FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) HAS BACKED THE PRESIDENT OF MALAWI ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FETERLISER SUBSIDY PROGRAMME
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said Malawi should continue with the Farm Input Subsidy Program (Fisp).
FAO’s sub-regional coordinator for Southern Africa David Phiri said in an interview on Saturday saying that “all major countries that have developed have done so through agriculture. You may call it subsidies. Most of those countries are still subsidizing more than countries in Africa,” he said....
REJECTION ON THE IDEA OF INVOLVING CABINET IN THE REFORMS OF THE COUNTRY’S ELECTORAL LAWS
The Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has rejected the idea of involving the cabinet in the reforms of the country’s electoral laws.
Mec Chairperson, Maxon Mbendera, has suggested that proposals for amendment to electoral laws should instead go directly to Parliament rather than undergoing the process of vetting by the cabinet.
Mbendera made the suggestion in Lilongwe on Thursday in his keynote address to Malawi Tripartite 2014...
GERMANY CONSIDERS TO FOOT FOR IFMS MONITORS
Germany government has maintained its interest to foot the expenses of an expatriate who will be monitoring government payment system –Integrated financial Management system -IFMS.
Ministry of finance had last year said will recruit a team of monitors of the modified system to provide some guarantee of protection –six months after it was revealed that some civil servants were tampering with it to make it...
CSOs slam government on Cash gate
The Civil Society Community in Malawi has described as disastrous government's continued rhetoric and empty choruses on fighting corruption arguing there is clear shielding and preferential treatment of cash gate suspect.
The organization says there is clear lack of genuine political will from the ruling people's party(PP) leadership to decisively root out corruption in the country despite the podium talk.
They Further expressed concern over the...
Malawians petition government to halt oil exploration on Lake Malawi
Some concerned Malawians have gone on a campaign lobbying government to halt the oil exploration on Lake Malawi. The development comes days after a Senior Chief in Karonga had uttered the same statement claiming that government had to halt the process until the discussions with Tanzania over the ownership of the lake were finalized.
However, the concerned citizens are arguing on the grounds that the...
