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Sapitwa
Sapitwa
8 years ago

State of emergency really? This story tells us that Maize is available at ADMARC but it’s corrupt officials sell it to Vendors hence plenty out there at high prices. Problem is corruption at ADMARC. We are also told about problems with Dustribution from the Silos to ADMARC depots thus problem is transport. If Iam Minister of Agriculture today, I can sort this nonses in just 7 days, just 7 days, just 7 days. Heads would roll I promise and this is not a problem at all. It just needs a Bulldozer doer and Iam the one! APM , you may… Read more »

NAWE
NAWE
8 years ago

there is alot of stealing in ADMARC. Check around Area 23 u will find alot of maize in ADMARC sacks. Most big traders are politicians. They are heartless humans, its their pay day fo this hunger. Serious govts prevent hunger during harvesting period not in the lean period. Hence chalenge me if this is deliberately made

Amahefu
Amahefu
8 years ago

Sanseless aguements most malawians has low thinking capacity. When they harvest they sell their produce to venders not to their storage admarc blaming that admarc is buying them at lower prices and when venders hits them they say admarc is not helping them where do they think admarc would have get maize to feed them? I dont agree with you bwana to call for state of immegency. We have invited this woo therefore let us bare it for better tomorrow and people are crowding themselves in town looking for greener pastures but green is in fields go to your field… Read more »

Manuel
Manuel
8 years ago

I need to be enlightened here. Did we ask for STATE OF EMMERGENCY(like was case on 3rd march 1959) or STATE OF DISASTER(like january 2015)?

TK
TK
8 years ago

Allan Chiyembekeza and Goodall Gondwe must go.

F.M. BANDA
F.M. BANDA
8 years ago

Thanks to these civil groups people are starving they are buying madeya at mk180 per kg here in phalombe price of maize here is mk12500 per bag of kgs and most these traders are politicians i totally agree that government should set uniform price for maize during this hard time

kamuzu's pupil
kamuzu's pupil
8 years ago

During Kamuzu erra, we were taught that in agriculture lesson that 23-21-0 is applied first and urea later. We had bamper yield. This time vice versa in fertiliser subsity. Very poor yield.

Which school did our hounorable agriculture minister learnt. Fertiliser is being distributed this time when maize is now tasseling. Food for thought for the government.

LOMWE
LOMWE
8 years ago

@ matinga

Trust. is there any well sensed person out there who still has trust in this government. I doubt. I for one withdrew my trust in this inept peter and his government 15 months ago. There is nothing like leadership in this country. We have by all standard and measure the worst president in the history of this country. Always absent from duty. Pathetic

Dickson
Dickson
8 years ago

From my knowledge on the behavior of economic variables, setting a maximum price can NOT work. What is needed for the Malawi Government as of now is NOT to arrest vendors, NOT to set maximum prices for vendors’ commodities and NOT to burn vendors from selling maize. What Malawi Government must DO to save lives is just to supply the commodity and make it available to the neediest people.

It is not the vendors who are raising maize price, but it is

1. the scarcity of maize and
2. the hardship the vendors are passing through to get the maize.

Romento
Romento
8 years ago

Even without declaring a state of emergency, this DPP government has two effective institutions which it has inexplicably not used in this crisis up to now: The VP and the army. During the lower shire floods last year the country saw how these two institutions quickly got to grips with the problem. However, Chilima’s effectiveness was his own undoing as many people started drawing unfavourable comparisons with his boss. From that time SKC has had his wings clipped and I have no doubt that APM, Chaponda, Mwanavenkha, Henry Mussa and other DPP bigwigs would rather see Malawians starve to death… Read more »

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