The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked minister of finance Goodall Gondwe to go to Parliament and present a budget that reflects the current situation of the country.
Reacting after Gondwe presented 2016/17 budget on Friday, MCP spokesperson on Finance Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi said Malawi needs a budget that can help in developing the country.
“What we were told was that IMF and government had these talks about this sector and we agreed to have this allocation, meaning it is the IMF that was preparing the budget not our government, I think we need to have a budget that reflect the status of the country,” said Dzonzi.
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) has since faulted the budget for having a 15 percent pay hike to junior civil servants arguing that the workers will still fail to buy basic needs.
The workers body added that the increment is a mockery to government workers considering the sharp depreciation of the local currency against foreign currencies.
MCTU Secretary General Pontius Kalichero vowed to press government to improve civil servants’ welfare through offering of better salaries.
The K1.2 trillion Malawi Kwacha budget is expected to hike salaries of junior civil servants and slash money allocated to farm inputs subsidies.
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Uli boh Mubaira Semo Tswangirai
Malawi izachita bwino mmene mkuwonela
Malawi izachita bwino mmene mkuwonela
I see most fools who support the so called blue party are commenting negatively because most of them are like cows who eat n shit the same place not knowing what they’re doing, how can we pay K940 billion out of K1.2 trillion where the hell on earth have u heard this ? This old man Goodall Gondwe is a crook with his master they just want to rob us their budget didn’t even touched most crucial areas like health , education, food security and the country’s security but will see savages clapping hands
apange yawo ngati alindikanthu kkk
Bola
Poor billionares…
Inu A Malawi 24 Mwatinyasa , Tangotiuzani Za Ma Salaries Mwezi Watha Uwu A Landlord Akufuna Zawo!!
Izi sizopangila kt wina awine koma tikoze dziko lathu inde mavuto sakutha amangopunguka tisamati muthu waswa ndimoto mkumutsilaso mazi yotetha ayi muziwa ndatathauza
Pangani yanu ya chimalawiyo
Shame on you for you dont know that you dont know
Inu olo mvula ikugwa mumasusa kuti si mvula koma ati madzi akugwa
ASK GOD first to find out why malawi is having a zero deficit budget year in year out.
McP iz afailure one. even come 2019. McP little no even single vote.
Muzipemphera anthu inu kuti mudziwe nyengo tiliino mwina simukuona kuti nthawi yatha dzikhulupilirani munthu m’malo mwa mlengi ana anjoka inu
Why this problem is heating the whole world,)
koma zomangoombera mmanja zilizonsezi zikutipweteketsa. Mbola ya budget iyi
Guys we dont want politising the budget, the statement has been given but the comments your are giving are useless, Guys what type of budget do you want? and where do you think you will stop criticising the Govornment? Your task is to kill time and have all those allowances on behalf of the poor, thus the budget take it or leave it, if you are really a Malawian you get to understand the state of being that Malawi is.
phase out malata,cement subsidy.
phase out malata,cement subsidy.