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March 11, 2021 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 26 Comments Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chief whip Simon Vuwa Kaunda has said many Malawians do not have food as they have no farmland as such, government should reduce the price of maize by half so that every household can afford the staple. VuwaKaunda: Government should  assess if there is sense in exporting maize whose production was heavily subsidised. Vuwa Kaunda was speaking in Parliament on Tuesday in reaction to Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu’s earlier announcement that government has lifted an export ban on maize...

March 1, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 4 Comments President Lazarus Chakwera has said government has put in place measures to see to it that Malawians are provided with safety nets as a relief from the challenges that are there due to the Covid-19 pandemic. President Chakwera: Give hope amidst despair, “So mark my words: we will win!” In his  televised address to the nation on Sunday, Chakwera  his administration has extended the moratorium for loan facilities by the Reserve Bank of Malawi to six months  (up to June 2021) to enable businesses that are struggling economically...

February 4, 2021 Mphatso Nkuonera – Mana 8 Comments Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has  labelled the 2020/21 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP)  a “success” and announced that  it ends on 20th February 2021. Ministers of Agriculture Lobin Lowe adressing the media at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Pic (C) Daniel Namwini-Mana Ministers of Infomation Gospel Kazako (L) adressing the media at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Pic (C) Daniel Namwini-Mana Lowe speaking at a news conference  held at Bingu International Convention ...

Chakwera: Malawi Leader It has emerged that Ministry of Finance spent K635.1 billion between July and October 2020 amid less revenue collection of K471.8 billion during the period. This development left Treasury with the option to borrow K163.3 billion from the expensive domestic market to finance the deficit. The Nation analysis of the government expenditure shows that between July and October 2020, Capital Hill on average spent K159 billion a month against the average monthly revenue collection of K118 billion. The development means that within four months, the Tonse administration spent ...

December 16, 2020 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 5 Comments World  Bank has expressed reservations with the Tonse Alliance administration’s K60 billion Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) , saying the  flagship programme is not sustainable and advised the Malawi authorities to review it. One of the key promises for the Tonse Alliance in the campaign wass universal reduction of the price of fertiliser to K4 495 per 50-kilogramme bag Tonse Alliance administration targets  4.2 million smallholder farming households will each access two bags of fertiliser weighing 50 kilogramme (kg) each at...