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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>State House says it is unfair for people to question the appointment of President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s daughter as a diplomat. Press Secretary Brian Banda made the remarks at the State House Brief in Lilongwe this morning.<\/p>\n

Chakwera sent his daughter Violet Chakwera Mwasinga to Brussels, Belgium to work as third secretary at the Malawi mission. It was also revealed that Violet obtained her degree from unaccredited institution.<\/p>\n

Asked if the appointment of Violet is a sign that Chakwera has ditched his promise to end nepotism, Banda said Chakwera has made over 2,000 appointments and it is unfair for people to make such a conclusion based on a single appointment.<\/p>\n

Banda further argued that Violet Chakwera went through normal recruitment processes and she was vetted. \u201cShe is qualified and capable to do the job. The only sin is that she is the president\u2019s daughter. That is unfair and worrisome,\u201d said Banda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. State House says it is unfair for people to question the appointment of President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s daughter as a diplomat. Press Secretary Brian Banda made the remarks at the State House Brief in Lilongwe this morning. Chakwera sent his daughter Violet Chakwera Mwasinga to Brussels, Belgium to work as third secretary at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,1163,300,306,234,948,949],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-brian-banda","tag-corruption","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-nepotism","tag-violet-chakwera"],"yoast_head":"\nState House defends appointment of Chakwera\u2019s daughter as diplomat - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"State House says it is unfair for people to question the appointment of President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s daughter as a diplo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State House defends appointment of Chakwera\u2019s daughter as diplomat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"State House says it is unfair for people to question the appointment of President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s daughter as a diplo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-20T08:36:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-60f68a38d6be7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"State House defends appointment of Chakwera\u2019s daughter as diplomat\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-20T08:36:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-60f68a38d6be7.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Brian Banda\",\"corruption\",\"Lazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"Nepotism\",\"Violet Chakwera\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/state-house-defends-appointment-of-chakweras-daughter-as-diplomat-2\",\"name\":\"State House defends appointment of Chakwera\u2019s daughter as diplomat - 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