Malawi Parliament has passed Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill which removes VAT on selected items, including cooking oil, tap water and sanitary pads. Speaking with reporters, Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe said Malawians should expect that come 1st April, VAT on the said items will be removed because it is for the benefit of the […]
The Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM) Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 has commenced hearing of a case involving four Kalinyeke Toll gate employees who are accused of fraud. The four suspects are charged on two counts of fraud and false accounting, and theft by public servants. About MK9 million is alleged to have […]
By Esnath Kalawe As a campaigh trail being championed by Lilongwe City Council(LCC) The Reunion Insurance, LCC and GLF Lilongwe Chapter last saturday joined efforts in tree planting activity along Lingadzi river in narea 47, Lilongwe. The innitiative is part of fulfilling Reunion Insurance corporate social responsibility to support the making Lilongwe Green Campaigh which […]
The National Planning Commission (NPC) says a sustainable and resilient agriculture sector will help the country attain a middle-income status by 2030. The commission’s knowledge and learning director Joseph Nagoli said this on Thursday in Mangochi during a Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) Agricultural and Food-system Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy conference. A market […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Chief Executive Officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda Monday stormed some business premises in Blantyre and accused some companies of buying electricity from parallel structures. Kumwenda alleged that one of the companies has been dubiously buying electricity from Escom and Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) employees for a long time, charging that it […]
A few days before the 2021-22 financial year comes to an end, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has confirmed that implementation of Health Facilities Project has failed to take off as planned. The initiative targeted to rehabilitate public health facilities, thereby helping the Central Government meet its goal of improving access to healthcare services. […]
Police in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota have arrested Yesaya Qoto, 23, for being found in possession of fake K5000 banknotes. He was arrested on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Dwangwa Trading Centre when he was trying to transact the money into his Airtel Money wallet. Police have seized 115 suspected Five Thousand Kwacha notes bearing one serial […]
The Office of the President and Cabinet – OPC and the Central Medical Stores Trust, have become the first public institutions to be reported to the Malawi Human Rights Commission – MHRC over alleged violation of the Access to Information Law. The two institutions, are being accused of refusing to release information to two citizens, […]
Police officers been called upon to refrain from corruption and mistreating of suspects as it fuels loss of public trust, leading to rise in cases of mob justice and vandalism of the police stations during public demonstrations. Eastern Region Community Policing Coordinator, Superintendent Memory Mgeni made the call on Monday during an elective meeting of […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has granted bail to Ahmed Mohammed Chunara who was arrested on Monday, in connection with the on-going K5 billion cement-gate scandal. Magistrate Florence Msekandiwana granted the bail after Chunara’s lawyer, Gilbert Khonyongwa had asked the court to treat his client the same way it treated the other people answering the same […]
