Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled Monday's Independence Day Celebrations and whittled down his inauguration ceremony to an invite-only guest list of 100. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta had chosen Baringo Senator Gideon Moi to represent him at the inauguration. But Chakwera said in a statement that the funds of the celebration should be channelled to Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. Low-key celebrationOn Saturday, Chakwera ordered his inauguration ceremony be scaled down amid a surge of coronavirus cases, dampening excitement around his election win. Coronavirus is spreading everywhere in Malawi and it's spreading to kill," he said in a televised address.

Source: The Star July 06, 2020 06:33 UTC