The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, has already formed his cabinet, and has appointed nine citizens with "exposed business interests in various sectors" as ministers, five of whom have companies in the areas of the ministries they head.

According to the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), these are the Ministers of Transport and Logistics, João Matlombe; Mineral Resources and Energy, Estevão Pale; Interior, Paulo Chachine; Justice, Mateus Saíze; and Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Roberto Albino.

The Minister of Transport and Logistics, João Matlombe, is the owner of CITI Transportes - Sociedade Unipessoal, Limitada (2017), whose main corporate purpose is to work with the government and municipalities to design and implement transport and urban development projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. The corporate object of João Matlombe's transport company is a reflection of the projects he designed as a councillor for Transport and Traffic in the Maputo Municipal Council (CMM).

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estevão Tomás Rafael Pale, has interests in 18 companies operating in various sectors, including tourism, health, mineral resources, commerce, agriculture and technology. His wife and children are involved in the business. Most of the mining companies, 9 of the 11, were set up during the period when Estevão Pale was CEO of Companhia Moçambicana de Hidrocarbonetos (CMH), between 2005 and 2020.

The Minister of the Interior, Paulo Chachine, has become a partner in the company Nello Gonçalves Filho Espingardaria e Carreira de Tiros, Limitada, dedicated to the import and export of firearms articles. The company was set up in April 2021, a month after he began his duties as Commander of the Police Order and Security Branch on March 12, in partnership with Pedro Manuel Prazeres Gonçalves. The sector that Paulo Chachine heads has the privilege of acquiring goods and services by direct award. He has interests in other companies that also include his son, Paulo Chachine Júnior.

The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Roberto Mito Albino, owns two companies operating in the agricultural sector, set up during the 13 years he was Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA) of the Zambezi Valley Development Agency. He has business interests in construction, culture and consultancy, and is involved in the business of providing services in the areas of accounting, auditing and consultancy in economics and management, commerce and equity management.

The Minister of Justice, Mateus Saíze, is a partner in a company whose object is, among other things, to provide legal advice to public and private institutions, audits, procurement, legal representation and prosecution. He has a share of five million meticais, corresponding to 12.5% of the company's share capital.

The Minister of Defense, Cristóvão Chume, has business interests in the mining, trade and transport sectors. The company Monapo Stone, Limitada, incorporated on May 3, 2023, about two years after he was appointed Minister of National Defense, is dedicated to prospecting for minerals, namely aquamarine, beryl, copper, emerald, spodumene, iron, garnet, lepidolite, associated ores, morganite, gold, quartz, ruby tantalite and tourmaline. Among others, it holds 49% of the share capital of a driving school.

The list released by CIP includes the government spokesman and Minister of State Administration and Civil Service, Inocêncio Impissa, who has interests in the company Impissa & Rocha Advogados, Limitada; the Minister of Combatants, Nyeleti Mondlane, who has business interests in the transport, trade and mineral resources sectors; and the Minister in the Presidency for Civil House Affairs, Ricardo Sengo, who has interests in the energy and mining, transport, agriculture and housing, health and tourism sectors.

For CIPAlthough it is not a constitutional irregularity, having a government with individuals with business interests is a risk, as they have the power to "influence decisions in the sectors they run, as well as potential conflicts of interest in public procurement processes" for their own benefit.