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World Vision invests K8bn in infrastructure
World Vision Malawi has invested K8 billion in the construction of 512 education, health, water and sanitation infrastructure in 16…
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Malawi can reap from carbon financing—UK
British High Commissioner Fiona Ritchie has asked Malawi to actualise carbon finance authorisation processes to start benefiting from the initiative…
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Macra moves to address digital financial security risks
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) director general Daud Suleman has said there is need to address risks in the digital…
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Parliament still holds key to Abortion Bill
In May 2021, Parliament rejected the Termination of Pregnancy Bill which seeks to amend the Abortion Law. Currently, the law…
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Cotton farming on decline in Malawi
Like in many African countries, cotton farming in Malawi continues to face challenges resulting in a drastic decline in production.…
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Malawi gets K62m for malnutrition fight
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Ministry of Health 48 sets of paediatric severe acute malnutrition (Pedsam) kits…
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Promote health for all—Ministry
Ministry of Health has called for collaboration in promoting the right to health for all and champion the fundamental right…
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Malawi boosts cholera fight
Malawi is among the first countries to receive rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits for cholera under a global programme that…
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Age cap Bill stirs fracas in Parliament
What started as a verbal exchange within the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) benches in Parliament yesterday escalated into a…
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SRHR needs more funding—Speaker
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has challenged fellow parliamentarians to allocate more resources towards the health sector to scale…
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Govt hailed on students’ upkeep allowance
Stakeholders in the education sector have commended the government for effecting a 60 percent adjustment in upkeep allowance for students…
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Poverty fans child prostitution
A 15-year-old girl, disguised as Alinafe since she is a minor, has lost count of men she has slept with…
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MPs nod to Cannabis Regulation Amendment Bill
Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday passed the Cannabis Regulation Act (Amendment) Bill expected to facilitate proper regulation of a locally…
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Parastatals urged to grow revenue base
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda has urged parastatals to explore and implement activities that have the…
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Ministry declares rubella outbreak, 11 affected
As the country is grappling with pink eye disease and cholera, the Ministry of Health has announced a rubella outbreak…
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National ID stirs debate
Members of Parliament (MPs) have proposed an amendment of Section 4 (12) of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Act…
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MPs raise alarm on ID registration delays
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday raised alarm over the delays to fasttrack processing of national identity cards (IDs) which…
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MPs want contractor to refund Marep funds
Members of Parliament (MPs ) yesterday demanded a refund of public funds from a contractor hired under the Malawi Rural…
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Enact Termination of Pregnancy law—Youth
A group of youths has called on members of Parliament (MPs) to put aside their political, cultural, faith and personal biases…
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Cluster committees lament huge budget deficit in MDAs
A lmost all the cluster committees that presented their reports in Parliament on Thursday recommended additional funding to ministries, departments…
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