Budget Archives

Good news from government: poverty to end in 10 years

May 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 328 &

Government has said it can pull Malawi out of the list of the world’s poorest countries within the next 10 years. Speaking when he presented the 2017/2018 National Budget, Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe said… ...

K1.7 Billion given to Sports Council in new budget

May 20, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 20 &

…Youth Centers and Sports Academies to be constructed Malawi Government has allocated K1.7 billion to Malawi National Council of Sports through the Minister of Labor, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development during the on-going Parliamentary sitting… ...

No holds barred! A reflection on Gondwe’s K1.1 trillion budget

May 29, 2016 José Safarao 24 &

In his remarks at the beginning of his 77-page budget statement, Malawi's Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, decried what he described as “Western-style bonuses to top executives in the private sector,” and called them a major… ...

Sustain ACB funding or forget about cashgate

Feb 28, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 8 &

One of the political commentators in the country says there is a need to come up with a secure funding for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB ) so that it is not paralysed by underfunding. Chancellor… ...