Month: January 2017 Posts

Chaponda keeps MPs waiting over maizegate inquiry

Jan 28, 2017 Luke Bisani 50 &

Suspended minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda on Friday failed to have an audience with a joint Parliamentary committee of public accounts and agriculture that is probing the Zambia, Malawi maize scandal.… ...

Chaponda to appear before parliamentary inquiry

Jan 26, 2017 Luke Bisani 53 &

Suspended Malawi minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda is to appear before the joint parliamentary committee on maize deal to explain his role in the controversial purchase of maize from Zambia. Chaponda’s… ...

VP, Chilima and the media: Any room for speculation?

Jan 26, 2017 Paul Nguluwe 20 &

Rare it is for me to tap the keys on my keypad in a move to exercise my birthright of freedom of expression politically. However, I make this post an exception. Am human thus a… ...

Just in: George Chaponda finally back in Malawi

Jan 25, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 144 &

Minister of Agriculture, irrigation and water development, George Chaponda has finally arrived in Malawi through Chileka Airport in Blantyre, Malawi24 can confirm. Earlier reports indicated that he was going to jet in through Kamuzu International… ...

Internet humiliates Chaponda

Jan 23, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 35 &

Social media has not just reacted angrily to reports of an alleged K26 billion scam at the Admarc in Malawi, it has also been a source of ridicule for Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda over… ...

Chaponda risks arrest

Jan 22, 2017 Luke Bisani 215 &

...defies court order and travels to Germany Malawi minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda risks being arrested for defying a court order that restrained him from working as minister. Chaponda who is… ...

Admarc boss admits Malawi borrowed from PTA Bank for maize purchase

Jan 19, 2017 Joseph Dumbula 12 &

…Finance Ministry clears it name As the separate probe into the ‘unscrupulous’ purchase of maize from Zambia continues, Admarc has admitted borrowing from the Eastern and Southern African Development Bank (PTA Bank) with the controversy… ...