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Malawi: Stop It, Activist Kajoloweka Tells Chakwera Not to Hire Tony Blair As Advisor
Nyasa Times, 3 December 2020
An influential youth rights activist has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to stop the recruitment of Tony Blair and his team as advisors to the government, with some observeser… Read more »
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Malawi: Blair Divides Opinion Over Malawi Advisor Role - Chakwera Asked to Send Him Back
Nyasa Times, 1 December 2020
Malawians are telling President Lazarus Chakwera to send back the United Kingdom's former prime minister Tony Blair who is in the country to be adviser to the Tonse alliance… Read more »
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Malawi: Chakwera's Spin Doctor Defends Blair Engagement
Nyasa Times, 1 December 2020
State House has dismissed media reports that the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBIGC), which is expected to establish a Delivery Unit to help the government in service… Read more »
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Malawi: 'Blair Coming to Harvest Taxes of Poor Malawi People'
Nyasa Times, 30 November 2020
A social media activist Onjezani Kenani has lashed out at reports that former United Kingdom (UK) prime minister Tony Blair wants to set up an advisory office on governance results… Read more »
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Malawi: Tony Blair to Work As Adviser to President Chakwera
Nyasa Times, 29 November 2020
The former United Kingdom (UK) prime minister Tony Blair wants to set up an advisory office on governance results delivery at Malawi State House and the Office of the President and… Read more »
Chakwera Faces Backlash For Hiring Tony Blair As Malawi Advisor
Malawians are telling President Lazarus Chakwera to send back the United Kingdom's former prime minister Tony Blair who is in the country to be adviser to the new government. The Malawian government has however admitted that Blair and two other members of his Tony Blair Institute are indeed in Malawi, to provide technical expertise and help build the capacity of the Chakwera-led administration for free, but Malawians are having none of it. Chakwera is Malawi's sixth president after beating Peter Mutharika in a historic election in June 2020, marking the first time in African history that an election rerun led to the defeat of an incumbent.
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Malawi will be given U.S.$101.96 million additional funds from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), to address the economic impact of Covid-19. Tao ... Read more »
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Appealing the international investors to seek opportunities in Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera Chakwera said he has declared "zero tolerance" against corruption and plunder of ... Read more »
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The Malawian Anti-Corruption Bureau has frozen bank accounts of former president Peter Mutharika, his wife Gertrude Mutharika, former Malawi Revenue Authority Deputy Director ... Read more »
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In his national address, President Lazarus Chakwera has said having a leader who makes too many decisions led to government mismanagement in the past. Trimming presidential powers ... Read more »
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Malawi's newly elected president, Lazarus Chakwera has named his Cabinet in consultation with his vice-president Saulos Chilima but critics have berated the team.The new cabinet ... Read more »
