Lazarus Chakwera is sworn in after winning Malawi’s historic presidential election.
oath of office had to be retaken after Nyirenda omitted to use the Bible the first time around.
He vowed to be president for all, including those whose vote he did not get the election and people who regard the prospect of his presidency “with fear and grief”. He said, however, that the gains of that struggle seem to have been eroded over the years by poverty and stagnation.
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