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This week, Government nodded to the country’s water boards’ request to raise water tariffs. The development comes three months after Government put the proposal on hold. Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia said raising the water tariffs that time would worsen the dire cholera situation. The water boards are pushing for tariff hikes upwards
The debate on federalism has been simmering for a long time. Unlike in the past when proponents were only keen on getting Parliament to adopt the system, this time round, the focus of the debate is towards persuading Government to hold a referendum on the matter.A bit of background is important at this point.The debate
“There are also fears that the decommissioning of Aggreko machines will result in massive load shedding but no this is not the case, we have plans as a government to find long term solutions,” Ibrahim Matola Minister of Energy April 20, 2022 Lilongwe. Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) was this week ecstatic that it has so
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), as the government-in-waiting, needs to speak with one voice in and outside Parliament to continue to be relevant in and contribute to the country’s fledgling democracy. But the party is as divided now as it was when its leader Peter Mutharika (APM) had just lost the Presidential elections to the
So far, the main occupation for government, well-wishers and families following Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been burying the dead—511 as of Thursday, searching for those missing; rescuing and evacuating those endangered by the floods to safe havens and hospitals, sheltering and feeding the survivors. According to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma), the survivors