Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has said President Lazarus Chakwera is not just wasting tax payer’s money through recent travels, but helping Malawi clinch critical foreign partnerships meant to assist the economy.

This comes at a time Chakwera is being criticized for continued local foreign travel.

But Kazako says Malawians have to understand the importance of the president’s engagements.

“So, let us give President sometime and see benefits of some travels such as that to Durban. We know that people complained about that, but let us see what he was doing there? We need partnerships, we need good mining, South Africa is a country with a good economy. We therefore need to work on our friendship with South Africa’’ said Kazako.

Many Malawians are criticizing Chakwera for being on the road almost daily and today is in Salima.