Malawi’s President Names Ken Lipenga as Finance Minister
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Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika named Ken Lipenga as finance minister, replacing Ken Kandodo in a new, smaller cabinet, following protests demanding a cut in state spending.
Mutharika also fired Vice President Joyce Banda and included his wife Callista Mutharika in a 30-member executive, the presidency said in a statement read out on Blantyre-based Malawi Broadcasting Corp. radio. Lipenga was tourism minister in the previous cabinet.