Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) President Nelson Mkandawire has said Malawians should brace for tough time a ahead of 2014-2015 Zero-aid budget the government is yet to table in Parliament. Mkandawire was quoted saying this ....
Parliament yesterday adopted the 2012/2013 National budget pegged at K630.5 billion after Members of Parliament approved all allocations to 57 government ministries. This follows four days of rigorous vote by vote scrutiny of all the ....
In BUSINESS, the Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has faulted the 2013/2014 government budget for what it calls subsiding consumption through some tax measures announced by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga when ....
The Centre for Social Concern ( CfSC ) has described the tax incentives extended by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga to various sectors of the economy in the 2013/14 national budget as unnecessary, saying tax incentives ....
Finance Minister Ken Lipenga, on Saturday, walked in Parliament in Lilongwe with a K638.2 billion budget for the fiscal year 2013/14 and assurances of government's continued tight fiscal discipline. Lipenga's fat purse is premised on ....
President Banda officially opened the Budget meeting of Parliament on Friday in Lilongwe where she delivered her second State of Nation Address. In her address, the Malawi leader claimed to have laid foundation for prosperity ....
It is pleasing to learn that one of the country's major bilateral donor, Britain, has resuming aid to Malawi almost 18 months since it suspended the same over concerns of bad governance. This is the ....
Germany has finally released €5 million of budget support to Malawi that was previously held back and a further €3.5 million for the Local Development Fund, according to a statement from State House in Lilongwe. ....
The Malawi government is yet to start using funds approved in the 2012/2013 budget because President Joyce Banda is yet to assent to the bill, Finance Minister Ken Lipenga said Monday. Clerk of Parliament Matilda ....
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) says there is need to do a ‘microscopic analysis’ of the 2012/13 agriculture budget despite surpassing the 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in line with the 2002 Maputo ....
Parliament has written Treasury proposing a 137 percent basic pay hike for MPs, a development which, if approved, will see each legislator’s monthly salary rise from K126 000 (about $504) to about K300 000 (about ....
MOBILE phone companies have protested the hike in their sector's corporate tax to 33 percent from the normal 30 percent charged on all other companies in the country, describing the move as unfair and unjustified. ....
The Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament on Wednesday accused the People’s Party (PP) administration of favouring the South in road distribution projects in the 2012/13 budget. Presenting the committee’s response to the 2012/13 budget, ....
Balaka South MP George Nnensa on Wednesday demanded an apology from ‘the responsible minister’ over the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) K30 billion scam now that the matter is in public domain. Nnensa, who is also ....
Economic commentators in Malawi said President Joyce Banda’s first national budget, presented to Malawi’s parliament Friday, gives the country’s poor nothing to smile about. Malawians had expected the $1.5 billion budget to include measures to ....
Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy program, touted for improving food security for the past six years, has been allocated a whopping K40.6 billion in the 2012/13 budget which represents about 60 percent of the Ministry of ....
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday ganged up in questioning the eligibility of Finance Minister Ken Lipenga to present the 2012/2013 National Budget on Friday. President Joyce Banda appointed ....
Finance Minister Ken Lipenga on Friday tabled a K406 billion (about $1.6 billion) 2012/13 national budget which, although it provides lukewarm tax relief and some safety net initiatives, appears too timid to make much of ....
The Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn), in its final summary of submissions for the 2012/13 budget, says most Malawians believe this could discourage importation of products which can be produced locally and, in a way, ....
In 2012, we expect to increase the number of our initiatives, adding to existing programs that are continuing from 2011. Financial support goes to helping us further develop our expertise in improving access to quality ....
The Malawi Government has ordered all Departments and Agencies to freeze all new appointments to the PS because the current budget has no funds for extra staff. Secretary for Public Service Management in the Office ....