Chakwera Craves For A Malawi Free Of Human Rights Abuses
President Chakwera (R) with the newly sworn in Commissioner Chijozi. Pic courtesy of State House
Lilongwe, April 7, Mana: President Lazarus Chakwera has stressed the need for Malawi to reflect on human rights and take on the work of championing human rights as a practice by all.
He said this during the swearing in ceremony of Commissioner Chikondi Chijozi into the Seventh Cohort of the Malawi Human Rights Commission on Wednesday in Lilongwe.
Chakwera stressed that human rights must be fought for and not just promoted. He added that everyone wants human rights to thrive.
April 6, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 1 Comment
Officials from the Ministry of Health say they are now overwhelmed with the turn up for Covid-19 vaccine across the country.
A Lilongwe-based woman gets her jab while Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo looks on-pic by Lisa Kadango
Deputy Director of Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health Dr Kaponda Masiye says the overwhelming turn out of people to get COVID-19 vaccination shows people understands the need to fight the disease as opposed to fears that some sections wanted to instill in people.
Masiye was speaking at the Bingu National Stadium where sports personalities led by former Flames midfielder Chancy ‘Vinny’ Gondwe turned up to get the vaccine.
April 6, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 1 Comment
President Lazarus Chakwera is scheduled to travel to Maputo, Mozambique where the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that make up the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation on Thursday, 8 April 2021 will hold a meeting in Maputo to explore avenues of putting an end to the terrorist attacks that have rocked Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
Chakwera waves as he jets off.-photo by Lisa Kadango
Chair of the security organ, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to attend the key meeting.
Malawi is the incoming chair of SADC.
A grouping of political scientists have given a sharp criticism to President Lazarus Chakwera for his failure to be accountable in the way the review of cabinet as he indicated that he was going to subject the ministers to a follow up assessment where each minister will have to make a report on how they have fared before hiring new team.
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera and First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera captured during the presentation of AIP Progress Report at Kamuzu Palace-pic by Lisa Kadango (2)
Munthali: good governance is beyond rule of law,
The Political Science Association (PSA) say the Presidency did not give a convincing reason on its failure to reshuffle the cabinet.
Malawi national football team, the Flames, will need not less than a K1 billion to fulfill its engagements in the upcomng World Cup and Africa Cup of Nation (Afcon) tournament, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu Manda has said.
Chakwera greets Nyamilandu during the luncheon
FAM President Walter Nyamilandu Manda presents a gift to the Malawi leader President Lazarus Chakwera during the audience with the Flames-pic by Lisa Kadango
FAM Officials captured during the audience with President Dr Lazarus Chakwera-pic by Lisa kadango (3)
Malawi is set to participate in World Cup qualification, which starts later in June this year and the Africa Cup of Nations finals, which the Flames has just qualified for after booting out the Uganda Cranes and is slated for Cameroon in January 2022.