US embassy cable - 04LILONGWE677

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MUTHARIKA MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO CABINET

Identifier: 04LILONGWE677
Wikileaks: View 04LILONGWE677 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Lilongwe
Created: 2004-07-20 14:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PGOV KDEM ECON PINR PREL MI Political
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS LILONGWE 000677 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, KDEM, ECON, PINR, PREL, MI, Political 
SUBJECT: MUTHARIKA MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO CABINET 
 
REF: LILONGWE 520 
 
1. (U) Officials at the Office of the President and Cabinet 
(OPC) announced on July 14 that President Bingu wa Mutharika, 
who already leads the Ministries of Defense and Civil 
Service, will also be responsible for the Ministry of 
Statutory Corporations and Privatization.  Vice President 
Cassim Chilumpha, formerly responsible for the Ministry of 
Statutory Corporations and Privatization, will head the 
newly-created Ministry of Water Development.  In the 
announcement, the Ministry of Women, Child Welfare, and 
Community Services was also renamed the Ministry of Gender, 
Child Welfare, and Community Services. 
 
COMMENT 
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2. (SBU) The Ministry of Water Development is the lead GOM 
agency for several donor-funded initiatives.  Its re-creation 
is a result of concerns on the part of the sponsoring donors 
that the water sector (and consequently their projects) would 
be side-lined, if no specific Ministry took the lead. 
RASPOLIC 

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