‘No stooping low for Nyekhwe’: Chilima pledges K75bn loan fund, unbundles...
State vice-president Dr Salous Klaus Chilima on Sunday said UTM remains the hope of the country as the party has mega plans to rebuild the country and that programmes contained in its manifesto will be...
View ArticleMalawi veep Chilima offers to lead Covid-19 duties: Urges caution on Coronavirus
State vice-president Saulos Chilima has become the first top political leader in Malawi to speak of the ravaging deadly coronavirus, saying he is ready to lead newly established special Cabinet...
View ArticleMalawi is poor because of leadership — Chilima
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima on Sunday moved in to assure anxious party supporters that he has not given them a raw deal in the grand political alliance with the main opposition, the Malawi...
View ArticleMalawi army, police advised to defy orders to shoot peaceful protesters
State Vice-President Saulos Chilima has told the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers and the police to defy orders to shoot down peaceful protesters. Speaking at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre on...
View ArticleJourney to State House starts here —Chilima
State Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has said the UTM-MCP alliance marks the start of a new journey to State House. Chilima said this on Thursday during the UTM-MCP alliance signing ceremony at...
View ArticleVP exclusion ‘no bid deal’: Chilima’s place in Cabinet already guaranteed by...
Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s exclusion in President Peter Mutharika’s new Cabinet which has been bloated by 60 percent announced on Thursday night is illegal, according to prominent legal scholars....
View ArticleChakwera tipped to lead MCP-UTM alliance for Malawi fresh polls
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera will likely lead the opposition ‘grand alliance’ in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, according to political analyst at...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima drags President Mutharika to court over refusal to fire...
State vice-president Saulos Chilima, who is also the UTM Party leader, has commenced legal proceedings against President Peter Mutharika for failing to sack Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)...
View ArticleAnalyst tells MCP-UTM alliance to name presidential candidate
A political analyst has told the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners to come out of its cacoon and announce its presidential candidate in the Constitutional Court...
View ArticleUTM sets up Chilima ‘command centre’, to unveil strict curbs on life for...
UTM Party and its alliance partners are launching a Saulos Chilima ‘Command centre’ as one way of engaging the public on national issues and Coronavirus outbreak as well as beam all its rallies on...
View ArticleMalawi veep Chilima to forgo full salary to help Covid-19 fight
Malawi vice-president Saulos Chilima has said he will forgo his entire salary of K1.7 million monthly towards efforts to mobilise resources for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight. Chilima’s spokesperson...
View ArticleMalawi flagship newspaper calls for clarity on espionage claims ahead of...
The opposition claims that government forced telecommunications companies to provide Virtual Private Networks (VPN) at State House with the intent to intercept data transmission going into Malawi...
View ArticleSKC tells Mutharika to relocate to Lilongwe: Lockdown Capital Hill for now
State Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also UTM president, has told Malawi government to completely lockdown Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, in view of the coronavirus outbreak...
View ArticleChilima calls on Malawi leader salary cut by half: ‘Immoral to enrich from...
State vice-president Saulos Chilika said described a 10 percent pay salary cut for President Mutharika and his 32-member cabinet to cushion the impact of coronavirus on the economy as manifestly...
View ArticleChilima sees gaps in Malawi Covid-19 fight: Outline additional measures and...
Vice-President Salous Chilima says Malawi is still ill -prepared to fight Coronavirus (Covid-19) and has since asked the government to consider some firm measures he has proposed to ensure that the...
View ArticleMalawi should turn idle state residences as Covid-19 quarantine centers –...
Malawi government should consider turning the idle state residences as quarantine centers for those contracting coronavirus (Covid-19), State vice-president Saulos Chilima has said. As it stands, the...
View ArticleDo not politicise coronavirus: Chilima wants health professionals to give...
Malawi cross-party political leaders, civil society, chiefs, religious leaders and business community should work together with government technocrats and health professionals to beat coronavirus...
View ArticleChilima warns against abuse of IMF support for Malawi Covid-19 response
State Vice-President Salous Chilima has issued a stern warning against abuse of funds allocated by government and development partners to fight the coronavirus (Covid-19), including the impending...
View ArticleMalawi regulator reacts to Chilima’s fuel price mathematics: ‘We don’t just...
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi has said the regulator does not copy international fuel prices but consider other local factors. Magalasi was reacting...
View ArticleMalawi govt rejects Chilima’s solutions to Covid-19 fight: Mutharika holds...
Government says President Peter Mutharika holds the prerogative over the choice of the place to be, saying the country’s vice-president Saulos Chilima cannot dictate to the Head of State to leave...
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