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President Peter Mutharika has set record straight that he is not going to tolerate laziness among his cabinet ministers under his watch.
The Malawi leader issued the warning at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the occasion where four cabinet ministers were signing organization performance contracts on Commitment to Public Sector Reforms that are aligned to their respective ministries.
“Signing commitment is not enough. But I want results from you just like other piloting Ministries have done. Underperformance will never be tolerated” he warned
President Mutharika has encouraged his four ministers to spearhead the implementation of the reforms and assured them of total support from his Government.
Signing organization performance contracts a Commitment to Public Sector Reforms were Four cabinet Ministers; Atupele Muluzi Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Grace Chiumia Minister of Sports and Culture, Samuel Tembenu Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs and Joseph Mwanamvekha Minister of Industry and Trade.
President Mutharika also urged each one of them to work tirelessly to promote development issues that are aligned to their respective Ministries.
President Mutharika also shared sentiments made earlier by the Vice President Saulos Chilima that it is no more a secret that significant progress are being registered since implementation of Public Sector Reforms as now the reforms are attracting more attention among Malawians hence there is need to seek commitment from Ministers to promote the implementation of these reforms.
According to Chilima, Chairperson for the Reform Commission, there are a number of achievements through the reforms that are worthy celebrations.
“I would like to assure the nation just like we said on 11th June 2015 that reforms are here to stay” Said Chilima
He mentioned that there are three notable achievements in the last fifteen months which are products of reforms.
He said the Ministry of Education whereby prior to November 2014, was drenched in the big problem of delays in the payment of teachers salaries. But he said after the President Mutharika's approval on reform to decentralise the payment of teachers salaries, things have changed.
"I would like to challenge those who are investigators to investigate this that there is no single months we have delayed salaries for the teachers. This is a progress” said Chilima
He also highlighted that reforms in the Ministry of Home Affairs on printing and issuance of Passports was decentralized as this is now being done in all the regions of Lilongwe and Mzuzu adding "now it is a thing of the past to see people camping in Immigration offices waiting for Passports."
Honorable Chilima said similar progress has been made in Road Traffic Registration System which is now fast and efficient as well as enabling the department to collect more revenue than before.
He also hinted that the process of issuing National Identification Cards to citizens which was expected to begin this year and this months will be lauched later in May and that the change is due to delays in the procurement of some resources. He assured that come 2018 more people will have National ID’s.
Chilima remarks also excited President Mutharika who upon hearing this, congratulated Chilima for highlighting such developments to inform critics that the reforms are indeed happening.
“Our permanent critics looks at the reforms as an event but it is a process. Things are happening” he said while advising critics to be “patient and don’t be over critical”
Eight cabinet Ministers already signed the commitment some two months ago and it is expected that in the next 30 days the remaining Ministers will join the other ministers.
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