Wednesday, April 21, 2021
  • About Us
  • ImagiNATION
  • Adverts
  • Rate Card
  • Contact Us
The Nation Online
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Life & Style
    • Every Woman
      • Soul
      • Family
    • Religion
    • Feature
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Chichewa
  • Enation
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Life & Style
    • Every Woman
      • Soul
      • Family
    • Religion
    • Feature
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Chichewa
  • Enation
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
Home Front Page

Malawi Cabinet turns down salary increments amid public outcry

by Paida Mpaso
12/12/2014
in Front Page, National News
2 min read
0
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedinLinkedinShare via Email

Public pressure on Malawi President and his Cabinet has forced the ministers to delay a pay rise.

The Cabinet has said “no” to the 168 percent salary increment Treasury announced last week and backdated to October 1 2014.

RelatedHeadlines

ACB State House probe nears completion

Funding woes choke K31bn rice project

Prepare for life without tobacco—Chakwera

Gondwe: They will not even claim arrears or whatsoever
Gondwe: They will not even claim arrears or whatsoever

The Cabinet’s decision comes hot on the heels of negative public reaction to the increment.

The public and social commentators described the raise as unreasonable in the wake of the prevailing economic situation in the country.

President Peter Mutharika and Vice-President Saulos Chilima also said they deferred their increment until the economy improved.

Announcing the Cabinet decision in Lilongwe yesterday, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe said the Cabinet ministers and their deputies are following in the footsteps of the President and the Vice-President.

Said Gondwe: “To this effect, the ministers whose decision is expected to save about K100 million (about $200 000) will not even claim their arrears whatsoever.”

Last week, our sister newspaper, Weekend Nation, revealed that effective October 1, salaries for members of Parliament (MPs), Cabinet ministers, leader of opposition in Parliament, the President and the Vice-President were increased by 376 percent, 168 percent and 80 percent, respectively.

Reacting to the news on Monday, leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, could not indicate whether he would get the increment.

Chakwera called the President a hypocrite and said his government is trying to divert Malawians’ attention from real issues.

However, government spokesperson Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, called Chakwera a Pharisee and said Mutharika needed to be given space because he inherited a country on the verge of collapse.

In August this year, Mutharika rejected a 600 percent proposed salary increment for Cabinet ministers and called it unethical.

And last month, he also dismissed salary increment proposals from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) which, among others, put the Speaker’s salary at K3.3 million (about $6 600) per month.

Avatar
Paida Mpaso
Previous Post

Mzuzu police recover stolen vehicle

Next Post

State House evicts nine teachers

Related Posts

Trapence: The delay is frustrating
National News

ACB State House probe nears completion

April 21, 2021
Chilima | The Nation Online
National News

Funding woes choke K31bn rice project

April 21, 2021
Chakwera and the First Lady admire tobacco at the auction floors
National News

Prepare for life without tobacco—Chakwera

April 21, 2021
Next Post
eviction | The Nation Online

State House evicts nine teachers

Opinions and Columns

My Turn

Honour Malewezi posthumously

April 21, 2021
Big Man Wamkulu

Hot babe wants to trap me, should I ran?

April 18, 2021
Political Uncensored

Mighty mess!

April 18, 2021
My Thought

Chakwera’s indecisiveness will be his downfall

April 18, 2021
https://www.mwnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WFP-Afikepo-1-2.pdf https://www.mwnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WFP-Afikepo-1-2.pdf https://www.mwnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WFP-Afikepo-1-2.pdf

Trending Stories

  • FB IMG 1618917210807 | The Nation Online

    ‘Tobacco is dying crop’

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Suspension without pay sparks debate

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NGOs hail Chakwera, urge caution

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Chakwera unhappy with Neef bottlenecks

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Refugees ask govt to review relocation order

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Values
  • Our Philosophy
  • Editorial policy
  • Advertising Policy
  • Code of Conduct
  • Plagiarism disclaimer
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use

© 2021 Nation Publications Limited. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Life & Style
    • Every Woman
      • Soul
      • Family
    • Religion
    • Feature
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Chichewa
  • Enation

© 2020 Nation Publications Limited. All Rights Reserved.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.