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Goodall hints at budget revision
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe says he will examine requests for additional funding in some…
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No value addition in proposed budget—Chiphiko
Chairperson of the Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament Rhino Chiphiko has said the proposed budget estimates lack room for…
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AfDB gives Malawi k13bn budget support
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given Malawi $29 million (about K13 billion) as sector budget support for the…
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Catholic Church for recovery budget
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has asked government to make the 2015/16 fiscal plan a recovery budget to set…
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Be transparent—Chakwera
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera says government should be transparent on how disaster response money is being used before making…
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Parliament staff reject 18% pay hike offer
Parliament Secretariat staff yesterday disrupted business on the second day of the Mid-Term Budget Review meeting when they staged a…
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Opposition parties talk tough on budget review
As the Malawi National Assembly resumes sitting today to review the first six months of implementing the 2014/15 National Budget,…
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Malawi economy woes bother Goodall Gondwe
Malawi’s Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has said the country’s economy is passing through ‘turbulent times’, citing…
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Civil servants want 50% pay raise
A meeting between the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) and its members in Lilongwe yesterday nearly degenerated into chaos after…
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Goodall bows down to pressure
Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has bowed down to pressure from members of Parliament (MPs)…
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Budget skips JB’s chiefs, no pay for 20 000 chiefs she promoted
Twenty-thousand traditional leaders, who were promoted by former president Joyce Banda, have been excluded from the 2014/15 National Budget currently…
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Unions appeal for low income civil servants
The country’s public sector unions have appealed to government to consider a higher increase for lowest paid civil servants who…
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MCTU backs unions on salary rejection
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) has supported civil servants’ rejection of the proposed 24 percent salary increment, saying it…
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Malawi NGOs to disclose expenditures
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will start disclosing and reporting to the public their expenditures as one way of achieving transparency and…
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Budget debate starts Sept 10
Parliament is set to resume sitting next Wednesday when committees are expected to report back on their analysis of the…
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Civil servants say no to 24% pay rise
Two influential public service trade unions have rejected the proposed 24 percent salary increase for civil servants, saying it does…
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Business News
Malawi govt to pay K50bn of arrears in 2014/15 fiscal year
Malawi Government has undertaken to pay K50 billion (about $131m) in the 2014/15 fiscal year as part of the K158…
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Compromise budget: ACB, Police, Judiciary get large increases
Malawi Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe on Tuesday unpacked the 2014/15 National Budget worth K742 billion…
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Global fund demands back k394m from Malawi govt
The Global Fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria has written the Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe asking him to…
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AfDB earmarks K6bn for Malawi budget support
Tunisia-based African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is discussing with government the possibility of resuming budget support to Malawi and…
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