The Minister of National Unity Hon Timothy Mtambo is in the Republic of Uganda leading a seven man delegation comprising of Officials from his Ministry of National Unity , National Planning Commission , NICE Public Trust Malawi and Malawi Public Sector Reforms on a study tour of mindset change and good governance initiatives as the Republic of Malawi prepares to set up a Governance Training Institute in support of the Malawi’s 2063 National Vision.
On Monday 6th June 2022 , the Malawi Delegation visited the Department of Philosophy of the Makerere University in Ugandan Capital City Kampala which majors in ethics and integrity studies and a youth run NGO named Mindset Change Initiative in the outskirts of Kampala.
Malawi is leaving no stone unturned is making sure that the Vision 2063 is achieved with success
Mtambo’s ministry has been at the centre of currating the values that will empower Malawians to have the mindset that will enable development of the country in all aspects
As Africa is slowly waking up in the fight against high scale corruption that involves state capturing, news has spread that the Guptas of South Africa have finally been arrested. The arrest of the Guptas has given so much hope to Malawians that Malawians Corruption Kingpin Zuneth Sattar days are also numbered
Two members of the Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the biggest step yet in South Africa’s fight to bring the kingpins accused of orchestrating the looting of its state companies to account.
The Guptas
Rajesh and Atul Gupta were detained by UAE law-enforcement authorities and discussions are taking place on the way forward, South Africa’s Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday
A judicial inquiry into state graft spanning more than three years detailed close links between the brothers and former President Jacob Zuma, with numerous witnesses alleging that they worked hand-in-hand to siphon money out of state transport, power and arms companies and jointly decided who was appointed to the cabinet. The government has said at least 500 billion rand ($32 billion) was stolen during Zuma’s nine-year rule.
The Gupta brothers and Zuma have always denied the allegations.
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi( ESCOM) says the cold and cloudy weather is affecting its power generation resulting in a drastic sharp demand for electricity against inadequate supply.
The company says this is what is destabilizing its system hence frequent power supply interruptions in some parts of the country.
However, to balance the system, ESCOM says it will commence loadshedding for customers in group A more than an hour and that the customers will be updated accordingly as the situation improves.
Meanwhile, the company has advised the customers in the said group A to switch off all their electrical appliances as power supply may be restored fully sooner than expected.
Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate Court on Monday June 6,2022 ordered a 60-year-old Herve Milhade, Managing Director for Castel Malawi Limited , to pay a K1 million fine for cultivating Indian Hemp popularly known as Chamba or serve a one-year jail if he fails to pay the amount.
Milhade and his accomplice Murie Jan, aged 50, pleaded guilty of the offence on June 2, 2022.
Here Milhade, Castle Managing Director
passing his judgment, Justice Chipofya told Milhade and Jan to appeal for the case if not satisfied with the ruling.
The two were arrested on April 8,2022 at Milhade’s residence at Kabula Heights in Blantyre.
A total of 59 plants of the hemp weighing 45 kilogrammes were found at Milhade’s home.
The plants were forfeited pursuant to Section 17(6) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
Malawi Congress Party Vice President, Harry Mlekanjala Mkandawire has assured people of TA Khonsolo that the Government is so committed to develop Mzimba South East Constituency through working together with chiefs who are custodians of developments in respective areas.
Speaking at Kamimba Teachers Development Center on Sunday, June 5,2022 during an interface meeting with chiefs under TA Khonsolo, Mkandawire said the government of President Lazarus Chakwera has lined a number of developments for the area, and that he was there to interact with them to hear from them on which developments can be prioritized, and see how best the government can implement such developments.
Harry Mkandawire meeting local leaders
Mkandawire who admitted that the country is facing some challenges, was quick to say that the war in Ukraine, and the mismanagement of the economy by the DPP led government increased the challenges, but he assured them that President Chakwera is working hard to address the challenges.
“Economy has been affected worldwide owing it to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Fertilizer that we have been using is manufactured in these two countries currently at war.
Another thing is that when we got into government, we found that the previous government has cheated the World Bank and IMF on how the country’s economy was, which led the two organizations to suspend assisting Malawi, but we are happy that now they are back.” Said MCP’s Vice President, adding that it is a serious offence to cheat the two organizations.
“It baffles me that the same people who mismanaged our economy are now blaming us to have failed with the aim to blindfold the citizenry especially in rural areas. That is a lie. There is no way DPP can lecture the current government on how to run economy of the country, yet it is the same DPP that put the country’s economy in a great mess.” Lamented Mkandawire who was franked by the Regional chairman for North South in MCP, Joseph Chavula, and several other party officials.
He then urged the chiefs to encourage their subjects to work hand in hand with the government to have meaningful developments, adding that the increment of CDF from K40 million to K100 million is a sign that the current administration would like to develop all areas in the country.
Further, Mkandawire warned chiefs against listening to the failed politicians who go around telling lies only to score political miles.
During the meeting, Mkandawire also tackled issues to do with corruption, saying President Chakwera is so serious in fighting the vice as evidenced by the 21 days ultimatum he has given the ACB to come up with a report on the recent corruption report released in UK, that he is not tolerating corruption.
He has since assured the chiefs that he will discuss with various line ministers to see how their concerns can be properly addressed.
In his welcoming remarks, TA Khonsolo thanked the Chakwera administration for the AIP in his area which he said did not have many challenges.
He also thanked the government for other projects in the area, while pleading for more projects in his area, saying it has been neglected for years.
