Since the start of this week, some students have been pushing authorities at the institution to pay their training allowances. As of today, the students started rioting, blocking the Zomba and Mangochi road and demanding money from the users in the process. However, Mussa blamed the students for providing wrong details to the institutions for […]
Maweru admits that this year’s fertilizer purchase has been a nightmare, because of forex challenges. He has however failed to say whether his firing, that of the Minister and the deputy are sacrifices saying they were the leaders and has to be fired. He believes the former CEO of SFFRFM Andy Kalinde wanted to sabotage […]
Testimonies on the first day of a public inquiry into the botched K750 million (about $725 000) fertiliser import deal have laid bare disregard of procurement procedures and contradictions among players in the transaction. The testimony further contradicted President Lazarus Chakwera’s assertion that the payment was an agency fee as Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund […]
The Board Chairperson of Smallholder Farmers’ Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) Majorie Maluwa Phiri has told a joint Parliamentary Enquiry team that only the Ministry of Agriculture made a decision to reach a deal and pay K700million to a bogus United Kingdom-UK agent to supply fertilizers without thier knowledge. Maluwa Phiri then explained that […]
Following a robbery case at Kasungu Standard Bank on the night of 27 October, 2022 where a security guard was murdered and cash amounting to K31, 476, 000.00 was stolen, the Malawi Police Service set up a special team of police detectives to investigate the robbery that revealed that it involved a gang of four […]
Phalombe, November 1: Phalombe Third Grade Magistrate Court on Friday, convicted and ordered three men to pay a fine of K50,000 each for stealing Malawi national flags that were mounted along the road a day before President Dr Lazarus Chakwera visited the district to officially open Phalombe district hospital. State prosecutor William Pahuwa told the […]
Tonse Cabinet Ministers involved in the AIP fertiliser deal syndicate The executive bypassed and flouted all procuring procedures to loot the ministry, SFFRFM Chief Executive Officer Richard Chikunkhuzeni has told a joint parliamentary committee that the K750 million fertiliser deal which went sour was more exciting to the Ministry of Agriculture than any other stakeholder. […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Minister of Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda as the new chairperson for the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) Taskforce effective today. Government spokesperson Gospel Kazako has confirmed the development saying Chimwendo Banda replaces Sam Kawale who was last week appointed Agriculture Minister. Chimwendo Banda has been a member of the taskforce which […]
Yesterday MCP had a successful NEC meeting which lasted for many hours. During the indaba MCP has endorsed President Chakwera as 2025 presidential candidate. People did not agree on replacing the late vice president Sidik Mia. Others wanted to endorse his wife ABIDA as his successor but it had received more resistance. Most of MCP […]
