Month: August 2023 Posts

Police find 92 bags of fake fertilizer in Lilongwe

Aug 22, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Lilongwe Police Station over the weekend found 92 bags of fake fertilizer at a house at Sankhani Village in Traditional Authority Njewa in the district. The owner of the house has only been identified as… ...

World Vision distributing fertilizer to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Aug 21, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As the recovery process for people affected by cyclone Freddy continues, World Vision Malawi has started distribution of fertilizer and other assorted items in six districts. On Tuesday this week 15th August, 2023, the humanitarian… ...

Forensic Experts: Letter Purportedly from German Prosecutor May Be Fake

Aug 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi24 can exclusively reveal that the government has not recovered money from its dubious and fraudulent fertilizer deal. The authenticity of the letter purportedly issued by someone who government says is German prosecutor known as… ...

Malawi gets back K600 million paid to butchery

Aug 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has recovered about K600 million which was paid to a United Kingdom based butchery, Barkaat Foods Limited, for fertilizer procurement. Attorney General (AG), Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, who is currently in Germany has confirmed to… ...

Lilongwe agricultural extension workers accused of demanding money from households

Aug 13, 2023 Synd Kalimbuka 0 &

Members of Parliament, chiefs and Ward Councillors from Lilongwe District Council have expressed concern over the tendency by some agricultural extension workers who are demanding money from farmers in order for the farmers to be… ...

Malawi could pay East Bridge K273 billion for cancelling fertilizer deal

Aug 05, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Gwengwe: We have recalled guarantees signed with East Bridge Malawi Government could be forced to pay K273 billion to East Bridge if the government cancels a commodity exchange deal with the company, which is suspected… ...

East Bridge fertilizer on the way to Malawi from Turkey

Jul 20, 2023 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

Fertilizer under the controversialK128 billion East Bridge commodity exchange deal is on the way to Malawi from Turkey. The fertilizer which has been described as overpriced by various commentators will first land in Beira in… ...

Fetereza sitigula ngati chitumbuwa – Chihana wauza boma la Tonse

Jul 05, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

…wati ngati atsogoleri sakudziwa kanthu za feteleza, afuse anzawo omwe akudziwa Mtsogoleri wa chipani cha Alliance For Democracy (AFORD) a Enock Chihana, wawuza akuluakulu a boma la Tonse kuti ngati sakudziwa zoyenera kuchita pa nkhani… ...

K156 billion fertilizer contract given to Namibian oil company

Jun 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Fresh from revelations that the Lazarus Chakwera administration awarded a K500 billion fertilizer deal to a fake Romanian company, it has also been revealed that the government awarded a Namibian oil company a K156 billion… ...

Scandal: Malawi engages fake firm in K128 billion fertilizer deal to loot public funds

Jun 13, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) operatives, disguised as a fake Romanian company, have set up a scheme to loot K128 billion through a fraudulent fertilizer deal that Malawi 'signed' with a ghost Romanian company. Malawi24 understands… ...

Romanian medical equipment firm given contract to supply fertilizer to Malawi

Jun 10, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Months after paying K750 million to a United Kingdom based butchery for the supply of fertilizer, Malawi Government has awarded a Romanian medical equipment supplier called East Bridge to supply fertilizer for the Affordable Input… ...

Russia hands over fertilizer to Malawi

Mar 06, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Agriculture Minister Sam Kawale officially receiving the donation Despite Malawi’s position to support Ukraine in the war, Russia has handed over 20 thousand tones (400 thousand bags) of fertilizer to the country. Russia officially… ...

Fertilizer donated to Malawi stolen

Feb 12, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Some of the donated fertilizer Malawi got from Russia has been stolen in Mozambique, it has been revealed. The Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) has revealed the theft of the donated at Beira in Mozambique.… ...

Village Headman arrested for using villagers’ IDs to buy AIP fertilizer

Jan 23, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Nkhata Bay Police have arrested Village Headman Chiwombe for collecting National Identify Cards from villagers after promising to help them to access government loans through a local bank. The chief allegedly used the IDs to access… ...

Only 13 percent of beneficiaries have accessed NPK fertilizer in Karonga

Jan 21, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Only 13 percent of targeted beneficiaries have accessed NPK fertilizer under the 2022/2023 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Karonga. Malawi News Agency (MANA) reported that this is according to the district’s AIP update report. According… ...