There is a strong speculation that fuel prices will rise prior to the meeting of a special committee from Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) which converges every ....
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Charles Chuka was speaking in Mangochi on Saturday when he made a presentation during the 2014 Financial Market Dealers Association (Fimda) annual conference, warned commercial banks that the falling ....
The Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Malawi parliament has summoned the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and the Chief Secretary to government, George Nkondiwa to give updates to the committee on the Cashgate scandal as it ....
Public offices holders have been given up to December 31, to declare their assets to the Directorate of Assets Declaration. Assets Director Christopher Tukula said the extension has been made considering that it has taken ....
The National Assembly on Monday passed the 2014/15 national budget with amendments to some votes. The 737billion kwacha budget has now been approved and adopted by the national assembly. Some of the votes that have ....
National speaker of Assembly Richard Msowoya on Monday urged members of parliament to adhere to Parliamentary standing Orders that stipulate that Members should stand and allow the Speaker and his entourage to depart in silence ....
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development says only 640,000 people in 19 districts of the country will face food shortage in the 2014/15 consumption period, representing only 4 percent of the country’s population. Minister ....
With less than 100 days in office, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government has been sacking what it believes are opposition sympathizers in different government departments and replacing them with DPP loyalists. The clean-up ....
As the Government continues with its austerity measures, Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture has disclosed President Professor Peter Mutharika's plans to turn Zomba State House into a referral hospital. According to Kondwani Nankhumwa, the ....
Malawi National Assembly members have silently raised their monthly salary by 100 percent making them to go away with 1.2 million every month. Apart from revising their monthly salary, MPs have also been granted a ....
International Monetary Fund (IMF) high level Mission will arrive in the country tomorrow Sunday to fund out how the country's economy is currently fairing. Ministry of finance Spokesperson Mr Nations Msowoya disclosed this in an ....
The Ministry of Finance expects to roll out the Pension Fund, pursuant to the Pensions Act, in the upcoming government financial year and a fund manager will be unveiled soon. Finance Ministry spokesperson Nations Msowoya ....
The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has sent back the forensic audit report to the auditor general arguing that it is not fulfilling what they expected. Among others, the parliamentarians who congregated this morning said that ....
President Joyce Banda has come out flat out declaring war against her own technocrat finance minister, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, and the austerity measures the minister announced yesterday. Yesterday, the minister announced that government was suspending all ....
Finance Minister, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, has announced today that with immediate effect government has suspended all trips of public servants including the President herself who has been much known for being on the road always. According ....
Letter to the President. Dear Madam Joyce Banda H.E In am convinced that there is something seriously wrong going on between your Excellency and Dr. Ken Lipenga Minister of Finance in your government. This minister ....
The Judiciary support staff has given government a 14 days ultimatum to hike their salaries or face the indefinite strike until their demands are met. The ultimatum follows government’s, through Ministry of Finance, refusal to ....
Finance Minister Ken Lipenga faces new calls to resign and pave way for investigation after being accused of using his influence to award a US$76.2 million worth of contract to an Indian company, Malawi News ....
Malawi’s State House has dragged the country into a crude oil contract with a Nigerian firm that could be costly for the already troubled economy, Weekend Nation reveals. At issue is the manner in which State House ....
Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has cautioned the government on increasing allowances for civil servants before correcting abuses in the provision. Government recently increased salaries of civil servants following a strike the servants staged and ....
The President's indecisiveness on issues that matter will always be the impetus for her own undoing. Look at the following issue seriously for example. She has hired people to advance her policies which just some ....