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Parliament has unanimously confirmed Thomas Makiwa to be country’s Auditor General.
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera appointed Makiwa on the post few days ago.
Makiwa received support from both sides of the House, including the Public Appointments Committee through a report presented by its Chairperson Joyce Chitsulo.
According to Finance Minister Sosten Gwengwe, Makiwa was born on January 4, 1977 and comes from Shuga Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kalembo in Balaka District.
Makiwa begun his education at St Paul the Apostle Seminary in Mangochi, thereafter he was selected to the University of Malawi at the then Polytechnic, where he graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree with a Credit.
In 2010, the Government of Malawi sent him to Coventry University in the United Kingdom where he successfully obtained a Master of Science in Finance with a distinction.
The office of the Auditor General has been vacant since 2018.
