Month: November 2022 Posts

AIP beneficiaries to buy fertilizer at K15,000 per bag

Nov 12, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Government has announced that Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) beneficiaries will this year be buying a 50kg bag of fertiliser at K15,000. For seed, the farmers will be buying at a price of K5,000 for a… ...

Fraud Alert: Chimwendo Banda threatens to sue Gaming Board finance Director in relation to K0.6 billion scandal

Nov 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Chimwendo Minister of Sports and Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda has threatened to sue Malawi Gaming Board (MGB) Finance Director Henry Bakuwa over the K600 million scandal. The threat follows Bakuwa’s claim that the Minister received… ...

Chimwendo, Usi accused of pocketing K8 million from Malawi Gaming Board

Nov 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda and Minister of Tourism Michael Usi are alleged to have pocketed K4 million each from Malawi Gaming Board (MGB) to influence the passing of a bill in Parliament. The… ...

Mtambo, Chimwendo Banda travelled to South Africa to search for fertilizer suppliers

Nov 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFRM) has revealed that it paid for Minister of Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda and Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo's trip to South Africa where they went to… ...

Minister Chimwendo Banda for local production to save forex

Sep 28, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mbandira Community College Minister of Youth, Richard Chimwendo Banda says producing goods such as garments locally can help save the much needed forex instead of using it to import things the country can produce. He… ...

Government plans to re-introduce physical education in schools

Sep 15, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 1 &

Government has expressed commitment to re-introduce physical education (PE) in primary and secondary schools as one way of helping improve sports from the grassroots. Minister of Youth and Sports, Richard Chimwendo Banda said government will… ...

Sports minister pledges to support kickboxing

Jul 18, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Minister  of Sports Richard Chimwendo Banda says the ministry of sports is ready to support kickboxing in the country. Chimwendo made the remarks over the weekend at Riverside Hotel in Lilongwe where Sungold Food Processing… ...