At the heart of reports of dubious transactions in the purchase of maize from Zambia, officials from Admarc have taken long flights to America to source the staple grains as hunger situation worsens in Malawi, Malawi24 has learnt.
The officials, Board Chairperson James Masumbu, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Margret Mauwa and director of finance at Admarc Harry Kanjewe are reported to have left the country for a possible maize deal across the oceans.
The three are to use K51 million for their travel costs, accommodation and allowances while they are looking for maize in the country.
The America trip comes at a time when a commission of inquiry on Zambia – Malawi maize has not submitted their report to the head of state Peter Mutharika.
Some agriculture stakeholders in the country have faulted the development arguing that Admarc could have sourced the maize locally.
They argued that government could have been using offices of Malawian embassies in sourcing goods for the country saying that tax-payers money could have been saved.
Admarc embarked on buying maize from other country following reports of hunger in the country due to persist dry spells.
However the Zambian maize deal raised eye brows among Malawians following reports of dubious transaction with a private company Kaloswe.
Admarc denied its involvement with Kaloswe in supplying maize claiming that they cancelled the deal the same day they put the agreement on paper.
Authorities from the parastatal are on the record to have told the nation that they dumped Kaloswe for Zambian Cooperate Federation ( ZCF), sentiments that have been downplayed by Zambia’s minister of agriculture in Dola Siliya.
Siliya disclosed that Admarc has been dealing with maize vendors and not the Zambian government as claimed by Malawian authorities including Mutharika.
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Chaponda sudzamva ngat flames
Hahahaha so funny first of all America grow maize for their cattle, K51mil is the last thing they would need…they would rather giver us for free…secondly what do these idiots take us for??? The maize grown in America is GMO who buys that for their people??? Insane!!!
Which hunger situation r u talking about? Is there hunger in Malawi? There’s a lot of staple grain on the market.
we will meet boma likazasintha so soon you will rot in jail fools
Chimene walembera iwetu nkhaniyi ndi 51 mln basi
Zoona ma guyz tym yophula ndiyomwei tiyeni nazo bac
Inunso a tolankhani Which hunger situation
Oky
why not go Mozambique or South Africa they farm plenty maize grains
koma abale? ife tikusowanacho kolowela chimanga inu mpaka kwa america? chathuchi agure ndindani
Yet akufuna kuti agwetse stadium ya Kamuzu ndikumanga yina at a time when Malawi is in a hunger crisis. Koma mitu ya anthuwa ikugwira bwino-bwino (I doubt, totally abnormal)?
Are u telling me that there is no enough maize in our continent to buy? I think it was better to share that money to everybody so that people can buy maize for themself from vendors.Divid 51million by our populatio,you will find how mush a person can get.
THEN YOU THINK TRUMP IS GOING TO GIVE YOU CHIMANGA???? COME ON TRUMP SAID AMERICA FIRST WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO SAY MALAWI FIRST????? TIYENI TIZINGOFA APA AMBUYE MULUNGU ADADALITSA DZIKOLATHU LAMALAWI SANGATITAYE EAZY TIYENINAWO MANGOWA
We already got more than necessity stock before harvest, so do we need extra stock for weevils. Oh my gosh
Instead of jast buying chimangacho China mukuononga 51 mita fly kokapepha you fool thinck like a man
For another maizegate?
Mwatola amalawi