Month: August 2023 Posts

CDEDI to conduct protests at Parliament over rising cost of maize

Aug 15, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says it will conduct protests at Parliament in Lilongwe tomorrow to force government to release maize to Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) depots in all… ...

MPs demand Govt to distribute maize in Admarc depots

Aug 14, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Members of Parliament have told Government through the Ministry of Agriculture to start distributing maize in all Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) depots across the country, saying people in their constituencies are experiencing hunger… ...

CDEDI calls on Govt to flood market with maize

Aug 12, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called on Malawi Government to flood the market with maize in order to push down the price of the commodity. On Wednesday, CDEDI presented petition… ...

CDEDI demands parliament to discuss Maize Bill

Aug 09, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has today presented a petition asking Parliament to suspend relevant standing orders in order to deliberate and pass emergency Maize Bill . The petition which was presented… ...

Malawi loses in K900 billion deal

Aug 08, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi, which has been facing forex challenges for months, has missed a chance to make US$885 million (K900 billion) in a farm produce deal signed in 2021 with South Sudan. Under the deal, Malawi was… ...

CDEDI wants prompt response on maize crisis

Jul 31, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called for prompt response on maize crisis in order to save lives, saying the current maize situation in the country is a fatal disaster in… ...

LCC warns against cultivating along city roads

Jul 04, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has threatened to slash all crops which will be cultivated along city roads and other protected areas in the next farming season. This is according to the council's environment protection… ...