Affordable Input Programme (AIP) Archives

AIP beneficiaries to buy fertilizer at K15,000 per bag

Nov 12, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Government has announced that Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) beneficiaries will this year be buying a 50kg bag of fertiliser at K15,000. For seed, the farmers will be buying at a price of K5,000 for a… ...

Malawi Attorney General in Germany to recover US$543,000

Nov 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda is in Germany to recover part of the K750 million which was paid to United Kingdom based Barkaat Foods Limited. The money, $543,000 (K550 million), was frozen in Germany after… ...

Fraudsters selling fake fertilizer in Malawi

Nov 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says authorities are investigating reports that some people are selling fake fertilizer in Malawi. The minister has said this in a statement today after a video circulated on social media… ...

Joint Parliamentary Committee sends back SPC Colleen Zamba

Nov 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Joint Parliamentary Committee which is investigating the fertilizer procurement scandal has today sent back Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba. According to the Chairperson for Parliamentary Agricultural Committee Zameeer Suleman, the failure… ...

Barkaat Foods offered cheap prices – Lowe

Nov 03, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Former Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has explained the decision to choose United Kingdom based butchery as a supplier of fertilizer saying the cheap prices offered by the company excited the ministry. Lowe made the… ...

AIP exposes Chakwera

Nov 03, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Office of the President and Cabinet has been implicated in the fertilizer procurement scandal in which the Lazarus Chakwera administration flouted procedures and paid K750 million to a butchery for the procurement of fertilizer.… ...

Malawi engages Mozambique over fertilizer

Nov 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale and Minister of Transport Jacob Hara travelled to Mozambique where they engaged Mozambique Government officials to coordinate the delivery of fertilizer to Malawi amid a fertilizer procurement scandal in Malawi… ...

Mtambo, Chimwendo Banda travelled to South Africa to search for fertilizer suppliers

Nov 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFRM) has revealed that it paid for Minister of Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda and Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo's trip to South Africa where they went to… ...

Talking Blues: All leaders lead by example…whether they intend to or not

Oct 31, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

If you see a snake, just kill it - don’t appoint a committee on snakes. This quote is from Ross Perot, an American billionaire who shook up US presidential politics in the 1990s. Perot was… ...

Chakwera asked to fire government officials in fertilizer scandal

Oct 26, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has been asked to fire government officials such as controlling officers involved in the payment of K750 million to a London butchery for the procurement of fertilizer. Yesterday, Chakwera fired Minister of… ...

Chakwera calls for urgent reforms to AIP

Oct 26, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has said his administration will make urgent reforms to the design and implementation of Affordable Inputs Programme ( AIP) to improve its efficiency and protect it from careless acts of negligence, corruption,… ...

Malawians need more answers, Nankhumwa tells Chakwera

Oct 26, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Leader of opposition in Malawi Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa says President Lazarus Chakwera's national address has left Malawians with a lot of unanswered questions, arguing that the president was supposed to as well tackle other burning… ...

Ministry of Agriculture involved in another fertilizer scam

Oct 21, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe The Tonse Alliance Government through the Ministry of Agriculture told Paramount Group to supply 10,000 tonnes of fertilizer for the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) even though the company had no… ...

Malawi Govt paid K750 million to butchery for fertilizer procurement

Oct 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera with Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe Malawi Government paid US$727,000 (K750 million) to a meat company for the procurement of fertilizer meant for the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). The Ministry of Agriculture has… ...

Chakwera condemns corruption in agriculture initiatives

Apr 26, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has criticised corruption in agriculture initiatives describing it as a stumbling block to the realisation of food security in the country. He was speaking Monday at Mkaika Community Day Secondary School ground… ...