Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe has claimed that he is not aware of the cost of renovating the Ministry of Agriculture building despite budgeting for the building’s refurbishment in the 2017/18 national budget.
Gondwe told Parliament on Tuesday he does not know how much it will cost to renovate the building.
Fire destroyed some offices in the Ministry of Agriculture office building at Capital Hill in February this year, at a time when the then Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda was at the centre of the maizegate scandal.
During the debate on the vote for Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Member of Parliament for Rumphi East Kamlepo assumed that the K300 million for renovation works at Capital Hill would be used for refurbishing the Ministry of Agriculture building only.
He asked Gondwe why government had allocated such a huge amount of money for the renovation.
“If that office needs K300m how much will it take to rehabilitate all Capital Hill buildings,” queried Kalua.
In his response, Gondwe said the money will also be used for repainting other buildings at Capital Hill adding that the renovations already began using money from the 2016/17 budget.
When Kalua asked how much it would take to rehabilitate the agriculture offices, Gondwe said he did not know.
This led Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya to joke that “the minister has the details but he does not know”.
Kamlepo further asked the minister to justify a K250m allocation for the construction of a conference centre.
Responding to that question, Gondwe urged Kamlepo to visualise a conference centre at Capital Hill and determine how much it would cost adding that it is not the first time government has built a conference centre at the Capital Hill.
In the 2017/18 budget, government has also set aside funds to construct a clinic and a food court at Capital Hill.
However, Dedza East Member of Parliament Juliana Lunguzi asked why government is constructing the clinic when there is another clinic at Area 18.
She also claimed that Parliament has been allocating funds for rehabilitating the clinic for the past five years.
Her claims were shot down by Gondwe who said government has been failing to construct the clinic due to lack of funds.
Minister of health Peter Kumpalume chipped in saying his ministry had been concerned over the lack of a health facility at the Capital Hill.
Meanwhile, Parliament has approved the allocation to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
You chose Thieves,you chose old useless brain, you are paying for the price.
Thats ‘cos they’re all in on it!
Birds of same feathers always flock together!
Gondwe U Are Stupid
Gondwe U Are Stupid
They are all atambwali
Tangodekhani!. Akufa onse ndi cardiac arrest.
It’s our fault
sometimes i wonder how can Goodall betray The Kamuzu Banda family, Kasunge and Central Region for personal favours from Ruling Parties. The man is wicked! amudziwe Yesu uyu mmmh
We are tired with Gondwe’s lies
Nanga chapondayo akufunapo chani apa
Politics
We will just remove them out in 2019. Don’t worry Malawi.. We really tired of DPP
mbava ixi
Mbava kugwirana chanza
Ambuye chotsan zinyalala m’bomamu
Remember, Every Coin We Get Will Be Taken Into Account! We ll Be Asked How We Get It & How We Spent It! We ll Be Rewarded Accordingly In The Hereafter!!
Zauchitsilu mumanyopolera limodzi agalu
All iz 1
I like the heading!
Palow tikalowa a MCP timumanga chapondayo osadanda
Ali Momwemo Ndiye Kuti
Where is our beloved Malawi to eshhhhhhhhhh
Zipatsanani ndalamazo muziba bwino akanganya inu
Is this hand-shake after the burning of the house which hadva child inside or after passing the budget ti refurbish the fire-gutted building.I have so many troubling questions.kkkk
Good all Gondwe is good at oppressing the poor by imposing his corruptive taxes but spairing his counterparts and accelerating everything that MPs want regardless of what he says when the poor ask for the same. He is very oppressive, exploitative and bad willed person
maturity
But they appear not to be on talking tems with each other in respect of who is superior.
eishhhhhhhhhhh
mixiiiew, both plesident gondwe and chaponda are fools,
Even in the civilized democracies foul comment like yours u can be sued
Its Difficult To Fish Abig Fish From The Sea
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2019 isnt long….gather ur courage in behind the bars
Dpp woyeee! kkkkk carry on,you developing your pockets not our nation
Ndi amodzi amenewa
If i were the president i wouldn,t hav given the ministreal positions to these penishoniers like Gondwe i would hv replaced them with new blood
Forgiven
zonsez ndi chinyengo ndpo pano zanyanya ndi2. MDF yangozunza an2 nkuwasiya kkk kma MW
Mbanva zonse zimenezo ,, ali pa m’khate sangapheke, achoke kaye mu boma 2019, they will be prosecuted for sure