Month: October 2020 Posts

I am not corrupt – Mkaka

Oct 20, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Eisenhower Mkaka has rejected claims that he benefitted from corrupt activities, saying he has never received a single kwacha through corruption. Mkaka made the remarks in a Facebook… ...

Chikwawa council seeks to transform district into modern town

Oct 20, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Chikwawa District Council has formulated an Urban Structure Plan which seeks to transform the district into a modern town. The formulation of the Urban Structure Plan follows the launch of Chikwawa District Physical Development Plan… ...

Use gas, not charcoal – Chakwera urges Malawians

Oct 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has urged Malawians to use renewable energy sources for cooking in order to save the country’s forests. Speaking at a press briefing in Lilongwe today, Chakwera said Malawi is losing forest cover… ...

Taxation Amendment Bill passes in Parliament

Oct 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament has today passed the Taxation Amendment Bill which legalizes the increase of tax free band from K45,000 to K100,000. The increase of the tax band is effective October, 2020. The bill has also introduced… ...

K1.2 trillion of corruption investigated: More than half of national budget end in looting

Oct 19, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has revealed that 73 cases which involve accumulated loot of K1.2 trillion have been reviewed for prosecution. ACB Director General, Reyneck Matemba, revealed this at a press briefing in Lilongwe. He… ...

Corruption at State House: Chakwera using “Do as I say not as I do” policy

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

State House officials in the Lazarus Chakwera administration have been named in a scam in which K65 million in taxpayers’ funds has been stolen. Chakwera was elected in June after promising to eradicate corruption but… ...

South African lecturer gets life in prison over murder of Malawian academic

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A South African lecturer has been handed a life sentence for killing a Malawian academic who was his workmate. The Malawian is Gregory Kamwendo who was killed outside his home in 2018. He was the… ...