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Devaluation disrupts hunger response, AIP
Thursday’s 44 percent devaluation of the kwacha has negatively affected the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) and the hunger response, forcing…
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Govt backs Chakwera’s frequent foreign travel
Despite concerns from commentators that President Lazarus Chakwera is being insensitive to travel abroad when the country is facing a…
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Dodma says hunger situation worsening
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) says the hunger situation is getting worse by the day and more support will…
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Forex shortage piles pressure on AIP
Government is yet to unlock significant amounts of Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) fertiliser under collateral management as it is still…
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Matemba, former ACB colleagues tussle in court
When the High Court of Malawi Financial and Economic Crimes Division reconvened yesterday, former Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director-general Reyneck Matemba…
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Matemba takes on UK witnesses
Undeterred by dismissal of his bid to question the procedural legality of admitting two United Kingdom-based witnesses, former Anti-Corruption Bureau…
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Court to decide UK witnesses’ fate today
High Court of Malawi Judge Violet Chipao will today rule on whether two witnesses from the United Kingdom’s National Crimes…
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Mera owes Nocma K219 billion
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority is failing to pay National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) K219 billion for under-recoveries in fuel…
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Fuel suppliers owed K63 billion—Mera
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) says fuel importers owe suppliers $59 million (about K63 billion). Mera chief executive officer Henry…
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Farmers AIP fate today—minister
After months of waiting, smallholder farmers are today expected to know their fate on whether they will be supported by…
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10% of education budget lost to class repetitions
Stakeholders have decried the worsening repetition rate in public primary schools, with associated losses estimated to be 10 percent of…
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30 college students suffer food poisoning
Thirty students from Lilongwe Technical College were on Sunday rushed to Bwaila Hospital in the city after they developed stomach…
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SFFRFM to borrow K40bn for fertiliser
Funding challenges have forced Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) to seek a K40 billion loan from National…
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Ministry ‘clings’ to East Bridge deal, SFFRFM sued
Ministry of Agriculture is yet to transfer the controversial East Bridge fertiliser deal to Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of…
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AIP woes deepen
Ministry of Agriculture has come under fire over the management of logistics for Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) as the country…
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Mega farms face funding drought
It has emerged that the Tonse Alliance’s flagship mega farms project has received K2 billion out of a required K18.4billion…
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EU in project to power energy sector
The European Union has launched a 2.5 million euro energy sector twinning project that seeks to support modernisation and industrialisation…
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Govt ponders maize imports
Ministry of Agriculture Principal Secretary (PS) Dickxie Kampani has admitted that the country does not have enough maize stocks and…
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Doubts grow over subsidy
There are growing doubts about the government’s capacity to manage a timely and successful Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) this year,…
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Ministry seeks K15bn for drugs
Public hospitals are experiencing stockouts of essential medicines and medical supplies due to funding challenges, a development that has forced…
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