NASSAH:DODMA has not responded
Renowned social media commentator and seasoned news editor Idriss Ali Nassah has threatened to take legal action against government for failing to account on how they used K6.2billion Covid-19 funds as per his request. Here is what he wrote on his facebook page;
On Sunday, January 17, President Chakwera told the nation that his government had released K6.2 billion to the COVID-19 Taskforce. According to the President, part of the money was used as following:
•K60 million on planning meetings;
•K535 facilitating the return of Malawians from South Africa;
•K185 million on public awareness on media platforms;
Over 2.6 million people in need of food assistance in Malawi
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LILONGWE – The Government of Malawi, together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Development Partners have teamed up to provide food and cash assistance to over 2.6 million people facing severe food insecurity in Malawi during the current lean season.
The Government, through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) in collaboration with its humanitarian partners, has facilitated the development of the 2020/2021 National Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme to address the needs of the affected communities. The Response is aligned with the National COVID-19 Response Plan and anchored in the National Resilience Strategy (NRS) which aims to tackle root causes of food and nutrition insecurity such as over-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and lack of crop diversification.
January 18, 2021 Duncan Mlanjira – Nyasa Times 5 Comments
Ministry of Education has decided not to release all Lilongwe Girls Secondary School students, including the 51.4% that tested positive of Covid-19 from a public health perspective.
PS Education Chikondano Mussa: Students to remain on campus
Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa, said in statement that the students will be kept on campus in order to keep a close monitoring of each affected student and in the event of any developing severe symptoms, the medical professionals will take her to the nearest health facility at Bwaila Hospital or Kamuzu Central Hospital without delay.
She said being together, the students will give moral support to each other along with their teachers and other health professionals who are constantly on the campus.
Presidential Taskforce Committee: MUST EXPLAIN
This morning, following President Chakwera’s address yesterday in which he mentioned that since coming into office,
“my administration released 6.2 billion kwacha for use by the Covid-19 Taskforce in combating the pandemic,”
I filed a request with the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) for the following information:
(i) Detailed expenditure report on K60 million used by the Coordination Cluster to facilitate planning meetings and monitoring and evaluation visits countrywide;
(ii) Detailed expenditure report on K535 million used by the Department of Disaster Management Affairs to facilitate screening, testing, feeding, sanitation, security, transportation, and lodging of 19,858 Malawians who have thus far come back home from South Africa;
WFP Malawi Country Brief, December 2020
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USD 12.1 million six-month (January - June 2021) net funding requirements
41,000 refugees assisted with food and cash distributions
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Refugees: In December, WFP finalized plans for the next cycle of distributions for the 41,000 refugees in Dzaleka Refugee Camp to be held in January 2021. Distributions will be maintained at bi-monthly intervals to reduce exposure for beneficiaries, partners and staff to COVID-19.
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Lean Season Response: In December, cash distributions under the lean season rural response were rolled out in Machinga, Nsanje and Zomba districts. The districts will be supported for four months. As of 31 December, 40,096 households (180,000 beneficiaries) have received monthly cash support of MK 23,100 (USD 30) each for the month of December, representing a 71 percent completion.