DPP trashes Tonse budget: Mwanamvekha says Malawians have been duped
Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has dubbed the Tonse Alliance first national budget as a wasted opportunity with former Treasury czar Jospeh Mwanamvekha saying the economic fundamentals delivered by Finance Minister Felix Mlusu do not give confidence.
Mwanamvekha, who is DPP spokesperson of finance in Parliament, said he will give a comprehensive response to the budget statement in the House, but in nutshell said he was impressed with measures to enforce fiscal discipline and the revenue mobilisation strategy .
He also said one of the strength of the fiscal plan is the organizing informal sector into cooperatives is transformative both from the perspective of facilitating their growth and from the perspective of broadening tax base.
However, Mwanamvekha pointed out that the budget has failed to, among other things , roll out implementation of the pledged universal fertiliser subsidy , reduced fees for passports, duty free weeks, and zero-connection fees for electricity and water.
“The Tonse Alliance administration has in essence duped Malawians as it first promised to implement a Universal Subsidy but we have seen that it has actually backtracked by bringing a completely different version of targeted subsidy,” said Mwanamvekha in an interview with Nyasa Times in reaction to the 2020/21 budget statement.
He added: “Malawians have been cheated and should be reminded that not all that glitters is gold. The Tonse Alliance administration promised a litany of things to Malawians but they are nowhere in the budget. They promised to take Malawians to Cannan but in actual truth, we are going back to Egypt.”
Mwanamvekha said: “ Most of what was promised by Tonse Alliance has not been provided for in the budget.”
He also accused the Tonse Alliance of “copy and paste” in most of parts of the budget which he said were what the DPP has done.
However, Mlusu defended the Affordable Input Program (AIP), saying it is not far from being a universal subsidy programme.
Mlusu said only 4.2 million farmers will access the cheap fertilizer which will be sold at MK4,495.00 per 50Kg bag.
“This not far from being a universal subsidy program assuming an average family size of four people, which gives approximately 16.8 million people that will be covered under this program out of the 17.6 million people in Malawi.
“Each farming household will purchase two 50 kg bags of fertilizer at a price of MK4, 495.00 per bag.”
Mwanamvekha also pointed out that the national budget has also failed to give Malawians hope in terms of management of coronavirus pandemic.
“The budget has not provided strategies or measures that government, through ministry of finance, will put in place to address the Covid-19 pandemic. In a nutshell, Tonse Alliance government has failed Malawians in management of Covid-19 and in the process we may end up losing more lives as a result of governments’ lack of focus,” he said.
Mwanamvekha further pointed out that the projected K1.179 domestic revenue in the budget is likely to be unattainable.
Said Mwanamvekha: “The economic fundamentals do not give confidence that such amount can be realized.”
He said the development expenditure at 23% continues to be low and lower than estimates in previous years, saying the development component has failed to pass the development budget test as the minimum threshold internationally is 25 percent.
Mwanamvekha accused the Tonse Alliance government of cheating those who voted it to power.
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Hahahaha kodi mwati mwanavekayu adali ndiyake budget…..??? Dpp sinabwereko ndi budget yopindulira a Malawi koma mbava basi.. Dpp is a bag of robbers people that can not be trusted. I will be happy to see mwanaveka atakhala chete if alindizeru. Koma poti ndichibekete apitiliza zopusa zakeko.
Malawian of the North and Central each and every year working and paying tax for the people of the south. Now enough is enough everyone through this budget must work for his generation
And the SONA which Nankhumwa delivered was the most powerful to the extent that Chakwera has already appeared in parliament to respond to it. In his response, Chakwera ably addressed Nankhumwa more than 20 times paying attention and respect to strong points which Nankhumwa put in his SONA. Phwaaaaaaa abusa apenga kale.
Tulo a Malawi. Chakwera analonjeza pa campaign kuti mujamuvotera azidzabwera Ku parliament kudzayankha mafuso. Ndiye Iwe unamuvotera Ndiye pano uzilankhula zako zako
Zawavuta a Tonse alliance
Ukanama zikuchedwa kucha
ce mwanaveka munasulutsa ciz8mba munkaenda naco cija. Mulungu si Joseph.
kuba inaba iwe kuja mpaka kuyamba geni ya nkhuku ndi kale lose munalibe inu. mpaka zina ndalama kumanyengela tiana ti ma slay queens. kkkk ka nkaladi kaja. koma cikondi anakoza ndithu.
inu badikilani 2085 mpamene Pitala azakuloweseniso m mu boma atanyenyanyenya
kuwafinya
kusokoneza
kuzunguza ndipo kuponya ci bomb kwa a Malawi tosefe.
maso ngati kangombwa eti tamuoneni.
inhokhalani pasi mulibe nfundo mukutithobwa mmaso
Opposition must start showing maturity, otherwise you will be history if you miss 2025; ask UDF guys. We clearly see that Mwanamveka’s budget was worse and all the mones ended in your pockets.
How was mwanaveka budget worse that this one? Just saying it does make it true. Mwanaveka budget was so good so much so that people duped it a campaign budget but in essence took into consideration the economic effects of coronavirus. As an economist he understood the shrinking of trade and exports in these time and the likelihood of recession, not this appealing to donors thing and missing the minimum threshold
anali kuti nthawi yammbuyoyi?
Mxii anatanganidwa ndi A4 azao ali pa A5.
ia Malawi sakufuna za mmapepala zokha koma hands on the ground. cifukwa no matter how big or good the budget was there, sipakanaonekapo cocita than ndalamazo kungogawana a DPP.
LIP SERVICE AMAITHATU.
Jappie ndi botomani yao ija.kkkkk
mukutithobwa mmaso ia malawi maso ali cithogolo
Campaign budget sikuyamikira koma kunyoza. Ndangodutsa
Obsession with filling the country with Stadia is a good budget these days? ok
Unable to collect taxes. Actually systematic policy of tax evasion and fraud. K4.1 deficit included.
Ok. We believe you Sarah sarah
Mwanamvekha, please, give us a break! You drove this country into unimaginable debt. You became finance minister on the back of being Lomwe but those of us who know you, you should not have been anywhere near the Finance Ministry. You record cannot inspire anybody. Sometimes, it is better to keep quiet. People will respect you.
Lol show some objectivity please. Mwanaveka a qualified economist, a former banker who was a bureaucrat at the ministry of finance, and a successful agriculture minister credited of bolstering food security was not qualified to be a finance minister?
For the record, under his stewardship Malawi had macroeconomics stability even when the country faced floods, drought, fall armyworms that disrupted our backbone, agriculture.
Please say something else, not this! Or continue following your charted insurer as an economist who don’t know basic macro and micro
Koma amayendera xithumwa. Ndiye pano zinasuluka. Ukamuona skuchita kumvetsa chisoni. Kaya pomatha 2 yrars Nfiye azioneka bwanji kaya
Paja amakonda kugona mu parliament madalawa sanamve zomwe mzao amanena akhululukireni. Azipita akapange disciplinary hearing ya Jefu wa Jefu ndiye zomwe atsala nazo
4.2 million families, yes, but two bags of fertilizer per household..munda okwana matumba awiri siungatulutse chimanga chokwana kudya anthu 4, whole year..so its not near universal subsidy…and ma legumes sanapangidwe prioritise, as this is the biggest commercial area of a subsistence farmer….waiting for the implementation of the budget..in all this Malawialns must see a change for the better….
Ndipotu si matumba awiri monga zikumvekera akamatiuza. Its one 50kg bag. 1 npk and 1 urea which are applied tothe same crop. Ndiye muganize kuti munda olowa thumba limodzi mkutulutsa chimanga chodya anthu 4 chaka chonse.
Tikumamva mosiyana. Zachuluka Ndi ndale Apa ndithu
Kodi munthu wamkulu amadya chimanga chochuluka bwanji pa chaka？ Think and anlyse odangolemba Bola mwalemba ayi
kkkkkkkk Mwanamveka dont make me to collapse or faint, what do you mean go back to Egypt, you mean DPP was having full of tyrant leaders not so, zinazi posutsa tiziona koma munali mommotu bwanji you failed to implement such development mr mwanamveka
I first met Mwanamveka when he was Secretary to the Treasury and I was working in the Ministry of Health. At that time the Ministry had a challenge whereby it was supposed to absorb into its payroll over 4,000
HSAs who had been recruited and were being paid using The Global Fund resources. The meeting comprised of officials from DHRMD and MoH. The then Budget Director in Treasury Department facilitated the meeting. I liked the way he provided direction in resolving the issue by saying the government cannot afford to lay off all the HSAs without considering the negative effects this will place on the rural communities which are benefiting immensely from the services they provide. He therefore directed that DHRMD take all on them into government’s payroll.
I have provided the above information because I don’t believe it is the same Mwanamveka who now could just wake up and tell Malawians that they have been duped by Tonse-led government just because they have not included all they promised Malawians during their political campaigns in their first national budget. I would have understood him better if he said this in year 3 or 4 their government’s tenure. In case he has forgotten, the then DPP-led government had made numerous promises including universities, airport in Mangochi and many more. Fortunately, I hope, they made good of all the promises during their tenure and the ungrateful Malawians decided to boot them out in recently held presidential elections. This world is indeed unfair!
First thank you for acknowledging Mwanaveka statue. But I fail to understand why you haven’t seen his point of view. Those tonse alliance promises were main signature election promise, Chilima was carrying a fertilizer bag to every campaign rally and promising that this will be impremented as soon as they got into govt.
Mwanaveka is right to claim Malawians, especially rural Malawian were duped. Him coming from leading agricultural ministry and finance, he knows the importance FISP played in achieving those food security.
But it’s important to make politicians accountable on their promises especially those main signature promise. Airports and university weren’t signature DPP promises. FISP Mardef loans, roads, community colleges were, and they delivered
This is personal for our friend here.
Can’t be objective at all.
Mwanamveka has no point. Why is he worried as if he is the one who voted Tonse? The govt has started delivering on its promise, that’s all.
Not all people voted for Tonse and as such, it does not mean that they should not raise concerns just because they didn’t vote for Tonse. Tonse belongs to Tonse members but Malawi belongs to all its citizens and absolute rights.
Mukaliralira, mutonthola koma muchila mochedwa
Mwanamvekha kulira mokuwa
What else Could Mwamveka say？ Ali Ngati munthu olandidwa mkazi. Umayamba kumunyoza mkazi uja chonsecho dzana dzanali umamuamutchula chiphadzuwa. Kulira kwa Mwana kwamveka
I agree, there is nothing for civil servants . No increment whatsoever yet we hear of this stupid thing of building houses for Mps who are getting MK80 pin per day while at parliament and for the 8 weeks they will be at parliament they will get a total of MK4 8 million each that is besides their salary, fuel allowances and other allowance.
I think you missed that point. Its in there he said it plus you have to know that not everything was no mentioned he kept saying “among others” budges statement kuwerenga yonse will take 12 hrs
Anthu a Opposition inu mukudziwa chani, fight for the survival of your party DPP, paja munakanika kuyendetsa dziko..
I feel there is too much freebies we glorify with to the MPs. ma units amathera kuimbila fone non government issues and same with fuel etc.
SAD.
KUCOTSA MA ALLOWANCE ENA NDIPO YEMWE SAKUKONDWA ASIYE U MP WO
Bwana Mwanamveka please bring foward constructive criticism. How can all campaign manifestos be implemented in one year? If all are to be implemented in one then what will the government be doing in the next four years? Kodi munthu ukamafunsira nkazi ndikumulonjeza kuti uzamumangira numbs,kunugulira galimoto ndi zambiri.kodi zonsenzi umazipanga Atiku wallowa m’manja? Let us be realistic in our criticism
What else can Mwanamveka say? He is the kimd of the crippled minded people who are addicted to theft.
Mwanamvekha is addicted to theft and viagara.
What can this guy say ?