Chilima attends Mulli memorial: ‘No lady bones for Malawi to develop’
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima says it is only through unity, hard work and the respect of others that the country can develop. Chilima made the remarks Saturday at Horo in Phalombe at...
View ArticleDPP appoints Dean Josiah as governor for central region
Former football administrator and Epac FC owner Dean Josiah Banda has been appointed ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) governor for Central Region replacing Eclain Kudontoni who is now the...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima visits hailstorm victims: APM offer condolences
Malawi’s State Vice President State Saulos Chilima on Saturday made a visits to the hailstorm torn areas of Area 49 and Kama in Lilongwe following a hail-storm which hit the capital city where a...
View ArticleChakwera visits thunderstorm victims as Kandodo donates relief items
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of the opposition Lazarous Chakwera visited affected people in Kauma Township in Lilongwe after a ferocious storm wreaked havoc and affected some 1...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima, private sector in frank talk over reforms
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday engaged the private sector in the commercial capital Blantyre in a frank and straight talk approach as one way of soliciting feedback from the captains...
View ArticleTembo’s wife funeral draws Malawi parties together in mourning
It was a day of emotions and unity of purpose for Malawi as dignitaries, politicians and people from all walks of life gathered in Dedza on Saturday to pay their respects to the much-respected wife of...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima is the reform he is pushing
Let me begin by an honest admission: I get irritated whenever I get assigned by my bosses to cover ministerial functions. The irritation has to do with how I grew up, I guess. My father always taught...
View ArticleMutharika cancels Mozambique trip: VP Chilima gives update on Malawi floods
Malawi President Prof Peter Mutharika has cancelled his trip to Mozambique on Thursday for his scheduled appearance at the inauguration of the country’s President elect, Filipe Nyusi, to work on the...
View ArticleMutharika, Chilima lead tributes to Zuza: Malawi Catholic bishop dies in car...
President Peter Mutharika and vice president Saulos Chilima have led tributes to Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of Mzuzu Diocese of the influential Catholic Church, who died in a car crash on Thursday at...
View ArticleVP Chilima launches relief aid distribution in Nsanje
Malawi Vice President on Friday launched World Vision Malawi food distribution programme to reach out to thousands of displaced people in the lower shire. The food distribution exercise is part of the...
View ArticleDeath toll from floods triples to 176, says Malawi VP
Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima says the death toll from floods triples to 176 and at least 200,000 displaced. Chilima told a news conference in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre that dozens...
View ArticleMr. Afterthought: Muckraker on Malawi state of disaster
“It is good , it is good, it is bad, it is bad” -Saulos Klaus Chilima If you make a not-so-clever move once, it is an honest mistake; if you make it twice, it becomes poor judgment; but if you make it...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima eulogises Bishop Zuza in fluent Tumbuka
“Tadinga, malundi ghateuka” -Chilima Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima stunned mourners and Catholic Church faithful when he made his eulogy to the late Catholic Bishop of Mzuzu Diocese Joseph...
View Article40 medical students volunteer in flood relief efforts, says Malawi VP
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima says government is grateful to all organisations that have rendered help to flood victims. He was speaking at a news conference on Wednesday to give an update on...
View ArticleMutharika accepts to trim presidential powers: Malawi reforms
Malawi Government operations are expected to change for the better following recommendations and subsequent acceptance by President Peter Mutharika to have some of his appointing powers trimmed when...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima says rescue operations have been a success
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has said despite challenges that had been there like bad weather, Government has managed to successfully carry out rescue operations in all areas that have been hit...
View ArticleMalawi President’s declared wealth to go public March 2 –report
Malawian public will have access to details of the wealth of President Peter Mutharika and his deputy Saulos Chilima and selected senior public officers from March 2 this year, the Directorate of...
View ArticleDancing with disasters in Malawi: Tenthani’s Muckracking
“Preparedness is not only individual, but also structural, making the buildings strong enough to resist strong ground shaking” -Renato Solidum President Peter Mutharika, during his tour to areas...
View ArticlePresidential powers, public service reforms, a problem Malawians must confront
The recent announcement that President Peter Mutharika is to relinquish some of the presidential powers is a welcome development, and well overdue, given that he is Malawi’s fourth democratic...
View ArticleMalawi Catholic Church reaches out to flood victims
The catholic congregation has pledged to donate to families affected by floods, all the money that will be collected on 8 February in all its dioceses across the country. This was brought to light on...
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