Month: January 2017 Posts

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… ...

Manganya calls for Chaponda’s resignation

Jan 11, 2017 Luke Bisani 162 &

Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) has joined calls for resignation of Malawi's minister of agriculture irrigation and water development George Chaponda and Admarc top boss Foster Mulumbe following reports of maize scam. The organization has… ...

The DPP and its hatred for Progressives: the case of Blantyre Mayoral polls

Jan 10, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 57 &

It is an open secret that Vice President Saulos Chilima is not a favourite of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Instead the party has embraced George Chaponda whose ministry is rocked under a corruption… ...

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… ...

Noose tightens on Chaponda’s neck: his information on Zambia trips is incoherent

Jan 07, 2017 Luke Bisani 35 &

Malawi minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda  has been reported to have lied about trips to Zambia where he facilitated the procurement of maize. Chaponda who now faces calls to resign as… ...

Mutharika stands by his ‘anointed successor’ Chaponda

Jan 07, 2017 Bright Malenga 145 &

President Peter Mutharika has said that he will not take any action against minister of agriculture George Chaponda over the maize scam until the newly appointed commission of inquiry completes its findings. Chaponda and CEO… ...