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Jan92023 by By Suleman ChiteraNo Comments

Joseph Mwanamveka Schools Tonse Alliance On The Next Budget

By Suleman ChiteraFormer finance minister Joseph Mwanamvekha who is also Democratic Progressive party Presidential aspirant has advised Chakwera led government to consider addressing public debt, energy and forex crisis and fiscal deficit in the next budget to be presented in parliament.Mwanamvekha said this in an interview yesterday ahead of the 2023/24 Pre-Budget Consultation Meetings which start today in Blantyre.Giving his input on how the next budget should be framed, he said that looking at the debt levels, if government continues this trajectory Malawi is at risk of becoming bankrupt.Mwanamvekha said: “The minister of Finance should immediately stop borrowing and start seeking budgetary support, grants and restricting of the current debt.“The minister of Finance should e...

Nov142022 by By Suleman ChiteraNo Comments

Fertiliser deal fraudulent—AG

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Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has said preliminary findings from the botched K750 million fertiliser transaction show that the deal had all the hallmarks of fraud and will help Malawi build a strong case.In an interview from Germany yesterday where he went to meet German prosecutors to help Malawi fully recover K750 million, he said it is all clear the United Kingdom (UK) firm, Barkaat Foods Limited, was bent on defrauding the Malawi Government.Chakaka-Nyirenda: The money would be ultimately recovered in fullNyirenda said the firm opened an account in Geramny in May 2022 where it deposited money in June 2022.The Fidor Bank, he said, issued a suspicious t r a n s a c t i o n r e p o r t , compelling the Munich prosecutors to freeze the accountThe AG said: ...

Oct252022 by By Suleman Chitera1 Comment

Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe Fired For Stealing K30 Billion AIP Funds

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President Lazarus Chakwera has fired Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe and his Deputy Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima owing to what he calls serious problems that have rocked the Affordable Input Program this year.Chakwera says a litany of bad decision about the program smack of high incompetence and gross negligence.The Malawi leader says the contract which the Ministry went into with a British company which has allegedly duped government of way over K750 million is unacceptable.Chakwera says an instituted investigation shows that the Ministry paid sums of money to two different bank accounts in different countriesHe says government is working on recovering the money.The President has since appointed Sam Kawale as the new Minister of Agriculture. He has hinted at more changes t...

Oct232022 by By Suleman ChiteraNo Comments

Chakwera Hails Yao Heritage For Fostering National Unity

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President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says government considers cultural groups as strategic partners in national development.The Malawi leader was speaking at Mangochi Stadium at this year's Chiwanja Cha Ayao Cultural Festival.In his address, Dr Chakwera observed that a nation that develops its infrastructure and industries without developing its cultural identity is a nation without values.The Malawi leader hailed the Yao Community for succeeding in preserving their tradition without isolating themselves from active participation in matters of national interest.He noted that the Yao Community is contributing positively towards ending child marriages by doing away with harmful cultural practices and promoting education by outlawing initiation camps when schools are in session....

Oct192022 by Malawi Freedom NetworkNo Comments

Arrest Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe

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Critics are pushing President Lazarus Chakwera to stop treating Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe with kid gloves in the wake of the bogus fertiliser procurement deal.Despite being accused of involvement in the K30 billion Affordable Input Programme – AIP fertiliser scam, Lowe and his top ministry officials are still discharging their duties normally.Some opposition political parties and other Civil Society Organisations claim that Chakwera is failing to act on Lowe owing to their family relation ties.Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee Chairperson, Shadreck Namalomba, wonders why those involved are not either suspended or dismissed to pave way for investigations.Weighing his views on the matter Executive Director of the Centre for Social Accountability and Transparency (C...

Sep162022 by Malawi Freedom NetworkNo Comments

Immigration Repatriates 39 Ethiopians National

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Immigration authorities in Lilongwe in conjunction with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have repatriated the fourth phase of 39 Ethiopian nationals through Kamuzu International Airport.National Public Relations Officer for the Department of Immigration, Pasqually Zulu, said the exercise which is being supported by both the governments of Malawi and Ethiopia managed to repatriate 39 Ethiopian nationals who were supposed to be repatriated last week Friday. However, the exercise was cancelled due to technical and logistical challenges."Through the initiative which started in August we have managed to repatriate a total of 179 Ethiopians in three phases through the Kamuzu International Airport," Zulu said.He said currently, Maula Prison has 171 Ethiopians remaini...

Aug22022 by By Suleman ChiteraNo Comments

Zameer Karim’s K2.7 Billion Police Food Ration Case Resumes

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The K2.7 billion police food ration court case involving businessperson Zameer Karim, Police Senior Superintendent, Grant Kachingwe and Commissioner of Police, Innocent Bottoman (now deceased) has resumed in Lilongwe before High Court Judge Annabel Mtalimanja.The court has since ordered the State not to use any direct evidence against Bottoman since he is deceased and cannot defend himself.The State is currently parading witnesses in the case, where the three are accused of conspiring to use public office for the advantage of Karim of Pioneer Investments, to arbitrarily obtain K2.7 billion from Malawi Government.

Jun192022 by Malawi Freedom NetworkNo Comments

The Britons Wants To Capture Malawi And The Bait Is Zuneth Sattar

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Analysis By Trim Chasweka ContributorWhen you go fishing you use bait to catch fish, Zuneth Sattar is the bait to catch MalawiFACT: What the eye catches from the media, especially the social media is mostly misleading – at least, here in Malawi.UK has never had good will to MalawiThere is a bigger war than meets the eye, in terms of the back-room politics in Malawi, that is targeting to remove Tonse government led by President Lazarus Chakwera and his vice Dr Saulos Chilima, the plot is master minded by the Britons on smear campaign in the name to fight corruption in Malawi and the door to get Malawi to fulfill their mission is to suspect Sattar corruption,Exposed! British NCA bankrolls PIJ and other agents to victimize the President, Vice President, Government official...

Jun172022 by Malawi Freedom NetworkNo Comments

The British NCA Operations In Malawi Remain Questionable, Britons Aim To Topple Tonse Government

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Exposed! British NCA bankrolls PIJ to victimize successful business persons, politicians, judges in MalawiThe truth be told! The establishment of Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) as an independent hub for public interest still remain questionable.With about a year into full operation, the platform gets direct funding from British National Crime Agency (NCA) via British High Commission Office in Malawi.But the leadership grouping of Gregory Gondwe (former Times group reporter), Golden Matonga (former Nation Newspaper reporter), Rabecca Chinjeka (Times Group reporter), Suzgo Chitete (Nation Publication Limited), Kondwani Bell Munthali (Former Nation Newspaper reporter, now in United Kingdom-UK) and other invisible pens will not tell you where they get funding of its op...

Jun162022 by Malawi Freedom NetworkNo Comments

Irish Govt Pumps K20 Billion Into Social Cash Transfer Program

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Minister of Finance, Sosten Gwengwe and Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Seamus O'Grady, have signed a grant agreement of over K20 billion to support the implementation of Social Cash Transfer programmes in Ntcheu and Balaka districts.The over K20 billion grant is an increase from the K13 billion the Irish Government pumped into the programme in the past years.Speaking during the signing ceremony O'Grady said his government is committed to continuing to assist Malawi in various development programmes.In his remarks, Gwengwe said the support by the Irish government signifies the cordial working relationship between the two countries.He said the support will go a long way in addressing the many challenges the rural masses in Malawi face.