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#Breaking: #Malawi’s Vice-President #SaulosChilima arrested for #corruption

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Land For Construction of Military Hospital Identified

Deputy Minister of Defense has revealed that a site for construction of Military Referral Hospital has been identified. The minister responsible Jean Sendeza made the revelation on Tuesday when she met the state vice president Saulos Chilima. According to Sendeza, the land for the hospital has been identified in Lilongwe, Area 35. Commenting on the matter, Chilima said there is a need for commercializing the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and establishment of the Military Hospital is one of the process. Chilima further said that he told the minister to prioritize the construction of the hospital since it is five years behind the schedule. “I quickly suggested to the Minister that the hospital should be a priority because it has been five years behind schedule. And I am glad that the Minister reported that land has already been identified in Area 35 in Lilongwe,” Chilima said. The vice president further said that the hospital once finalized will provide health services to Malawians and help government to save forex on foreign medical referrals. Read the full article

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MEC summons Malawi VP Chilima over rigging claims - Malawi Nyasa Times - Malawi breaking news in Malawi

MEC summons Malawi VP Chilima over rigging claims – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi

Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has summoned  State vice president SaulosChilima to explain on his allegations that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants to rig the May 21 2019 elections.

Chilima: Summoned my MEC to explain rigging puzzle

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Chilima, while launching the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in July, alleged that he…

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Veep Chilima Against Use of Private E-mails For Govt Business

State vice president Saulos Chilima has asked government officials not to use private E-mails when transacting government business. Chilima made the call yesterday when he engaged the Minster of Information Gospel Kazako on the progress of reforms in his ministry. Giving a daily update on his Facebook page, Chilima said he suggested to the Minister Kazako to work out on ensuring that government officials are not using private E-mails when transacting government business. “In the same vein, I also suggested to the Minister to work on a cut-off point where senior government officials must stop transacting government business on private emails. I am very passionate about this. This tendency can’t go on,” Chilima said. According to the vice president, Kazako suggested that there is a need for the entire government Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure to be upgraded. ‘The first reform area the Minister presented was the upgrade of the entire government ICT infrastructure,” he said. He added; “We all agreed that this upgrade must be achieved as soon as possible because ICT will be an enabler for implementation of various reforms from other ministries ranging from e-agriculture to e-wallet.” Read the full article

Good Governance Commentator Commends Veep Chilima For Engaging Ministers On Reforms

Social and good governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali has commended vice president Saulos Chilima for engaging cabinet ministers on proposed reforms in their ministries. For the past two days Chilima has been engaging cabinet ministers in the capital Lilongwe and briefed them on proposed reformed the administration of Tonse Alliance under president Lazarus Chakwera is intending to foresee. In his remarks, Munthali described the development as a good move. “It is a good move by vice president Saulos Chilima to keep on engaging all cabinet ministers (and their respective teams) on proposed reforms in their ministries,” said Munthali. He further expressed satisfactory with the daily updates by the deputy vice president on his Facebook page. According to Munthali, the updates the veep is sharing on his page provide an opportunity for the citizenry not only to know some key proposed reforms in particular ministry but also to give their feedback on the same. “Already loving the Facebook updates by the Veep sharing a summary of the discussions as well as his personal reflections on the same. Such updates provide an opportunity for the citizens not only to know some key proposed reforms in a particular Ministry but also to give their feedback on the same,” he added. He also noted that such meetings will benefit the cabinet ministers to understand that they are not only accountable to the president only but also to the vice president. “Equally important to Cabinet Ministers is the message being driven home that they are not only accountable to the President but also to the Vice President (besides the citizens) including on reforms related business in their respective Ministries,” he said. Munthali added; “To this end, the Veep becomes a reliable partner in the Presidency in order to deliver reforms in their respective Ministries.” According to Munthali, perhaps this is why President Chakwera recently “appealed to all and sundry to support the Vice President in the public sector reforms path” Read the full article

Nankhumwa Says Malawians Will Not Forgive President Laz if He Fails to Deliver Campaign Promises

Kondwani Nankhumwa  vice president for the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the south has said Malawians will not forgive president Lazarus Chakwera if he fails to deliver his campaign promises. Nankhumwa said this during a press briefing organized by officials from the party which was held in the capital Lilongwe this morning. According to Nankhumwa, this is so because, Chakwera is busy blaming and arresting DPP members and other leaders of previous government. He further called on the state president to advance national building instead of settling his political scores against DPP members. After the Tonse Alliance under the presidency of Chakwera and his deputy Saulos Chilima a number of DPP sympathizers have been arrested in connection to looting of public funds and other offenses. Read the full article

Chakwera appoints Cabinet Committee on PPP

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed a cabinet committee on Public Private Partnership (PPP) which will, among other things, provide high level strategic and policy advice to government, with a view to promote private sector growth. This has been confirmed in a statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) signed by Chief Secretary to Government Zangazanga Chikhosi. According to Chikhosi, the committee will act as an effective platform for regular consultations between the private and public sectors and ensure that the business environment is competitive and supports the development of PPP as well as creation and attraction of new business. The committee will be chaired by Vice President Saulos Chilima The following are the members: Minister of finance Felix Mlusu Minister of transport Sidik mia Minister of labor Edward Ken Kandodo Minister of trade Sosten Gwengwe Minister of Industry Roy Kachale Read the full article

Chilima shocked with UTM’s Eastern Region Governor's Death

State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has expressed shock over the untimely death of United Transformation Movement (UTM) Regional Governor for Eastern Region Alhaj Bernard Sande. Sande died on Wednesday after a short illness according to a family member. Reports indicate that Sande died of Coronavirus. In a statement released and made available to faceofmalawi, Chilima who is also UTM President said the party has lost a warrior. “We are totally broken at the loss of our great warrior of the moment at this critical juncture when the momentous task of building a better Malawi is just starting. “May the almighty Allaw Bestow mercy on your soul and mend the hearts of your family and all of us your comrades,” said Chilima. Sande once worked as broadcaster Read the full article

UTM Celebrates 2 Years of Existence

Today, United Transformation Movement (UTM) is celebrating two years since it was launched in 2018 at Masintha ground in the capital Lilongwe. UTM came into existence after the state vice president Saulos Chilima under the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration fallout with his boss Peter Mutharika. In June 2018, Chilima through a press briefing, announced that he has left the party and focus on his life without disclosing the future of his political carrier despite growing calls from different people within the DPP to represent the party in the May 21, 2019 presidential elections.

Chilima refused the calls, even though some DPP officials already formed Chilima Movement pushing for his presidency. UTM was fully registered as a political party in September 2018. Writing on her Facebook page UTM’s Secretary General Patricia Kaliati thanked people in the country for rendering support the party needed. “Today Marks exactly 2 years after the birth of UTM. We as UTM would like to express our gratitude to the Malawi Nation for the support rendered. You stood with us and we know you are there for us... We say Thank you!!!” Kaliati said. According to Kaliati the journey to build capacity from scratch but with the help and support of people the party managed to be where it is today. Narrating the birth, growth and successes of UTM without mentioning the name of former first lady Calista Mutharika a wife to the late president Bingu Wa Mutharika would be pointless.

Calista Mutharika; Behind the birth of UTM Madam Calista Mutharika was the first to come in the open subjecting the abilities of Chilima to rule the country considering that he is youthful, energetic and knows his job well. According to Madam Mutharika, her brother in law ex-president Peter Mutharika was old a reason enough not to let him to seek the second term. UTM is among the 9 parties that are forming Tonse Alliance government which ousted DPP in the July 23 fresh presidential elections sanctioned by the Constitution Courts. Read the full article

Chilima on fire, calls for disciplinary action on CEOs of 10 parastatals

State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima who is also Minister for Economic Planning Development and Public Sector Reforms has called for disciplinary action on parastatal organisations that failed to submit on time Reforms Status Reports requested on 7th July, 2020. This follows a series of meetings Chilima had with heads of parastatals in Lilongwe and Blantyre earlier this month. On July 7, Chilima ordered Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of 66 parastatals to submit a Reforms Status Reports before July 17, 2020. But by July 17, only 56 Parastatals submitted their reports on time, 9 Institutions submitted after the deadline while one institution, which is the Malawi Institute of Management is yet to submit it's report, 4 days after the deadline. In statement from the Office of the Vice President signed by its spokesperson Pililani Phiri said Chilima has instructed PS (controlling officers) of Statutory corporations to punish the Chief Executive Officers of these institutions. Below is the statement;

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Veep Chilima Meets UK’s Charge d’Affaires

State vice president Saulos Chilima this morning had a meeting with United Kingdom Charge d’Affaires Mr. David Beer. Writing on his Facebook page, Chilima said the Mr. Beer pad him a courtesy call on his re-elections as Malawi’s vice president in the June 23 fresh presidential elections.

According to Chilima the duo discussed a number of issues some of them being how to speed up the progress on the country’s public sector reforms agenda. In the previous government Chilima headed the reforms sector but could not succeed following a fall off with his boss former president Peter Mutharika. During the campaign period, Chilima was vowed to work on reforms in the government’s public sector once in government. Chilima added that fighting corruption was also the topic during the meeting and expanding the country’s economy. Read the full article

Chakwera to be Updating The Nation Weekly

President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will be giving the nation updates on developments in the country every week during the first 100 days of office as one way of enhancing transparency and accountability of the government. Executive Assistant to the President Sean Kampondeni said this in an interview on Sunday, saying Chakwera is committed to running government in an open manner and upholding the rule of law. After ascending to power on June 28, Chakwera has so far given two updates on the affairs of the country, on day two and ten, in which he outlined some of the activities that he and his deputy Saulos Chilima had undertaken and appointments made. “The updates will be weekly during the first 100 days after which he will review its utility. His goal is to remain fully accountable to Malawians as he promised. This is only one avenue he will use for doing so,” Kampondeni said. According to Kampondeni, among other things, the President gets feedback on issues of national importance mostly through the media, both mainstream and social, that will continue to inform his decisions for the good of the nation. “Also there are stakeholders that lobby him directly; the President does not in any way intend to depart from the servant leadership that he promised throughout the campaign period,” he added. Reacting to the move, political analyst Earnest Thindwa said the move will ensure that the presidency remains in touch with the masses but was however skeptical on its sustainability. “In the last administration, communication channels between the President and the public were completely blocked. One would think they were able to have access through the social media to what people were discussing but there was no interest really. So this is a good start for the new administration,” Thindwa said. Another political analyst George Phiri from the University of Livingstonia said on Friday that by virtue of taking some of the public views on board, Chakwera does not automatically become a listening president saying critical issues lie yet ahead. “There are more critical issues coming in which we will see whether he is a listening President or not. This one was crucial yes, but it may be too soon to shower praise,” Phiri said in reaction to Chakwera’s address of concerns raised by some stakeholders who faulted his Cabinet which saw siblings and spouses being drafted in. Source: Times Online Read the full article

MCP IT expert Daud Suleman recovers from COVID-19 (Watch Video)

As the country continues to registered an increase in Coronavirus cases, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) IT expert Daud Suleman has become the first politician to recover from the pandemic. Sulemani confirmed of the development in video clip currently being shared on social media especially facebook and WhatsApp. He was admitted at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in the capital Lilongwe. In the video clip, Suleman has hailed health workers, State President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and his Vice Dr. Saulos Chilima for the support rendered to him. Suleman has since asked the new Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda to fast track the risk allowances of some health workers who are yet to be settled. Below is the video; https://www.facebook.com/MalawiBreakingNewsAndSports/videos/315420016295271/ Read the full article

Chilima cancels reforms meeting in Mzuzu due to COVID-19 surge

State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has postponed a meeting on Public Sector Reforms which was scheduled to take place today in Mzuzu with the leadership of Northern Region based Parastatal organisations and District Councils. Spokesperson in the Office of the Vice President Pililani Phiri confirmed of the development in a statement made available to faceofmalawi. According to Phiri, the postpoment is in line with the new guidelines released by government stopping large gatherings in the wake of an upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the country. “On Friday 10th July, 2020 after the release of the new guidelines, the Directorate of Public Sector Reforms communicated the postponement to all invitees and stakeholders to the meeting who include Heads of Parastatals, Directors of Finance, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Mzuzu City Council and all District Councils in the north. “The postponement is in line with a Covid-19 Situation Update released by government which states that owing to the escalation of infections and deaths due to Covid-19, there is need to implement stricter measures to contain the spread of the Corona virus in cities, towns, municipalities and communities throughout Malawi,” reads in part the statement. Added the statement: “The Office of the Vice President notes that the Mzuzu meeting would have attracted more participants as it would have brought together all northern region based District Councils, Parastatal CEOs and their Directors of Finance hence the postponement of the meeting to a later date to be announced.” Malawi has so far recorded over 2000 cases of Coronavirus with over 30 deaths. Read the full article

Chakwera Urges Malawians' to Work Hard, Smart

President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged Malawians to work hard in the process of building a new Malawi that will be benefit all people. Chakwera made the call on July 6 during inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe in which he received a sword of command from Malawi Defense Force (MDF) General Peter Namathanga. The Malawi Leader said our founding fathers fought for national liberation and passed on the baton of national aspiration to those who fought for political freedom and this time we must all rise for economic liberation, which has been elusive in the past 26 years. "It is no secret that this goal has been elusive for 26 years. It is no secret that we have had one administration after another shifting its post to the next election, promising prosperity but delivering poverty; promising nationalism but delivering division; promising political tolerance but delivering human rights abuses; promising good governance but delivering corruption; promising institutional autonomy but delivering state capture. "And now, after 26 years of false starts and stale finishes, it is no secret that my generation has not only left our homeland unbuilt, but also in ruins. It is because of these ruins that our first task in building a new Malawi is clearing the rubble," said President Chakwera. The President said upholding the rule of law will be his utmost priority and would love to see the independence of the Judiciary and Parliament to thrive. He said for the first time his administration will break the tradition of government secrecy by declaring his assets together with his vice Right Honourable Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima. The Malawi Leader said there's need for collective responsibility to build a new Malawi by resolving issues and holding accountable those who act in retrogression to aspirations of the whole nation. "When we promise to build new homes with a solid roof, electricity, and tap water, we do not just mean that we will bring investors to make this happen, but also that we will challenge you to work towards owning that home. " When we promise to give 1 million youth and women capital to start their own businesses, we do not just mean that we will link them to markets and banks to leverage their gains, but also that we will challenge them to pay back the loan so that another. person has access to the same opportunity. "The Tonse philosophy is not a campaign gimmick, but a governing philosophy that says: we either build together or crumble together," Said President Dr. Chakwera. The President spoke tough that it's time we roll up our sleeves and get to work. Idleness shouldn't be tolerated. "The time of giving free handouts and rewarding noise makers and handclappers who are too lazy to work is past.We have a country to build and not a moment to waste. So let's all get to work ! " Emphasized President Chakwera. Read the full article