The commission described this as an act of unsound judgement.Ĭhakwera said he summoned Kayuni to express his disappointment over the act of unsound judgment because he considers it as a breach of public trust and a great failure on the part of Kayuni. The commission in its report faulted Kayuni for filing a personal complaint on matters involving his office as DPP while still holding that office. Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has maintained Martha Chizuma as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general but has fired Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steven Kayuni for using his position to settle a personal injury.Ĭhakwera has addressed Malawians this morning following the release of a Commission of Inquiry Report into the arrest of Chizuma over her leaked audio.Ĭhizuma was arrested on December 6 after a complaint from Kayuni who said that he was injured due to the comments Chizuma made in the audio. MCP working with police to arrest supporters who assaulted journalist National.Should Malawi Switch from Unitary to Federalism as a System of Government? National.Chakwera administration afraid to arrest illegal Asians, goes after black asylum seekers and refugees National.ZiliMwaIfe: Airtel Malawi unveils five finalists National.Congratulations Bullets: De Jongh says decisions by officials taking League title to Bullets National.World Union of Catholic Women Organizations elects Malawian Lucy Vokhiwa as Board Member National.Region 5 Amateur golf challenge tees off in Lilongwe National.Age Africa to continue support girls’ education National.Malawi Police bust fake money operation in Nsanje National.CDEDI says AG Nyirenda has failed Malawians again National. Nomads eye top spot as two Northern Region teams invade Lilongwe National.Lilongwe Police block vendors from presenting their concerns to court National.Entrepreneurship key to reducing unemployment rate among the youths National.Nyabingi Sambo: Peter wayamba za chamba cha lege National.K20 million toilet constructed in Mzuzu National.“That is how we will fulfill the dream of a new Malawi that will be for everyone. “Those of you that celebrate, celebrate with a humanness that all Malawians deserve so that we have the magnanimity of celebrating a victory that is not for one man, not for one woman, not for one party, not for one group, but for all of us together,” said Chakwera. Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party issued a statement on Saturday calling on the electoral commission to annul the results of the second vote and declare a third election, but Mutharika did not call for that when he spoke to the press.Īcknowledging the discontent of Mutharika’s supporters, Chakwera asked them in his inaugural speech to give him a chance to earn their trust and to make his election a win for all Malawians. The defeated incumbent Mutharika criticized the rerun election as “the worst in Malawi’s history” but he urged the country to “move on peacefully” speaking to the media in Blantyre on Saturday. The Malawi Human Right Commission, one of the observers, endorsed the the rerun election as peaceful and transparent. It was just the second time in Africa that a court has overturned a presidential election, following a ruling on Kenya’s vote in 2017. The Constitutional Court struck down the results, citing widespread irregularities including the use of correction fluid on ballots. It’s an honor forged in the furnace of your desire and your demand for change,” he said.Ĭhakwera’s election came after months of determined street protests against the results of the election more than a year ago, in May 2019, in which Mutharika had been declared the winner. “It’s an honor that feels me with unspeakable joy and immense gratitude. There were night-long celebrations in the cities and towns across the country.Ĭhakwera, 65, said said it was an honor to stand before inaugural crowd as their president. “So long as I am its president it will be a home in which you, too, will prosper.”Ĭhakwera won with 58.57% of votes cast, beating the incumbent president Peter Mutharika, according to official results announced by the Malawi Electoral Commission Saturday night. I want you to remember one thing, that this new Malawi is a home to you, too,” said Chakwera. “Perhaps the prospect of my presidency fills you with fear and grief.
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