Malawi: Chihana's Second VP Office Running On Zero Funding Yet Travels Keep Mounting

Malawi: Chihana's Second VP Office Running On Zero Funding Yet Travels Keep Mounting

The Office of the Second Vice-President (OSVP) -- created barely weeks ago -- is already exposing deep cracks in the Mutharika administration's governance, accountability, and austerity narrative.

Chihana’s Second VP Office Running on Zero Funding Yet Travels Keep Mounting - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

The Office of the Second Vice-President (OSVP) — created barely weeks ago — is already exposing deep cracks in the Mutharika administration’s governance, accountability, and austerity narrative. Despite being a constitutionally recognised office, the Second VP’s office has no budget, no vote, and no direct access to public funds. Yet its occupant, Enock Chihana, is […] The post Chihana’s Second VP Office Running on Zero Funding Yet Travels Keep …

Second VP’s office yet to get funding

The Office of the Second Vice-President says it is yet to access direct funding and is in the meantime relying on the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) for its operations. Principal Secretary in the Office of the Second VP Madalo Nyambose said in an interview yesterday that since the office was newly created, no budget vote was allocated for its activities. However, she expressed hope that the budget review in progress in Parliament woul…