Africa-Press – Malawi. The donor community has expressed worries with President Lazarus Chakwera’s continued local and external travel, at a time that the country’s economy is not performing well. Contradicting his own austerity measures which he had set months ago.
In a recent report which this publication has in its possession, in the 30 months President Chakwera has been in office, on average he has been on the road and in the air monthly and spend less of that time in office.
Chakwera has demonstrated lack of financial prudence if his travels are anything to go about, posing threat to the economic recovery of Malawi. The donor community and development partners have expressed worries with this development which is draining a lot of public resources and in return not benefitting Malawians.
Speaking on condition anonymity, one of donor community representatives said Chakwera is a disappointment to his appetite for petty trips. “This is very unfortunate situation to see a sensible leader keep on travelling globally when his citizens are grappling with economic mess. These trips could be avoided or delegated to his cabinet ministers.
“How could you expect support from donor community with financial bail out when the leader keeps on draining the same resources meant for the poor,” worried the rep. Malawi economy has been performing badly since Chakwera took over leadership in 2020.
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