Judiciary Chief Corporate Affairs and Public Relations Officer Ruth Mputeni has scooped two awards at the Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM) Excellence Awards held in Salima.

Mputeni has been named the 2026 Overall PR Practitioner of the Year and also won the Public Sector PR Practitioner of the Year award.
Meanwhile, Happy Njalammano of the Independent Complaints Commission has been named the Up-and-Coming PR Practitioner of the Year for demonstrating resilience and adaptability in the digital media space.

Other notable winners include National Bank of Malawi, which received the Excellence in Corporate Communication award, while First Capital Bank’s Memory Mwathengere was named Corporate PR Practitioner of the Year.
The Malawi Law Commission won Excellence in Public Sector Communication, while COMSIP received the Excellence in Development Communication award.
The Malawi Electoral Commission was also recognised for Excellence in Crisis Communication, while Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Justin Saidi was honoured as an Honorary Fellow of PRSM.
The awards were part of PRSM’s 10th anniversary celebrations.

