Chrissie Kanyasho
{{Short description|Malawian politician}}
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Chrissie Kanyasho is a Malawian politician who is a member of the National Assembly who represents Nkhata bay North. She was the deputy minister of health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Life
Kanyasho was born in Nkhata Bay.{{Cite web |title=Chrissie Kanyasho|url=https://data.connectedafrica.net/entities/986add83677f46e45728b5e7abbe05fd0f63ed15.a48ed84cefe5133c6d7d900dc9ae1ed1c59a4c17 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=data.connectedafrica.net}}
She was a member of the United Transformation Movement and she represents the constituency of Nkhata bay North. She was first elected in the May 2019 elections.{{Cite web |title=Hon.Chrissie Kanyasho – PWC Malawi |url=https://pwcmalawi.org/hon-chrissie-kanyasho/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |language=en-US}} She is a member of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and she has sat on the Budget Committee and the Pan African Committee.
In 2020 her party's deputy publicity secretary decided to leave the party and he joined the Democratic Progressive Party who were then in government. Kanyasho who was already the party's spokesperson on finance also took the deputy role for publicity.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-27 |title=UTM appoints MP Kanyasho as deputy publicist: Faults Mid-Year Budget - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/utm-appoints-mp-kanyasho-as-deputy-publicist-faults-mid-year-budget/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.nyasatimes.com |language=en-GB}} Later that year the Presidential elections were re-run and Lazarus Chakwera was elected. He had said that he would increase cabinet positions to be 40% women. He narrowly missed his own target but he appointed four women as ministers and eight as deptuty ministers. Kanyasho became the deputy minister of health.{{Cite web |title=Mixed feelings on Malawi's new cabinet |url=https://genderlinks.org.za/news/missed-opportunity-for-50-50-in-malawis-new-cabinet/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gender Links}} In September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic she received supplies from China. China had sent a million dollars worth of medical equipment which included test kits, thirty ventilators and a medical team. The supplies were to be distributed to hospitals.{{Cite web |title=Project {{!}} china.aiddata.org |url=https://china.aiddata.org/projects/92591/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=china.aiddata.org |language=en}}
In January 2021 the Presidenr declared a country wide emergency because pf the pandemic. In July 2021 she noted that the country was facing a third wave of the pandemic and she was thanking the public, the church and Action for Progress Malawi for their assistance.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-23 |title=Govt salutes churches for supporting Malawi’s Covid-19 fight - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/govt-salutes-churches-for-supporting-malawis-covid-19-fight/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.nyasatimes.com |language=en-GB}}
In 2023 she used her constituency development fund to create an office space for teachers at Nthembo school in Nkhata Bay.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=UTM lawmaker Kalamula-Kanyasho hands over office block to Nthembo School - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/utm-lawmaker-kalamula-kanyasho-hands-over-office-block-to-nthembo-school/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.nyasatimes.com |language=en-GB}}
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Category:People from the Northern Region, Malawi