By Jones Gadama
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has done it again, he has let his hands speak for him. While others talk, APM delivers.
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has announced that it will recruit more than 5 000 healthcare workers by March 31 2027 to fill gaps in the health sector and reward long-serving staff with promotions, a clear sign that the DPP led government is creating jobs for the youth regardless of their political affiliation.
Speaking in an interview yesterday, Ministry Principal Secretary Dan Namarika confirmed that the process is starting in about a week’s time.
“In about a week’s time, we are starting to recruit all other cadres. And by the end of the year, meaning the financial year up to March 31, 2027, we should have recruited at least 5 000 healthcare workers into the system. And that process is starting,” Namarika said as quoted by Malawi News Agency.
According to a report by Frank Humphreys of the Malawi News Agency, the ministry announced last Thursday in a press release that it will conduct interviews for various healthcare workers in all four regions of the country from November 20 to 22, with funding secured from the Global Fund to recruit the workers through the interviews.
This is sweet news for thousands of unemployed young doctors, nurses, clinicians and other health cadres who have been waiting for years. Under Professor Mutharika, jobs are not given based on party colours, but on merit and love for Malawi.
He is a father to all, a professor who believes every youth deserves a chance to serve their country and put food on the table.
Namarika also revealed that promotions for healthcare workers are on the cards, arguing that long serving staff should not remain stuck in the same position, which shows that this government values and respects hardworking civil servants.
Even the Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) has welcomed the move and urged the ministry to ensure the safety of candidates, saying challenges as experienced in previous recruitment exercises should compel the ministry to protect the interviews.
This is the Mutharika touch, quiet, humble, but very effective. He does not make noise on the podium, he lets development make the noise.
Five thousand families will smile, five thousand youths will have hope, and the health sector will be strengthened. Malawi is truly in safe and loving hands.
