58:. The position of DC is appointed by the President of Malawi. DC's are charged with being the point of contact for districts, including being the first respondents of emergency relief in Malawi. The District Assemblies are housed in the District Commissioners Office (DCO). The role of District Commissioners dates back to Malawi's colonial legacy. From 1996 onwards, though, the members of the District Development Committees were the District Commissioner as chairman, traditional chiefs, Local Officials, Party Representatives, Local Members of Parliament and a number of other appointed representatives.
107:
108:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:YH_U-TVECtEJ:training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/Comparative%2520EM%2520Book%2520-%2520Chapter%2520-%2520Emergency%2520Management%2520In%2520Malawi.doc+What+is+a+district+commissioner+Malawi&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh6a2WvKuJ0QazfE3RLVf_hvaP3vgTetHDUkN7ThDh5q4E-jduqaMOHhCoVLUzNEHFFMuZjybVEozp9TgdeOT6Yh3Mb6dmlVA3jr2ZNZFKuFZhsy33fb8gxPzx9Jsoyu-30AfRc&sig=AHIEtbRzpc1z19lvRdz8hWpNnPiYKvtb6w
238:
70:
used them to have access to rural areas. DCs are still appointed by Malawi's central government and are senior administrators in a district who manage district finances. The
District Commissioner is the chief executive of the district.
187:
279:
163:
191:
212:
28:
298:
272:
119:
Chiweza, Asiyati
Lorraine (2005). "Women's Inheritance Rights in Malawi: The Role of District Assemblies".
303:
265:
51:
144:
136:
17:
128:
213:"Neopatrimonial Politics, Decentralisation and Local Government: Uganda and Malawi in 2006"
164:"LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECENTRALIZATION IN MALAWI, KEY TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT | Face Of Malawi"
249:
67:
292:
148:
88:
132:
39:
38:
is an executive post in Malawi for the appointee in charge of the
Districts (
237:
55:
140:
245:
253:
188:"Uncdf - Local Development Funds: An Internal Review"
273:
8:
280:
266:
42:) or administrative localities in Malawi.
27:For other people with the same name, see
80:
7:
234:
232:
54:. The role is similar to that of a
66:DCs emerged from a colonial post.
25:
236:
162:MALAWI, FACE OF (29 July 2011).
29:District Commissioner (Scouting)
18:District Commissioner (Malawi)
1:
252:. You can help Knowledge by
133:10.1080/0961452052000321622
320:
231:
26:
121:Development in Practice
248:-related article is a
36:District Commissioner
299:Government of Malawi
168:www.faceofmalawi.com
52:Districts in Malawi
261:
260:
16:(Redirected from
311:
282:
275:
268:
240:
233:
223:
222:
220:
219:
209:
203:
202:
200:
199:
190:. Archived from
184:
178:
177:
175:
174:
159:
153:
152:
116:
110:
105:
99:
98:
96:
95:
85:
62:Authority of DCs
21:
319:
318:
314:
313:
312:
310:
309:
308:
289:
288:
287:
286:
229:
227:
226:
217:
215:
211:
210:
206:
197:
195:
186:
185:
181:
172:
170:
161:
160:
156:
118:
117:
113:
106:
102:
93:
91:
87:
86:
82:
77:
64:
48:
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
317:
315:
307:
306:
301:
291:
290:
285:
284:
277:
270:
262:
259:
258:
241:
225:
224:
204:
179:
154:
111:
100:
79:
78:
76:
73:
63:
60:
47:
44:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
316:
305:
302:
300:
297:
296:
294:
283:
278:
276:
271:
269:
264:
263:
257:
255:
251:
247:
242:
239:
235:
230:
214:
208:
205:
194:on 2011-09-27
193:
189:
183:
180:
169:
165:
158:
155:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
115:
112:
109:
104:
101:
90:
84:
81:
74:
72:
69:
61:
59:
57:
53:
50:There are 28
45:
43:
41:
37:
30:
19:
304:Malawi stubs
254:expanding it
243:
228:
216:. Retrieved
207:
196:. Retrieved
192:the original
182:
171:. Retrieved
167:
157:
127:(1): 83–89.
124:
120:
114:
103:
92:. Retrieved
83:
65:
49:
35:
33:
40:Prefectures
293:Categories
218:2016-08-16
198:2011-08-10
173:2016-08-16
94:2016-08-16
75:References
46:Background
149:218524820
89:"Malawi"
56:governor
141:4030169
246:Malawi
147:
139:
244:This
145:S2CID
137:JSTOR
68:Banda
250:stub
129:doi
295::
166:.
143:.
135:.
125:15
123:.
34:A
281:e
274:t
267:v
256:.
221:.
201:.
176:.
151:.
131::
97:.
31:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.