After sidelining majority of his former cabinet ministers who tumbled during the May 19 polls, President Bingu wa Mutharika has gradually started appeasing some by appointing them into parastatal boards.Hearing their names first are Davies Chester Katsonga (pictured) and Ted Kalebe. The two have been appointed as new chairmen of the struggling Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) and the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) respectively.
Kalebe and Katsonga were both Members of Parliament (MPs) and cabinet ministers during Mutharikas last administration, but were left out after they failed to defend their seats in Mwanza Central and Lilongwe North East during the May 19 polls.
Katsonga, a former Minister of Labour was defeated by an independent MP Nicholas Dausi whoile Kalebe, a former Economic Planning and Development lost his seat to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lefani Thyolera.
According to a press release issued by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) on Monday, the appointments are with immediate effect.
ESCOM was previously chaired by Professor Donton Mkandawire who is now ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Mzimba Central Parliamentarian while LWB was under the chairmanship of Ken Kandodo, current Minister of Finance and DPP Member of Parliament for Kasungu Central.
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