{"id":10570,"date":"2021-12-02T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-cancels-public-engagements"},"modified":"2021-12-02T18:56:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:56:34","slug":"chakwera-cancels-public-engagements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-cancels-public-engagements","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera cancels public engagements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all his upcoming public engagements with immediate effect. Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi has announced this in a statement this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The president] has cancelled all his public engagements in order to attend to emerging regional and national matters requiring his attention,\u201d Chikhosi said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that all public events requiring the president\u2019s attendance will be delegated to other government officials who will appear at such events on the president\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Today, president Chakwera attended Malawi Police centenary celebration in Lilongwe and he was expected to travel to Rumphi to attend World Aids Commemoration event tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The Malawi leader has been travelling a lot over the past weeks, leading to calls for the president to reduce his travels amid economic challenges which Malawians are facing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all his upcoming public engagements with immediate effect. Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi has announced this in a statement this afternoon. \u201c[The president] has cancelled all his public engagements in order to attend to emerging regional and national matters requiring his attention,\u201d Chikhosi said. 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