Sunday, June 22, 2025
No menu items!
spot_img
Home Blog Page 853

Michael Usi appointed new Malawi’s Vice President

247Malawi
-
0
Michael Usi appointed new Malawi’s Vice President

By Chisomo Phiri

President Dr.Lazarus Chakwera has appointed United Transformation Movement (UTM) Vice President Michael Usi as the country’s new Vice-President.

Usi, replaces late Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash on June 10,2024, alongside other eight Malawians.

According to a statement from Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba, Usi will be sworn-in tomorrow at Parliament Building in Lilongwe.

Michael Usi

Born in 1968, Usi attended Mulanje Secondary School.

He once worked for Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).

On 6 February 2019,UTM Party leader the late Chilima unveiled Usi as his running mate for May 21 tripartite elections.

At the time of his appointment, he was serving as the Minister of Natural Resources.

Justice Annabel Mtalimanja appointed new MEC chair

247Malawi
-
0
Justice Annabel Mtalimanja appointed new MEC chair

By Chisomo Phiri

President Dr.Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Justice Annabel Mtalimanja as new chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), replacing Justice Chifundo Kachale whose four year tenure ended on June 6 2024.

According to a statement by MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa, President Chakwera has also appointed Reverend Phillip Kambulire and Dr. Limbikani Kamlongera as Commissioners, replacing Anthony Mukumbwa and Olivia Liwewe.

Mtalimanja

Other commissioners are Dr Emmanuel Fabiano, Francis Lazalo Kasaila and Caroline Mfune.

The appointments are with effect from June 7, 2024.

MEC’s mission is to deliver credible elections that are free, fair, transparent, inclusive, efficient and cost-effective to entrench democratic values in Malawi.

State to appeal acquittal of Tadikira Mafubza,7 others in supreme court

247Malawi
-
0
State to appeal acquittal of Tadikira Mafubza,7 others in supreme court

By Chisomo Phiri

The State says will appeal in the Supreme Court against Wednesday’s ruling of the High Court in Mzuzu to acquit Peter Mutharika’s  step son Tadikira Mafubza and seven others, accused of manslaughter and aggravated human trafficking of 30 Ethiopian nationals.

Justice Gladys Gondwe acquitted the eight suspects when she found them with no case to answer.

But in an interview with this publication,Director of Criminal Litigation in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Dzikondiwanthu Malunda, said the State is not satisfied with the ruling, disclosing that a decision, following consultations, has been made to appeal.

Dzikondiwanthu Malunda,

“As a state, we are not satisfied with the ruling and we will appeal against it,” said Malunda.

The bodies of the Ethiopians were discovered buried in a mass grave in Mtangatanga Forest in Mzimba District in October 2022, but all the accused persons denied the charges, and the case went for a full trial.

Mafubza was charged together with Samuel Navaya, Duncan Kalulu, David Luhanga, Thomas Dickson Kazembe, Boniface Ngulube, Aubrey Dukes and Arnold Mwakiyelu.

MPC retrenches 65 employees as part of restructuring process

247Malawi
-
0
MPC retrenches 65 employees as part of restructuring process

By Chisomo Phiri

Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) has retrenched 65 employees as part of its ongoing process of implementing the 2022 Turn Around Strategy (TAS) aimed at making the corporation into a profitable and digitally-led public entity.

Confirming the matter to local media on Wednesday,MPC Postmaster General Angel Banda said the corporation had 746 workers when the strategy was launched, while the approved number of employees per the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) functional review was 411.

She added that as of May 28, 2024, the staff was 558, explaining that this phase has let go of 65 members of staff while the other 82 will be retrenched within three years.

Meanwhile, authorities feel that the MPC’s performance has turned a corner from an audited comprehensive loss of 1.9 billion in 2021/2022 to a projected (unaudited) total comprehensive income (profit) of K100 million in 2023/2024.

MPC is the statutory corporation responsible for the postal service and some financial services in Malawi.

The corporation runs 180 post offices throughout Malawi, and also provides services via 154 postal agencies.

The financial services it provides include electronic, telegraphic and money transfer services within Malawi and internationally, and utility and telephone bill payments.

The MPC is regulated by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) which regulates all postal services in Malawi.

UNIMA final year Student Humble Bondo suspended for 3 years over sexual harassment

247Malawi
-
0
UNIMA final year Student Humble Bondo suspended for 3 years over sexual harassment


By Chisomo Phiri

A fourth year student at the University of Malawi(UNIMA) Humble Bondo has been suspended for three years after the university’s disciplinary committee found him guilty of sexual harassment,specifically touching a breast of a certain girl.

According to a letter dated June 18,2024 and signed by UNIMA registrar Eluby Kaumbata, the committee found Bondo guilty of violating the institution’s codes of conduct.

Humble Bondo suspended

This comes after the Bachelor of Arts Public Administration student finished writing his end of year exams on Friday.

Bondo served as president of the UNIMA’s Students Representative Council (SRC) in the 2022/2023 academic year and he was instrumental in the fight against long holidays that made students at the institution to hold the famous one-long vigils in 2022.

1...852853854...1,898Page 853 of 1,898

EDITOR PICKS

POPULAR POSTS

POPULAR CATEGORY

ABOUT US

True and well researched news covering key issues in Malawi and abroad

Contact us: info@247malawi.com

FOLLOW US

© Newspaper WordPress Theme by TagDiv