The Malawi government through Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education has downplayed media reports that a man died of hunger in Mzimba district, at a time when verified reports indicate that hunger is already killing people in the country.
Earlier this week, Malawi24 reported that a man had been found dead in Mzimba and a postmortem indicated that the deceased died of hunger related causes.
But in a statement signed by Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education, Jappie Mhango says that no person in the country died of hunger.
According to Mhango, there was no post-mortem done in the bush where the dead body was found as no medical professional can conduct a post-mortem exam in the bush and establish the cause of death, especially if the finding is meant to be used in police investigations Mhango also says government believes that the deceased person is a non-Malawian because of the head features the police could recognize on the dead body and suspect that he is a refugee who fell sick and was abandoned by fellow refugees as they passed through bushes at night to avoid detection by Malawi authorities.
Surprisingly, Mhango also claimed that government had spoken to the medical person who visited the site and she told them that she found the body to be essentially bones.
The medic also told government that she could barely recognize some head features and had the impression that the person had been dead for a long time.
It seems the reports on the man’s death were a thorn in the flesh for a government that has continued to claim that no one will die of hunger in the country despite reports of shortage of maize in Admarc depots and of people staying days without food in rural areas
The hunger situation in the country has become worrisome as some citizens are now buying Madeya for their daily survival. In some ADMARC depots, there is inadequate maize making people to buy the commodity from vendors at a higher price.
A recent report by Malawi24 indicated that in Mzuzu City for instance, people have been scrambling for maize which in most cases was going at not less than MK300 per tin.
The hunger situation has not even spared prisons.
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Government galu za wanthu stupid people
No hunger in malawi until kuzasale cabinet yokha tonsefe titatha ndi njala nde boma lizakhulupirira kut njala liko.
These pple are very PATHETIC…….tgey think that it is oky coz iwowo akudya ne kuti aliyense ali the same…..GOD shud punish them
a dull professor. Remembèr?
its so shameful to Malawians to hear dat dey even inherit de sit of de president,,,u r violatin our humanity,,, peter dnt hv any power to fight against hunger in Malawi,,,fuck him
Am busy kupalira Chimanga changa kumunda bcz is the only way to fight hunger no food to the lazy mawu am buku loyera busy fingerpoint smeone wont help*ngat mvula yabvuta i pray to God nt president
First Stupid go to #Peter heartless creature. Motherfucker
Wayamba misala eti ukamada nkukhuta uziti njala kulibe pa2mbo
Atamadya ndikumakhuta ku state house asayese kuti kulibe njala anthu akuzuzika ndi njala osamayankhula ngati akulota.
A mhango nyengo zinyake mukuni gongoweska chomene u spokesperson wakaliyati was full of kuthandazga vitusi na kutya mazina yaheni kwa awo bakususka boma kweni imwe you are a demon of lies why mr mhango why,,, when will you be a man of yourself mpaka mwabasambizga na a Gondwe wuwo ufyukutuli aaaa yayi, palamwateta mbwe mwabene vivululu mbee.. mukutola na cap wa coffee wakugula ine namkavu nili tuu ngakhongono la ntchebe la mbuzi ungandaka kovyako msuni pela, mukutimiska nakusingo kwinu uko hehehe soka ilo mizimu yabanthu awo bakufwa nanjala ibe pamutu pako nambumba yako yose hee…………..
ine sindinamumvepo peter akuti mdziko muno mulibe njala mukumuika mau mkamwa amalawi 25
If u have dont say we have,y u ddnt see hw the pple saffering,if u eat dont say the whole malawian are aet.
Nabola uhule omwewu bax. Zanjara tiziona March
2019 uzaona iwe uzibelatu
Stupid government.
Njala imene iripo ndiyochita kupanga anthu a ndale. Wina anene nsika umene kulibe chimanga. Mma shop ufa ulipo, mpunga ulipo. Afunseni makolo anu akuuzeni mmene njala inaliri 1949 ndi 1994 si chibwana zanu mukunenazi. Ndale paliponse?
usabwelezenso mau ako onyasawo
Komatu muzilalata bwino analipo anzanu oziwa kulalata zifuseni nokha answer muipeza osamayankhula kunya mulungu mulamuziwa inu? Ok
they think they are Malawi with their relatives, n in their homes food is in abundance! that’s y they r busy cashgating thru malata cement!
Chiphwisi china nkum ati beyani chuno chu makasha zopusa
The problm we hv here in Malawi is selfish,that’s the main reason ,you may ask why i say so,well:its bcz when government try thr best to distribute maize in our Admark deport,some Malawian’s they buy all maize during the night,when local ppl go thr,they found empty:no even asingle bag of maize,so hw do u wn’t gvrnm to do?cz some of them they ar MP’s
Fact@madah mavenda ali mbwee mmadela mwawo amakagula chimanga ku admarc usiku buyer amamuwona akupanga zachinyengo bt no reaction iliyonse kumangoyang’anira boma palokha silingakwanitse always kumangoyimba ngati nyimbo njala njala