[SIZE=7]Anger after Malawi President Chakwera appoints family members to cabinet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]President Chakwera’s wife Abida Mia is the new deputy minister for lands.[/SIZE]
In Summary
• Kenny Kandodo is the new labour minister while his sister Khumbize Kandodo is the health minister.
• The president criticised his predecessor for being nepotistic and filling his cabinet with people from his region. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ve6XM9iWSitJX-XjtpR3Z0BgRyHIYrFxhEiyjWmMbShGH3tT_Vd9YOBwaugvwSPs5lPhGPPZCUXiDE3zFdtq3DVyK4A=s624
President Lazarus Chakwera unveiled his 23-member cabinet,
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Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera has named relatives as ministers in his new cabinet, sparking criticism.
The president’s former running mate in the 2019 elections Sidik Mia has been appointed minister for transport while his wife Abida Mia is the deputy minister for lands.
Kenny Kandodo is the new labour minister while his sister Khumbize Kandodo is the health minister.
Businessman Gospel Kazako has been appointed information minister and his sister-in-law Agnes Nkusa Nkhoma is the deputy agriculture minister.
President Chakwera’s previous appointee in the justice ministry lawyer Modercai Msiska refused to take up the position saying it would look like a reward for representing him in court during the case that nullified President Peter Mutharika’s election win.
The president criticised his predecessor for being nepotistic and filling his cabinet with people from his region.
Another criticism of President Chakwera’s cabinet is that it comprises more than 70% of people from the central region which happens to be his political stronghold.
Malawians online reacted to the appointments: Alfie Saweta wrote: “I will not lie, I am greatly underwhelmed by the cabinet list. Perhaps our expectations were too high. Husband and wife and the wife’s cousin all in one cabinet, really?” Hugo Mlewa wrote: “He should have avoided family relations, simple…son of…husband of…brother of… Work hard work hard while he is lazy appointing families…Chilima said Malawi is not a family affair… two families. And here he is approving families in cabinet.”
We asked if the Guy will give Malawian a new constitution, or He was to ride on the old one, which His Predecessors’ used to oppress and suppress Malawian.
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Chakwera aliingia na support ya the Richest Man in East Africa, Gideon Moi.
Arror kama ataingia kwa kiti ni ordinary citizens watamuingiza, sio pesa ya parasitic owners of capital. So far hakuna relative wa Arror anafanya biashara na serikali.