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Outdated energy laws affecting Mera functions
Gaps in current laws governing the energy sector are said to be restricting Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) in…
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Serious audit needed at Ministry of Health—PAC
Parliamentary Public Affairs Committee (PAC) chairperson Alekeni Menyani has said issues of maladministration at the Ministry of Health can only…
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Admarc a tool for money laundering—PAC
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has branded the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) as a cash cow for…
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PAC warns ministries on ghost workers
Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Alekeni Menyani has said government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) should stop hiding behind…
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Secretary says delinking ministries affecting record keeping
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism acting Principal Secretary (PS) Elsie Tembo says the delinking and dissolution of ministries is…
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PAC for carbon dating machines to verify documents
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua has said the country needs a carbon dating machine to authenticate documents…
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Think Pink targets more rural women in early screening
Think Pink Malawi founder Blandina Khondowe says her organisation seeks to reach out to more women, especially in the rural…
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Nasfam fears debt might choke economy
The National Association of Smallholder Farmers in Malawi (Nasfam) has expressed fear with the country’s high debt levels, saying…
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Audit exposes more rot
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) scrutiny of Malawi Government financial reports for 2014/15 yesterday exposed more rot, pointing to abuse…
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PAC fears more public funds abused
Revelations that about K260.7 billion in public funds could not be accounted for in the 2013/14 financial year have…
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Mutharika breaks silence on bloodsuckers
President Peter Mutharika has broken his silence on the issue of bloodsuckers that has created tension and fear in affected…
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NSO needs K9 billion more for 2018 census
The National Statistical Office (NSO) says it needs an additional K9 billion for it to effectively conduct the September…
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Egenco outlines power generation challenges
Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) has outlined power production challenges, saying its generation capacity will continue to be negatively affected…
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MPs describe Ovop as a flop, fraud channel
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the One Village One Product (Ovop) project a failure and potential fraud…
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Kidney Foundation dates MPs
Patients and guardians of people suffering from kidney failure recently dated the Parliamentary Committee on Health to lobby for…
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Auditor General for data protection law
Auditor General Stevenson Kamphasa has bemoaned a lack of Data Protection Act in the country as a loophole which…
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Admarc taken to task over K4.4bn maize proceeds
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has demanded information from State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) on…
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7 billion kwacha ‘vanishes’
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development officials yesterday failed to account for K7 billion expenditure in the 2013/14 financial…
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Parliament’s PAC justifies rejection of agencies
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has justified parliamentary committees’ rejection of representatives of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) not having…
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PAC brands 2012/13 worst in public finance management
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the 2012/13 fiscal year as marred by laxity and lawlessness in the management…
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