandal are deeply shocking but not unexpected. NOCMA’s de facto CEO’s meticulous account and documentation of the interference by political agents in the procurement process brings to light the anatomy of corruption in Malawi. It shows that parastatals are not independent and the invidious position that management and boards of these parastatals find themselves in. It is either they comply and submit or get hounded out. The schematic structure of corruption is the same, from the old…

Malawi Opinions

Talking Blues: One step forward, two steps backwards and Extra

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Village ReporterMadame Chizuma', Malawi news, Malawi President, President Lazarus Chakwera

By Mapwiya Muulupale “Success is brought by continued labour and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.” – William Jennings Bryan US Secretary of State 1860 – 1925 The phrase “one step forward, two steps backwards” originates from an anecdote about a frog trying to scale a water well. The frog keeps trying to climb up the wall of the well, but for every two steps it climbs, it falls back by one step, making its progress arduous. With time, the…

Malawi

Malawi President declares Parliament is not bigger than government on the occasion of opening the 47th session of the National Assembly

November 12, 2017 Village ReporterCashgate, Food Security, LLOYD MUHARA, Malawi President, President Peter Mutharika

Malawi President declares Parliament is not bigger than government on the occasion of opening the 47th session of the National Assembly President Peter Mutharika on Friday morning officially opened the 47th session of the National Assembly in the Capital City of Lilongwe where he told Member of Parliament (MPs) that the August House is not bigger than Government He also admitted that the country’s electricity crisis has affected the economy of Malawi as well as the living standards of the citizens

Southern Africa

Malawi President Mutharika dressed in a Pimping Jacket silences political opponents in one fired-up press briefing

October 23, 2016November 16, 2016 Global AuthorADMARC, Kamuzu Palace, Malawi President, Peter Mutharika

President Arthur Peter Mutharika dressed in clothing more befitting a pimp or entertainer says he is fit and ready to deliver his promises on development to Malawians during his five-year term and beyond. A visibly physically fit Mutharika was speaking at Kamuzu Palace during a press briefing he convened to inform the nation of his official trip to the 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Southern Africa

Malawi President Mutharika debunks Sick rumors and declares his readiness for 2019

October 22, 2016 Global AuthorIsaac Chilemb, Malawi President, Malawi President Not Sick, Peter Mutharika

Malawi President Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika has dispelled social media reports that he has been sick and underwent an operation in the United States of America-USA saying he is very healthy and cannot hand over power to anyone until his term is over.

Malawi’s Bingu wa Mutharika buried

April 24, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Joyce Banda, Malawi President, Mwai Kibaki, Peter Mutharika, Robert Mugabe

BLANTYRE– Thousands of Malawians Monday converged on Ndata Farm, the sprawling private estate of former Pres Bingu wa Mutharika, to witness the funeral service of the 78-year-old economist-turned politician.