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Malawi’s President Mutharika and the police food scandal

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Image caption Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika initially called the claims “fake news”

There have been mounting calls for the resignation of Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika after a leaked report by the country’s anti-graft agency accused him of receiving a kickback from a 2.8bn kwacha…

Malawian President Mutharika yelling "Fake News"

Der malawische Präsident nennt Berichte über Korruption "Fake News" || The Malawian president calls reports of corruption "Fake News".

Presidents of Zambia and Mozambique in Malawi

The Presidents of the Republics of Mozambique and Zambia, Filipe Nyusi and Edgar Lungu are this week visiting Malawi, to take part in a tripartite summit between Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The meeting is taking place at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, where President Peter Mutharika is hosting Nyusi and Lungu, to address issues of common interest to the three countries. Among the topics up for…

By: Chikondi Magalasi

Malawi government has promised to build a library for students at Mzuzu University after serious fire gutted its library a couple of months ago.

APM: Vows to build a new library

Addressing the congregation in the Great Hall at Chancellor College in Malawi’s old capital, Zomba, President Peter Mutharika assured the students of the new library.

“The government is aware of what happened to Mzuzu University library and I will make sure that the institution has a new library,” promised the President.

Mzuni Library was destroyed by fire in December last year when students were preparing for the end of semester examinations and it is reported to have destroyed almost 50,000 books.

Firefighters arrived at the scene late as the fire spread quickly to the book shelves. Students worked tirelessly to save the books and computers that were in the library but it was too late to rescue anything from the inferno.

Preliminary reports suggested that an electrical fault was the main cause of the fire but University officials could neither deny nor confirm the suspicions citing all will be confirmed upon receiving a comprehensive report from the experts.

At the Congregation, The Malawi leader added that his government is also aware of the problems that other University staff and students are going through.

The President commended the Chancellor College for being the only accommodate people with special needs and he urged that something should be done quickly in all colleges and universities in the country to be more inclusive

By: Happy Arnold Soko

The Malawian leader Peter Mutharika  may have thought that he has gone unnoticed after turning down the summon by parliament earlier this week where he was supposed to be asked to clear the legislators on numerous questions including the maize crisis that has hit the nation now.

Chakwera: Still keeping the questions for APM

In his remarks, The Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya told parliament that Mutharika opted to delegate responsible Ministers to represent him.

But the leader of opposition in the August House, Lazarus Chakwera has hinted that Mutharika should respect the rule of law by appearing before the parliament. According to Chakwera, some questions that are meant for the nation are not supposed to be tackled by Cabinet Ministers.

Speaking after the Wednesday deliberations, Chakwera said his questions have been reserved ‘till Mutharika agrees to appear before the parliament.

“We wrote the president a letter to appear before the parliament and answer the questions to do with the country. I did not pose the questions in parliament and am still keeping them for Mutharika.

“We always talk to ministers but this time we are not talking to the ministers. The questions that I have reserved are not supposed to be answered by ministers but Mutharika. We need him face to face and he is also a member of parliament,” explained Chakwera.

Mutharika turned down the summon and delegated Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Goodall Gondwe to represent him

Among those who wanted Mutharika to appear before the parliament are Mzimba south west MP Harry Mkandawire and Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader was summoned to respond to questions on the food crisis and the political meltdown.

By Lackson Kanyoza

Professor John Chisi who is also Umodzi party president has urged the president not to be emotional but rather be accommodative enough to listen what poor Malawians are saying in the country.

Prof John Chisi: The President should not be emotional

“It’s unfortunate that our president feels intimidated by the local press but he has a system in place. He does have credit to himself but he can use press officers to read and then they can guide and advise him. If he totally does not want to listen to what Malawians are saying, then he will never be fully informed of what is happening in our nation. He is our father and our leader and he needs to take everything he has received. He should not be emotional because it’s not to the advantage of us as people or him as our leader,” said Chisi.

President Peter Mutharika continues to face many criticisms over his remarks that he will never follow channels where poor Malawians use to pass information to his government.

Mutharika emphasised that he will stop reading Malawian newspapers or watch local Television stations except MBC and international channels like BBC and CNN and he said Malawi’s media channels are full of trash. He spoke this on Saturday when he was laying a foundation stone for Deayeng Luke University teaching hospital

The Umodzi party leader added that as a president he is our leader and if he does not want to listen to Malawians then his love for the country and leadership is questionable.

“Malawians cannot be proud of a leader who doesn’t want to listen to them. As a leader, he needs to be informed because he is leading us; he is not going to lead angels. We are just as human as he is. So he needs to feel the pain he accepted to be our leader so as far as he is the president he must take a step we give him with courage, determination and will power knowing that it is for the betterment of our nation.

“He needs to be patient even if he feels a bit of pain he needs to show a loving heart and attitude. I hope our president will still love us regardless of our weaknesses as humans,” said Chisi.

He further said that the more people hurt him the more he should love them no matter what situations.

Misa-Malawi southern chapter president Thom Khanje was also on record saying Mutharika’s speech was worrisome by publicly announcing that he will stop listening to the local media.

“For the president, that is not a good idea taking into consideration that people who put them in power voice out their concerns through local channels. He just showed us his arrogance and that’s the power that needs to be trimmed,” he said.

However, Mutharika maintained that he is following Joyce Banda who also announced her veto to Malawian media during her reign.

IMF approves $18 million to Malawi amid donor aid freeze

President Mutharika: IMF shows confidence in his administration

By Mabvuto Banda

LILONGWE, March 24, (Reuters) – The International Monetary has approved the review of Malawi’s economic performance under the extended credit facility (ECF) enabling the southern African nation to access SDR 13.02 million (about $18.1 million) amidst a crippling donor aid freeze

The board which met in Washington DC…

Mutharika: His wealth cant be explained todate

By Mabvuto Banda

Malawi’s Bingu wa Mutharika portrayed himself as the all-knowing “economist-in-chief,”after he presided over unprecedented economic growth in the eight years he was in power in one of Africa’s most poor nations.

A former World Bank Economist,Mutharika had the free-market credentials to get the mainly agricultural economy moving – and…