Month: January 2017 Posts

Court has no power to suspend Chaponda – law expert

Jan 12, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 270 &

The Mzuzu High Court’s decision to grant an injunction stopping George Chaponda from exercising his duties could collide with the laws, a legal expert has told Malawi24. According to the lawyer Ritchie Katsichi of Kalua… ...

Court suspends Chaponda

Jan 12, 2017 Luke Bisani 179 &

...Attorney general to appeal against ruling The Mzuzu high court has granted an injunction against minister of agriculture,irrigation and water development George Chaponda suspending him from discharging his duties. This follows a court summon by… ...

ADMARC lifts injunction against Times Group

Jan 10, 2017 Luke Bisani 15 &

The Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) has vacated an injunction that blocked a local newspaper from publishing articles on the purchase of maize from Zambia. Following reports that disclosed suspicious transactions that ADMARC had… ...

CSOs to scrutinise maizegate report

Jan 09, 2017 Luke Bisani 12 &

Civil Society Organization's (CSOs) in Malawi have vowed to disclose any irregularities in a report on Zambia-Malawi maize scam which will be released by a commission of inquiry. This follows a reaction of some sections… ...

Kaloswe sues Admarc, ZCF over maize deal

Jan 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 6 &

The Zambian company which was used as a middleman in the maize deal has sued Zambian Cooperative Federation (ZCF) and Agriculture Development and Marketing Cooperation (Admarc) for breach of contract. According to a statement of… ...

MCP, PP accuse Mutharika of shielding ‘maize-gate’ suspects

Jan 08, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 83 &

Malawi’s two main opposition political parties,the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the Peoples Party (PP) have on Saturday rubbished the recent President Peter Mutharika’s remarks of waiting for concrete evidence to suspend or fire Agriculture… ...

Bulldozer Chaponda’s statement on maize scam thrown into the bin

Jan 07, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 46 &

A political commentator has trashed a statement made by the minister of agriculture and water development George Chaponda on the maize scandal. Chaponda told the nation that he was not involved in the procurement of… ...