President Lazarus Chakwera has just done what Peter Mutharika could only dream of — putting 20,517 Malawian youth straight into jobs. On Friday, the Local Government Service Commission, backed by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Local Government, dropped the long-awaited results for IPTE cohorts 14 to 17 after nationwide interviews held last month. The new recruits will be deployed across all 28 districts, filling classrooms and fueling hope.
This is not just paperwork — it’s a political thunderclap. Chakwera has delivered the single largest teacher recruitment drive in Malawi’s history, sending a clear message that his presidency is about jobs, not empty promises. For thousands of young graduates who had waited in limbo, the dream of employment has finally arrived.
And that’s why the drumbeat for Chakwera to govern until 2030 is growing louder. He is building a future, while his rival Peter Mutharika — already rejected by Malawians and weighed down by age — is looking more like the past. The contrast is brutal: Chakwera is putting pens and paychecks in the hands of youth, while Mutharika is stuck rewriting excuses.
