Dr-Anjimile-mtila-Oponyo-as-Principal-Secretary-in-the-Ministry-of-Education

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Dr Anjimile mtila Oponyo as Principal Secretary
in the Ministry of Education
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Malawi President Joyce Banda has appointed her
young sister, Dr Anjimile mtila Oponyo as
Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology.The
ministrys pokesperson Lindiwe Chide confirmed
Anjimile Mtila Oponyo will be PS for Basic and
Secondary Education.An educationist, Dr
Anjimile Mtila Oponyo worked for the World Bank,
International Monetray Fund and at the UN
headquarters in New York for some time.
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She is a graduate of George Washington University
where she received her Masters in
Education.Anjimile Mtila Oponyo was hired by
Madonna to run a school for girls the US pop star
set up in Malawi, although that project collapsed
and she was sacked.Accoridng to published
reports on Wednesday, Anjimile Mtila Oponyo
reported for duties at the ministrys Capital
Hill headquarters on Monday this week.
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Chide said the ministry now has four PSs,
including controlling officer and secretary for
Education, Science and Technology John Bisika,
secretary for the Malawi Universities Development
Programme Dr. MacPhail Magwira and secretary for
Higher Education Lonely Magareta.
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During the Bingu wa Mutharika reign, he appointed
his brother Peter Mutharika first as a legal
counsel when he took a sabbatical from a US
University where he was a professor of law.He
later drafter him into his cabinet and anointed a
successor, a plan which could not materialize as
Mutharika died in office to pave way for Banda ,
who was vice president