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The Liberator
7 years ago

The problem with our parties in Malawi is that they are not build on ideologies. The opposition opposes everything when its in the opposition and the DPP would do the same in opposition. Maize prices are okay. Let maize sell at the market price not a subsidized price. In the long run if there is no intervention in Maize prices, there might be Maize availability because private traders will confidently take maize as a commercial plant. And in the long run the price will go down…u want the reason? study economics at a credited institution

Banda
Banda
7 years ago

With the African Development Bank just announcing that it will be providing a grant not a loan to the Government for k12.2 billion to by maize to assist poor Malawians,
Will this money reduce Admarc prices, buy maize to store in the reserves or go into general government funds or just shared with cabinet.

So many grants from many donors yet admarc is selling at 250kg,

With so much maize available prices will fall because people are only buying small quantities

sabata
sabata
7 years ago

Thats the stupidity of getting loans from World Bank and IMF and then steal it with your homeboys. Those banks are there to make profits and don’t care whether other people will die.

Zoona zake
Zoona zake
7 years ago

I don’t agree to reduce the prices because the traders will go and buy all the maize and sell at higher prices. It’s better to struggle to get money to buy at K250/kg other than letting vendors/traders/opposition parties buy the maize at cheaper price and hide it to create hunger and later sell the same maize at a higher Price

Gomezga
Gomezga
7 years ago
Reply to  Zoona zake

I like this extreme foolishness.

Banda
Banda
7 years ago

What confuses me is where did all the donor money from USA, Japan, China, Germany and others go to buy maize if the Admarc is selling at cost. Yes the WFP will be distributing their own maize directly to select Malawians but what about others with no WFP support. If only the poor buy from Admarc but the government is not subsidising maize and expects to recoup all of the money invested. Government waited to long and should have acted December 2010 or even March 2016 when prices were much lower now people will suffer because of short sighted incompinate… Read more »

Jacqueline
Jacqueline
7 years ago

This current DPP led government has lost track, how can it consider much about IMF yet the people they are serving are starving?? This totally shows how careless the govt is! I mean between the trader and the govt who is supposed to charge more in terms of prices?? Kumbukirani muli pamenepo chifukwa cha ife and not IMF…(Mwambi wa lero….Ukakwera pa msana wa njovu usamati kunja kulibe mame)

jimmy mapira
7 years ago

ndy inuyo osusani ndi olemela enanu mwagula matani angati and muzigulitsa pa ntengo wanji? nsogoleli wanzeru amaonetsa chisanzo. ino ndi thawi yabwino yoti muonetse zisanzo zabwino, ziko ndilathu ili titha kulikonza zikoli pamodzi.

Makwasa boy
7 years ago
Reply to  jimmy mapira

That’s shallow thinking, kodi misonkho yathu imapita kwa osusa (opposition)? Abomawo ngati anatenga loan, adzabweza ndi ndalama za misonkho yathu. Anthu akuzuzika ngati sali m’dziko lawo, zachisoni……..

Chambe
Chambe
7 years ago

Yes the price looks so high for affordability but people can only afford not the whole bag but portions of kgs of what they would want to buy that day suiting their pockets. This will lead to long queues and high volumes of activities at ADMARC. One wonders if Govt. has considered this effect. I also wonder why prices are set when in actual fact a greater portion of the money that the government is using to buy this maize is through 100% aid. I thought they should have included all costs to arrive at total mark up through the… Read more »

MABUSA
MABUSA
7 years ago

K62.00 per kg is the normal and reasonable for our poor brethren Malawians maize selling price not the K250.00.

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