Global Fund suspend Malawi Aids funding: Crisis looms over Nacgate

January 5, 2015 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 180 Comments

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has suspended financing Malawi over the controversy with National Aids Commission (NAC) finances.

Kumbweza Banda: Claimed Global Fund were satisfied with NAC explaination
Kumbweza Banda: Claimed Global Fund were satisfied with NAC explaination

Money from NAC is currently a centre of controversy after the organisation spent K5 million during the launch of First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust.

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) are demanding a refund of the money and have threatened national demonstrations on January 13.

Sources say Global Fund has with immediate effect stopped financing Malawi by suspending the Principal Recipient status for NAC. This means in the meantime, the Aids commission will no longer be receiving direct aid from Global Fund.

But President Peter Mutharika’s chief economic adviser Dr Collins Magalasi is on record saying government has spoken to the Global Fund and obtained an assurance that its relationship with Malawi remains warm despite the NAC controversy christened by CSOs as ‘Nacgate’.

Magalasi said he spoke directly to the Global Fund’s executive director, Dr Mark Dybul, who assured there will be no negative consequence.

“You must appreciate that the Global Fund supports us with between $600 million [K300 billion] and $700 million [K350 billion]. This is an enormous contribution to the economy. Therefore, government had to move in quickly to make sure that its larger strategic and economic interests are safeguarded,” said Magalasi as quoted in the local press.

NAC board chairperson Mara Kum’bweza Banda also claimed Global Fund was “satisfied” with their explanation on the money controversy.

One of the organisers of the demonstrations planned to compel Beam to refund the money, Gift Trapence—executive director of Centre for the Development of the People (Cedep)—has maintained the protest march will proceed because “people of Malawi that are expecting a refund “and that the claim that NAC spoke to the Global Fund has not been verified as credible.

There are millions of Malawians dependent on Global Fund resources to stay alive and healthy.

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180 replies on “Global Fund suspend Malawi Aids funding: Crisis looms over Nacgate”

  2. Peter or DPP will win again. I am very sure now. The oposition is busy exposing their nkhanza on legitimate government and they think Malawians are fools and are not watching. Inu ma CSO you must know that your sinister motives and asses are being exposed to your disadvantage and that of oposition too.

  3. The issue is you do not correct a wrong by performing a wrong. Honest people will say sorry we will not repeat the mistake and give back the money.

    Citizen

  4. Who to blame? CSOs because they have become a political puppet of JB. Indeed where were they when JBF received those millions? It is very clear that they want to bring anarchy to lawfully elected government through all these useless barks. Those leaders of these CSOs have put their lives in jeopardy to the Masses deprived of their right to medication. Watch out you guys; you will die a painful death.

  6. My fellow Malawians please let us love our country. In the first this issue was blown out of proportion because of selfish individuals. Whilst I do not condone what NAC did but I think we can not compare with billions of kwacha that were stolen through cashgate and no uprising was called for by anybody. I did not see anybody from the CSOs fuming the way people we are doing now. Once again whilst I do not condone stealing of money but you should know that this is not the first time that NAC has withheld funds NO NO please Malawians lets think.
    The question we should ask our self is that when shall we learn to rely on our abilities to survive and stop relying on donors which are driven by selfish people.

    By the way you do not know how the westerners tease us about our in ability to govern ourselves, to feed ourselves, to take care of ourselves etc etc. After all the monies were not used by an individual as was the case with cash gate. So were even supposed to urge Global Fund not stop funding us.

    My message to government is that please know that you are hated most hated by people who do not think good of Malawi and Malawians. These people will try to take advantage and utilize any simple mistake to quench their thirsty of anger by any available means. Please bear in mind that its a network power and they are everywhere please APM and Chilima watch out!!!!!!!!

    God have mercy

  7. Thank you so much Dr Magalasi for doing your job so well.However manyazi agwire APM,his wife Getrude,Beam,Mangulama and his tribalistic Mullhakho grouping.This is a very big shame on our Malawi nation especially now when high profile corruption cases are rampant with so many unresolved cases in our courts since the UDF-Tcheya leadership.

  9. This is a sad news. What has those who reported to Global Fund benefit? The problem we have in Malawi is we have people who are quick to run blood. Don’t use their head to think and reason, but use their heart to vomit their poisonous venom. It will be the people who will suffer and the charities has a better time to explain. Let us see if your organisation will be funded by Global Fund direct. Stop hate messages it has nothing to do with Lomwe , but with jealousy people who want to rule the country yet they are not able to run their family affairs. We will remain the poorest people in the world until Jesus comes because our hearts are filled with a PULL DOWN SYDROME. We are always carried away and we want to show the society that we can argue with the government, yet we can not offer any positive contribution to the country. May God help our ways of approaching things. Malawi will remain ruins forever. Its not about the leadership, but our altitude of trying to compete with the government.

  10. The reckless behaviour of beam and Mlako shows how foolish and self centered our leaders are. Why are they so insensitive?

    Why do they want to give the impression that at are all thrives? You leaders are embarrassing. Are you happy now that you have destroyed NAC for good?

  12. It is not what the global fund says, but rather what it has done and will do that really matters. Do not take the suspension lightly. Muphetsa anthu.

  13. The NAC money that went to Mulhakho was needed by the Mulhakho Chairman Mr Mangulama so that he can buy ma ARV amoyo wawo wonse. Ine sindinadabwe kuti anafuna ndalama ku NAC. Anangopita Mangulama poti iwowo mmene aliri ndi Proposal kale olo osachita yolemba a NAC anangoti eeh ndalama izi madalawa akuyeneradi chithandizo. So he shared the NAC money with his Commitee most of whom are HIV positive but are also mahule aakazi ndi aamuna. Amangogonana mu Mulhakho momwemo Mangulama ndi Bessie. Hede mufa chaka chake ndi chino bola mwapeza zogulira mankhwala.

  15. i am of the opinion that some guys in the name of CSO are working for somebody. i have heard of a man who critizises falsely his own parents. to whose good are these guys fighting for. money was refunded what else. to which account was the money posted. malawian have to learn to support the current president. even if it is your choice to be there will face the same music.

  16. If you had just humbled yourself and returned the money bwenzi zinthu zisanafike apa. The first lady looks very unhappy nowadays, She doesn’t like these things you are forcing her to do. Achina bamusi mukumulakwira mkazi wa president, kumulangiza zinthu zoti sakufuna Payekha akanatha kubweza, koma ndale zalowapo mukumuyipitsa. Now she will be so depressed

  17. Peter Mutharika,Get Rude Maseko,Mara Kumbweza and Bright Mangulama anthu onyasa nkhope ndi mitima yomwe.

  18. Probably Magalasi and Banda did not get it right from these white folks, either they were sleeping or busy on facebook whey the Global fund assured them of continued relationship but not continued funding. These two terms are different and fool those that are in Village listening to MBC radio 1 only.

  19. I pray Global Fund should still help in Malaria, Aids etc. otherwise there will be a massacre on the innocent souls who know little about governance issues. Sending in ARVS should not be compromised because of the Mutharika Family. No no! We are talking of/about life here. Have some sense Global Fund.

  20. Kadzanja,

    These people are thieves, now that Global Fund could be providing ARVs…….they will steal them and sell them also.

    Sasowa chakuba anthuwa, NGAKUBA BASI!

  21. Very bad! APM You should go now and explain briefly to Grobal fund. This is state of ermegency without Nac. Please Grobal Fund reverse your gear. Malawi will completely finish or otherwise assist directly to the benefiaries than through Nac.

  23. Amalawi simukuva, makamaka inu mumadzicha a lhomwe. Tidanena kuti anthu awa ndi a kumidima. Atsogoleri olowa udindo ndi mphavu zaziwanda, zakumanda. Inu mumati zimene zidachitika ku Comesa zija zinali zachilungamo/ Munthu wamkulu, Judge kulira pa gulu mumati ndimasewera? Amalawi tidafuna kuti zinthu zikhale momwe zililimu chifukwa awa ali ndi mhabvu zozuza za satana ndi amithenga ake.

    Kukoma kwake kwa a Lhomwe kulibe anthu odwala edzi ndipo mankhwala ali nawo a ku sapitwa azimwa akadwala. Dziko likulamulidwa ndi agaru ili, nanga tiziti bwanji? Zopweteka kwambiri. A magalasi timayesa ndinu munthu koma tsopano tawona kuti ndale zilibe chilungamo, anthu amanena zimene ngakhale mtima wawo weniweni ukutsutsa. Zowona inu mungamatiuze zopusa ngati zimenezi pamene ife tikuvutika kuno? Idyani ndalamazo, koma mukufa nazo nonse kuyambila Getrude wanu wothaithayo, tikuwonerani.

  24. It will take an extra ordinarily great president to change the mindset of leaders in Malawi. Leaders in Malawi believe that a person can not do well unless he/she steals. This mindset will be with us until someone comes who will rule this country without fear of being voted out from power. The current leaders are failling because they think that if they do certain things like rebuking their own ministers then their popularity will go down. So at the end of the day, presidents just watch their officials stealing. A good example is the K50,000.0 envelops which were given to the journalists. In that scandal, there was another scandal, where the president had instructed that the envelops should contain K150,000.00, but only K50,000.00 was put in envelops. Now, where did the balance go? Yet up to now we are not told what followed next after it was revealed.

    On the NAC funding, I would suggest that the CSO,s in Malawi should go and ask Global Fund to help us by giving us the actual ARV’s. Lets see if these people will steal again. Otherwise as I am wring this, my two sisters and cousin are so worried at home after hearing this bad news. Without ARV’s, definately, I do not Know what will happen to them. It is a death sentence by the ”judges” BEAM, Mulakho and NIB.

    To those who have been talking shit on the issue, people like Magalasi etc, please, find other means of pleasing your bosses. Your actions will cause so much suffering to innocent Malawians. The suffering you have caused is no different from that caused by cashgaters. You are not angels at all.

  25. Taonani tsopano. Munatenga ndalama za chifundo kukazidyera ku phwando. Apa tsopano miyoyo ya anthu ambiri kuphatikizaponso alhomwe anzanu ili pa chiopsyezo. Tsopano ife mukuti titani? Basitu wa pa nseu pa 13 pano. Boma lidziwe kuti takwiya. Mwatibera ndalama za mankhwala, ndiye mufuna tizikusekererani. Muona pa 13 pano.

  27. NAC has failed to deliver instead they are using the Money in Drinking Joints like in Pubs,sleeping with there freinds’s ladies and many things so I ask Global Fund to stop adding Milk to these Shit Organisations.

  28. others here are just commenting as cabbages but Simeon Nyapala you are brilliant,I salute you keep on be objective.The other point is,the biggest financier of Global Fund is a celebrity who is an advocator of minority rights,so the previous regime suspended same sex criminalisation and eventually donor taps were opened than Bingus era when he was cracking hard on gays,lesbians and straights.So be vigilant Malawians for our adversary is on the hunt-GOD INTERVATION.

  29. Peter and your wife learn to hear when NGOS are advising because they are watch dogs. Donors cannot trust you.

  30. Out of 10 pals, 7 are living on arvs. And this is a fact. I request all sides to forgive each other for the benefit of them all and their relations.

  31. Ndiye muthera nazo kuti zolemba lemba zanuzo, ngati pali mulandu a ACB agwire ntchito osati amabungwe. pakapezeka olakwa abweze ndalama komanso amangidwe finish/ osamangolongolola kodi munafunsira ntchito ya u Public Relations Officer kwa mtundu wonse wa anthu a dziko la Malawi? Ine ndiye mundichotsemo sinfuna kuneneredwa ndi atumbuka.

  39. Apa enafe tikalankhula tilakwitsa coz anthu a DPP will never accept kulakwa kwao. The 13th January demos are now justifiable. Liabunya’s prophersy being fulfilled.

    1. Did you notice the speed at which APM got married and how quickly BEAM was formed? APM knew IFMIS loopholes were sealed and cashgate would not work. He had to devise other means of stealing; NACgate through his wife. Tsoka ilo; awonekela poyela msanga. Naye JB and her Foundation robbed Malawians of K75millionNAC money. Amai awa umbava anauyamba ali board chair wa ADMARC. Naye Muluzi! Mwaona wayamba ukhwekhwelela kwa apm. A Malawi tili pa mabvuto. Tiyeni tilowetsemo ena atsogoleli m’bwalo. Bwanji tingoumilila mbava?

  40. Peter Mutharika should have kept his filthy hands off NAC money and he and his ugly wife should instead have done what his brother Bingu the Looter had done, go to the Indian businessmen for bribes.
    After all Peter Mutharika had already followed in his brothers footsteps by accepting bribes from Indians.
    This idiotic Mutharikas locked up Yusuf Mwawa for stealing peanuts whereas they are stealing billions with the Indians. Where is justice?
    Even God had abandoned us!
    Only manner in which we Malawians can act is to demonstrate.

  41. Guys one party system was better than this no sense,can u imagine we lack everything and everyone have. Become a thief including a police officer,yet we have a mine running,where do this money fo uranium goes.

  42. If i were the president i would dissolve these CSOs coz what they have done now is putting lives of most vulnerable Malawians to the sword.

    These CSOS have now created another crisis on top of the ones we had and at last that burden will be left to the govt especially tax payers to head.

    These organs are good for nothing;they are becoming unbearable.Instead of going about helping this our ailing govt with development inturn they are united in betraying their own brethren.

    I say dissolve them.

  43. Malawians are crazy beings. Malawians are selfish people. Malawian CSOs are useless and selfish. leaders of Malawian leaders are total useless and confused. Malawians do not like their country. Mbuzi zomaliza padziko pano ni a Malawi basi.

  45. Yes this is required. The Auditor General needs to conduct a thorough audit of this NAC, NAC has been used as a conduit for siphoning money under the pretext of HIV/AIDS programmes, the examples of funding to BEAM, Mulakho, Joyce Banda Foundation are the guiding light to the abuse that this insitution was capable of. Proposals for disbursement of funds has been fraudulent for a long time, there has been massive misuse/theft of NAC funds by NGOs, CSO and we hear on no prosecution. The NAC board members have been splashing money on buying the chinese village from kickbacks received after approving dubious proposals. NACgate is going to be the elderof all cashgate

  46. I had foreseen disaster for the country when people voted this clue less government into power. I for one did not make that electoral mistake. Now on top of systems that are malfunctioning ie water supply systems that fail to supply water, electricity black outs, public malaise evident in the numerous strikes and industrial actions, it is painful for the country to lose a major donor like Global Fund in a country where so many people are on ARV treatment. Just go back in time a few years ago when ARVs were scarce and expensive. People were literally dying like Nkhuku zachitopa. Every Malawian family was affected and we all lost relatives. Productivity was down because people spent time looking after sick relatives and attending funeral ceremonies. Should we go back to those days???? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let`support those agitating for the demo and abort this govt.

  49. Mungodzibvuta tifunseni ife tikuzeni zoona. Global fund siinasiye koma anthu ena asanje akufuna asiye mwalemba m’madzi. Kumbweza banda keep it up osadandaula ndi zimenrezi. Iyi ndi nsanje.

  50. Iwe presenter waku MBC, Mr. Splash On, apa ndepofunika press conference ija ndikulira kwambiri. Osati ndale zija anakutuma zija ayi!!!
    If you are wise, you really care and man enough I want to hear you say something.

  51. kenaka umva if you want this funding back you must all be homosexuals like Trapence and Mtambo ha ha ha

  55. That’s what affluent politicians and government and NAC officials wanted to happen. They don’t care about the plight of poor people. To them, funding Beam, Mulhakho wa Angulu is OK at the expense of my fellow Malawians who are positive. I have no kind words for those responsible for this foolishness. I want to know, what does this pseudo Dr. Collins Magalasi think when he says that government has obtained assurance from Global Fund. Foolish! You don’t understand these white people, my friend. Are you going to close NAC and open a new commission? NAC is Malawi government; so when Global Fund says that it will not fund NAC, it is as simple as saying that it will not send money to the Malawi Government because the Malawi Government is childish as it does not know how to handle money. It does not know what Fiduciary Accounting is. Shame!!!!!!!!

  56. Mr Chikopa or number 49 think wisely and speak. The way your governemnts are misusing the money nobody would be comfortable to give them money.
    BEAM did not need to get money from NAC, Mlakho wa Alomwe too did not just like the NIB
    Why must your government put Malawi in disrepute for their useless ego? Is BEAM more important than life saving activities by NAC? Do we need BEAM for malawi to develop? Did she establish BEAM to fish from the coffers of NAC? Is this a reasonable way of doing things?

    NGOs are the only source of consious in Malawi without them Malawi would have been hell to live in.

    I support the Global fund action and wish them well till the lunatics refund the money they got for their useless activities.

    Mlakhowo mumapangira a NAC? In this centuary dont expect to be funded from public coffers

  58. Global Fund money is for procurement of health products and all procurement is off-shore. NOT EVEN a penny reaches Malawi just the products nde zimene akunena Magalasi has no basis. It does not contribute anything to Forex reserves. Secondly, these CSOs that are making all this noise SHOULD and MUST audited foresnically because they have financial mismanagement issues. What happened at NAC is indicative a CORE moral decay from all WALKS of life, from a cleaner to the ED. Koma its interesting to know what the end game is going to be. ALL COUNTRIES have NACs in the SADC region. A NAC can survive just on coordination, and it shall be so. CALM down and allow the institution to make the transition. There ought to be formal processes of carthatic processing of the foolishness that went on.

  59. you see i worn about this.it was a question of time but more are going to cut too.
    you can thank you this to your first lady.
    but i blame all malawians who vote for this people.
    you are the only responsible.
    you are waiting for what?
    even the results of election were fake.
    JB was right you see.
    put that guy out before its too late and call your mum back if you want to stay better.

  63. Nothing wil change in this country. Like it or not, here in Malawi is God 4 us All and each One 4 himself/herself. This woman and the crew are heartless and cruel. SHAME IN U.

  64. Malawi dug its own grave on 20 May 2014 by putting DPP in power again. Malawi will be buried in this grave very shortly, and all that you see DPP doing is preparing Malawi for its final resting place. DPP are thieves and killers by nature. During their previous reign, they killed and petrol-bombed so many people, and plundered so many govt resources including CASHGATE and MHC HOUSEGATE. Now they’re even stealing from corpses, according to MCP. A thief who steals from corpses is the worst thief ever; it is the same as those who dig up graveyards to steal coffins buried with the dead. And this is what DPP is – a heartless, violent thief. And yet people still voted for them and rejected God’s arrangement to have JB rule Malawi so that Malawi can have life and life in abundance. Munena izi ndi izo koma gwero la mabvuto a Malawi ndi kukana Joyce Banda popanda chifukwa. You can go to the streets and demonstrate but this will not solve Malawi’s problems – it will in fact worsen Malawi’s problems and hasten the burial day for this country. The mistake was made on 20 May, and there is no return to glory again until people repent and return to God by voting for Joyce Banda in the next round of elections. You can reject JB but you cannot simultaneously reject the consequences of your action. Reject her at your own peril.

  66. Tinkanena anathera mu siizi. Zokambakamba mbwee. Do not wash dirty linen outside. Now your relatives will die because of no ARVs. So who will lose? APM or yourselves?

  67. The good thing about this is that the statisics show that the southern region has so many people on arvs and with this withholding of funds from global fund most people will not be able to aford arvs and they will die imediately and the population in this region will eventually go down!!!!

    Lomwes get ready for the showdown!!! Mbale wanu pitala wakuphetsani!!!!! Mufa muona!!!!! Kunyengana mumanyengana mopusa muja muonapolekera agaru inu!!!! Stupid people!!!! Nature will sort you out!!!! Munavota nokha mupusa!!!!!! Patumbo panu!!!!!!

    Mufa
    Mufa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will bring the ebola virus for purposes of wiping u out!!!!!!!!

  68. Waaa aphale mufuna ine ndilowe? Aphale onsene tili ndi nyamvungaza wa matenda ndikukupangani kuti tiipemphe Global Fund iyi itiphedze na kobili zakusumila ma ARV. Shaa ndabonela kwene. Aphale mwapanganji?

  69. This is no laughing matter. This is a tipping point for the Mutharika govt, K350 billion kwacha is over 50% of the whole national budget. This is a crisis, a cataclysmic catastrophe of cosmic proportions. What angers me the most is that APM’s net worth is over K80 billion. Why would this mbuzi of a president allow his wife to steal a mere K5 million? You were told to return the money and save yourself the embarrassment but mfwii mfwii as if Global Fund is your personal estate like DPP. This is a failed, foiled, fooled, feigned and fired govt. Anthu osamva chisoni ndimavuto anzawo. I pray that Gid strengthens the will of the people of Malawi to rise against this tyrant, demagogue, rogue, arrogant leader who is clueless and myopic. You steal from the poor, shame on you NACgaters and alligators.

  70. Now Tumbukas are happy that they blew a trumpet over K5,000,000.00 so that Malawians should suffer all because federalism has failed koma mtundu uwu.

  71. Its very unfortunate to see our Brothers and Sisters in Malawi CSO’s behaving like dogs.What’s wrong with you? Are you true Malawians or asslum seekers ?? Thanks Dr Collie M for your quick idea to meet Global Fund Director.These CSO’s are sick and they know not of their duties.And its only few CSO’s with such barbaric ideas of telling lies to donors not to fund NAC and promoting demos.Pliz,let’s love our mother Malawi by finding means and ways to overcome the challenges the nation facing.

  72. Vuto ndi aMalawi – kusamva! It was 3 years ago when DPP and (Bingu) chased ALL development partners; even declaring Cochraine-Dyet as “persona-non-grata”! But aMalawi ena osamva anavotera DPP yomweyo (actually, Peter promised to “continue the work of Bingu”) – now this is indeed “continuing the work of Bingu”

  73. The heading and the content does not much, that’s why I hate this website. Lembani zina timve osakhala zopusazi zongofuna kusangalasa kagulu ka anthu enazi.

  74. CSO who is going to suffer between the so called “Government” and the common man who is either effected or affected with HIV? Some things are better left un touched for obvious reasons. If you think government is going to suffer that’s a non starter! right now they is shortage of so many medications in the hospitals and who is suffering? Is it the government or the common person in town and in in the village? Think twice when reacting to some of these issues. Government goes forever bur funding has been frozen, CSO muyisova!

  76. Kodi anthu inu lemekezani Mrs president. Simudziwa kuti ndi wamisala koma ndi mayi wa mfuko? Olo atafako ena iye alibe nazo ntchito bola ali ku state house.

  77. Koma iwe peter mbuzi basi. Ukulora mkazi wako aziba ndikuvutitsa anthu a HIV? God punish these thugs

  80. There was a time I worked for NAC and during that time one official from NAC said,” if you need a car, work for NAC”.

    To prove this point, go to the NAC car park and you will see….this is a testimony that at NAC money flows like a river for everyone to drink.

    I humbly request The Global Fund to send Bekker Tilly to do a forensic audit. After this, all the culprits should be brought to book. Thereafter, demand a complete overhaul of NAC. When this is done, Global Fund should send an expatriate Executive Director for NAC. Let the Finance and Procurement departments be headed by Global Fund expatriates too. I think this strategy can work better.

    Suspending the funding, will ruin Malawi and our dear brothers and sisters who rely on this funding will ”die”.

    DPP please spare Malawians. You were given a second chance to govern Malawi, yet just in seven months Malawi is on fire…….

  83. Real shame government steeling money from nac is going to cost the lives of millions of people. Real shame

  84. Si Alhomwe adetselera madzi koma stupid Tumbukas who rushed t donor bodies to report issues that r very local but they don’t even understand themselves. They deserve detention wthout trial, can’t military police assist here?

  85. You are jst making silly comments.
    Zikabvutapo apa tikhawule ndi ife not BOMA ndi CSO’s!
    Samalani poyakhula!

  86. Chipewa cha red? Check
    Trouser ya black? Check
    Shirt ya red? Check
    Nsapato za black? Check
    Zikwangwani zolembedwa “Iwe Getu kabweze ndalama unabazo”? Check
    Demo ichitike basi, takhonzeka

  89. My request goes to Global Fund to set up thier own NGO in Malawi to manage this fund to assist the many affected people in Malawi. Our Government can never be entrusted with any money. Let them only play with our taxes only. Demoz to continue.

  90. Now you will understand what mai Kabwira had said that stealing from NAC is just as good as kubera mitembo. You will see what she meant. Alomwe ndi anthu osamva, amwano, odzikonda, odzitukumula, akuba, most of them are born not to be leaders. DPP and APM will take Malawi to 1950’s when people were walking literally naked. Useless leader.

  91. This government is a killer and money hungry.As of now things are going worse everyday.Come 2019 no single aid will be available.Proffesor do not manage to rule the nation but they only have means on how to drain money from government to their pockects.

  92. our president APM knows what he’s doing.Anyapala inu mufa ndi kaduka wanuyo.Go to hell .Global fund is not run,controlled nor approved by Tumbukas,selfish salvages in Malawi.

  94. Trapence and Mtambo all closeted gays know the issue is not about NAC or BEAM but their frustration at how Malawians dont want homosexuality. That’s the issue. Boma likapanga forensic audit ya ma CSOs mulimba amathanyulanu!!

  97. Simple : Beam verifiable indicator • number of tables decorated I.e. 1 table @ MK3m while JBFI verifiable indicator is number of orphaned girls assisted with school fees

  98. DPP government will make a plan, since they got a manifesto. So it will be business as usual. With Nac or without Nac money government will make a plan

  99. Collins Magalasi cannot speak for Malawi on public funds. He is a nobody. Only a statement from the Minister of Finance or Government spokesman will satisfy Malawians.

  100. whaaat? what is the source of this news of suspension?? who did u interview from the Global Fund to confirm this issue?? One sentence unquoted at the beginning of the article-basi!??? is this journalism really!!! give me a break!!

  101. Global Fund may not necessarily stop providing funding but may be through another agency not NAC. If that happens guys at NAC may lose their jobs and will now probably be employed by Beam. The arrogance on Nacgate has not helped helped anyone and further attempts to wash more dirty linen in public was an even more foolish act.

  103. This backdoor government is playing Russian Roullete with people lives.If the Global Fund stops funding Malawi,the Health Sector will be in great problems.Our government priorities are upside down.Governments in Malawi are always taking its people for granted.Its time all patriot Malawians demonstrated for this good cause.Malawians should not suffer in millions because of the arrogant Getrude Wamutharika and their tribal grouping Mlakho Wa Alomwe.Ndi Azungu awatu akayankhula sabweza Mawu.All Malawians need to do something.I have never seen uncaring woman like this one.Women are meant to be caring but this one is a witch.Pano titani tizingomwa zisamba za mwa sing’anga.

  106. haahaha Magede si wa Ndale afrobarometer utoti chani lero. Have you woken up supprised and confused?

  117. I like Magalasi for saying the truth..Global Fund money is not for AIDS but for the economy..the Government sees the US$ not the ARVs..simple!

    1. If that is the case, then magalasi should have told Global Funding that their aids money is for the economy not for aids.

      The economy has its own money which is the budget But unfortunately we were also stealing the budget money through the cashgate scandals whilst relying on the nac money to save us. But nac money was also mostly being stolen and missused.

      The result is malawi hasn’t developed for 50 years. We are actually going backwards. Our corruption is even worse than that of nigeria. Nigeria has developed tremendously. Just look at our neighbours, they are all better than us!!

      Shame, shame shame!!!

  121. There are many reasons for this action, one of them could be the nacgate but another could be the way Bisika and friends used to run the organisation and even how nac has been used by the previous govt and these same CSOs. Please as Malawians let us be patriotic and stop abusing donor money whether it is govt or CSOs. Its my plea.

  126. This is what the stupid NGOs wanted. Free ARVs were brought in Malawi by Bingu/DPP. NGOs are full of shit and idle creatures/vultures looking for every opportunity to steal from the poor. Some questions worth noting as follows:-

    1. How does the so called donor fund Malawi? Malawi needs ARVs which I believe must be procured through Central Medical Stores Trust. If not donors are also dipping their fingers in a port full of sweet cheese. Figures for financing are way
    2. How many people are on ARVs? What is the cost per annum ? Why not introduce smart cards or biometric mechanisms to monitor usage, geographical presentation etc?
    3. What is the approved budget for NAC for sensitization and awareness? Is it not a true that prevention better than cure? Did the NGOs not seen connection between cleanliness and prevention of some diseases such as diarrhea and malaria which tend to kill more AIDS patients?

    Malawi’s worst enemy are NGOs established to steal donor’s money. Most NGOs are run by semi-illiterate bunch of fools who are ready to make the land bleed as so long as they have something in their bellies.

    1. Don’t blame ngos, blame your stupid, thieving, corrupt and incompetent nac, dpp/ pp govts, beam and mlakho for this. The truth must always prevail. Why hide the truth?

    2. Chikops you are Mbuzi or a goat. ARVS were brought by US funded global fund as part of structural intervention to countries with high HIV prevalence rates of which Malawi is. By the way we are among one of ten countries un the world with the highest rates. Ndiye do not politicize free USAID.

  130. MAY GOD ALMIGHTY SHOWER HIS MERCIES AND GRACES ON THIS COUNTRY ( MALAWI ) FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SONS ; DAUGHTERS AND OUR GRAND CHILDREN (PRAYERS )

  131. They can go in peace and pieces. we will run our show. Now what remains is to put in jail all these stupid CSO LEADERS who have been making noise if they go ahead with their demonstrations. Government should meanwhile abolish all NGOs and all human rights protocols. Make friends with Cuba. Russia and Communist china. Stop paying all striking workers.

  133. I 4c another cardiac arrest coming! Its becoming worst from worse for my professor, strikes and donors pulling out. Alowera kuti polofesa? Muna kandira chala cha eni mkolokolo apa. But as a professor u r used to writting proposals and u will come up with new donors to maintain our donor dependent forex reserves. You failed to manage the Academic freedom and Judiciary issues during your time as minister responsible for those ministries concerned, muzitha izi ndiye?

  134. Malawian politics is the dumbest. We have stupid women like the Kumbweza Banda and some stupid men who have no values at all, no principles at all. This is why we would never have someone resign after committing some super stupid mistakes that puts the country in disrepute. It is high time we assisted these leaders to embrace such values and principles. We should force them to resign, to the needful and honourable thing. The 13 January demonstration should include a demand that she and everyone else who has done or said anything STUPID should resign…as in we go and camp at the capital hill until those useless animal beings resign.

  136. Koma zoona ndalama za nac nkumakapangiranso mlakho. Inu mulibe chisoni ndi anthu amene akuvutika ndi matendawa? Voetsek! Anthu oipa ndiponso odzikonda kwambili inu.

  138. Peter and Getrude Mutharika mind you, who will buy AIDS drugs for my sister?
    Do you want her to die?

  141. Now the country will be losing K350bn because of the stupidity, thieving and stubborness of nac, jb and dpp govts. We are already a very poor country and you are making us now even poorer by your thieving actions.

    And mukhito comes out with more stupid statements that state residencies need nac money because aids everyone is touched by aids. Yes everyone is touched by aids but should the state residencies be the ones dealing with it? Mukhito state residencies are not supposed to deal with aids, if you have sufferers they should go to the hospitals or organisations that purely deal with aids. Better still nac should have directly helped the sufferers themselves with their needs and not through state residencies.

    State residencies and other dubious recipients of nac money were just stealing and missusing the money for personal use and enrichment while the masses of sufferers got nothing!! For that reason mukhito you are a shame and an embarrassment to malawians and donors when they hear what you are telling us.

    Why is mukhito surprised that they didn’t find jb state residencies nac money? Did jb find dpp state residencies money from nac when she took over? All of you are thieves.

    Instead mukhito shamelessly wants to continue with the practice of using nac money for state residencies rather than coming out forthright and tell us that no more nac money will be used by state residencies or any other organisation not directly dealing with aids.

    The govt needs to come out very strongly on this and stop abusing aids money so that funding from Global funds can resume.

    Now all aids sufferers are being punished becsuse of stupidness and thieving of this dpp govt, beam, mlakho and nac.

    Now that Global fund has stopped funding, the demos are even more justified because donors will see that the people of malawi are serious and concerned with the plundering of resources by this govt and arw against their govt.

  143. The results of being stubbon and arrogant. So the CSOs are now vindicated because there were trying to help the government to avoid this results that has come today. Kabwira said that stealing this money is like stealing from corpses and what will happen now that there will be no ARVs in mALAWI FOR THE POOR INFECTED PEOPLE? How do you feel now Gertrude Mutharika with you mwano? Mwaona a Mangulama what you were challenging last week has led to the withdrawal of NAC fUNDS. nOW HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT PEOPLE WILL DIE IN LARGE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF YOU? God will punish you indeed.

  145. Mary Kumbweza Banda,you must be very very stupid! I was listening to MBC Radio 1 news bulletin at 8 o’clock this evening and you said that Global Fund says it sees nothing wrong with that of nacgate,so who were you fooling? Is it just bcoz you ‘re trying to protect mpando wononawo? Galu wachabe chabe iwe wamva? Why ‘re you playing with pple’s lives?

  146. THAT WAS A LOT OF GREEN BUCKS COMIN IN.MAKING GREEDY POLITICIANS SALIVATING.THIS IS GLOBAL VILLAGE-WHEN WE REBUKE EVIL DEEDS,THE WHOLE WORLD SEES WHO IS FOOLIN WHO

  149. The only cure for aids is morality which white people help us to destroy. They promote alcoholism and they open AA centres. They promote child pregnancy and establish abortion clinics, they promote prostitution and homosexuality and the manufacture ARV. We lose twice if Useless CSO start preaching about Malawian values we will save forex and unnecessary wastage. Mind you there nothing likenDonayion or aid government pays pack the money. Others r toyi toying as they though they are concerned.. Deep down the are given by white people to push for hidden agenda

  150. Malawians do not learn. These are issues we could have avoided. Making further blunders at a time when donor confidence is at its lowest ebb ndi chibwana kwambiri. At the end of the day, it’s the ordinary pple who suffer.

  151. Koma Mbuzi izi zitivuta ndithu. mbale wake ananyera mmaso mwa azungu. uyunso avulalitsa anthu osalakwa chifukwa cha umbava ndi mwano kusafuna kubweza ndalama. timanena a Malawi. mphechepeche mwa njovu sapitamo kawiri

  152. Ndakwiya nanu kwambili. Why telling lies that things are ok while you know they are not? If we cherish you as our leaders we don’t mean you should stepping on us as your fouls. You will pay for any suffering that this will cause. Once again ndakwiya nanu kwambili.

  154. DPP woyeeeee, now am begining to wonder whether my vote went to the right people, idiots you managed to make us believe that you can do better but you are worse than your late brother, you idiot

  155. Oh no. God help us. Global fund please forgive us and the greed of the few. Our brothers and sisters still need thevsupport especially lifevprolonging drugs.
    Have mercy on us, if you can even use other means. Thank you

  156. Koma a malawi we are very stupid zoona Iwe kumbweza banda ndi nkhope ngati mtemboyo ungamanene kuti global fund is satisfied with explanation you gave them, if they were satisfied why are they withdrawing aid to malawi, do you want to kill aids patience or trying to impress dpp and it’s apm plus getrude wa arv munthalika
    Ayi ndithu demo ikufunikadi anthu inu mutitola mutitenga ngati a malawi ndife Ma bulutu zoona inu nkumati Ma well wishers apanga fundraise on behalf of beam to refund the money, at first beam and nac amakana kenaka ati Ma well wishers apeleka ndalama ku boma through. Nkondiwa
    I hate living in this country no wonder after 50 years of independence we still have 2 airports the whole malawi, some roads built by kamuzu they are worn out and we are even failing to do maintenance yet every litre of petrol and diesel we buy there is a levy for road maintenance
    I hate leaving in malawi myself inu 50 years of independence bwezi pano tili ndi miseu ya tala even in locations, proper sewage systems not each house having a self sewage tank, our farmers would have been impowered to buy fertilizer not relying on selective subsidy as it is, madzi asakusiyasiya because m dziko muno tisaname mulungu anatidalitsa ndi madzi lake malawi, shire river Koma we are failing to construct canal to be taking water from shire or lake malawi to be supplying to our homes but all we advocate for is the stupid oil exploiting or mining. Hi ine malawi imandiwawa

    Go lilongwe, blantyre and mzuzu cities you will be shocked to see sewage all over town and liter everywhere, what kind of people are we

    Hey beam don’t bit about the bush write a Cheque in the name of nac to refund the money and nib plus mlakho should do the same we are tired of your nonsense just refund the money taonani a global fund afuna atinyanyale kodi are you telling us president sangalakwitse, bwezani ndalama kenaka mupepesa ku dziko ndiku global fund

  157. This is a very sad development. It is the people of Malawi who will suffer and not the greedy few who abused the funds from NAC. sometimes we behave as a cursed people. how can Getrude, Mulhako and NIB do that to us Malawians. the height of madness and arrogance. a Collins Magalasi ndi anzanu God is watching over you for the suffering you are causing to people who need that money. mudzafa imfa yowawa zedi

  159. Mbutu ya kalulu yinakula tazaoneni. Iwe getrude ndi Kumubweza mmafuna kuti zinthu zifike mpaka apa? DPP ndi party yotinkhika kale ndi kale ndi madonors, ndiye kupangila dala zinthu zopusa mtipwetekesa taanthu osalakwa a edzi ife. Kumatha nthawi kunena za JB foundation pa mbc tv & radio. Zazii. L Mambala akukuwa zake zazi zamanyi ngati galu wachiwewe

  160. hw i wish mukamadzafa anthu inu ine ndidzakhale ndili moyo ndidzaonelele mmene mudzafele amfiti inu,pafulumile pachedwe mudzafa mozuzika amfiti inu,ngati zanu uja mudzathamanga uku ndi uku kuyang’ana mankhwala koma simudzaapeza,ana anjoka inu tsiku lanu likubwela ndipo silili patali,ukamafa mumayamba ndi nkhutu kugontha,kusava.mukusewela nayoyi ndi miyoyo yaanthu.TIKUNGOKUONANI NDITHAWI YANU.

  161. KKKKKKKKKKK SOPANO PAMENEPA TINVELE NDANI?? KKKKKKKK TINVELE A -NYASA TIMES- KAPENA -MALAWI VOICE-?? NKHONDO YAPAKATI PA LOMWE KUMENYANA NDI ATUMBUKA KKKKKKKKK. DPP BOMA ILO!!! WINA AMWA TAMEKI. ZOWONA ZIMENEZO A NYASA TIMES KUMANAMA ZUWA LIKUSWA NTENGO KKKKKKKKK. KOMA MULIBE MANYAZI?? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA KOMA INU ZOKUWONELANI ZIMENEZO?? ANTHU WOLEPHELA, MUTENGE RABARA MUFUFUTE ZIMENE MWALEMBA ZONAMA APAZI, INU NDIYE CHAKA CHA 2015 SIMUNACHIYAMBE BWINO. IFE NDIYE NDI GOOD MORNING 2015 MINYAMA YONSE TATHANA NAYO 2014 -MUSOVA-….

    1. Mr Bulutu Fathara wokonda kulemba kulemba zinthu zopanda nzeru muma Uppercase.Listen the issue here is not about Tumbukas and Lomwes,but your inconsiderate Aunt Getrude, Archaic tribal Lomwe grouping and Nib who are abusing NAC money for their selfish ends.They are alot of Lomwes who are taking Arvs using the funding from Nac to buy Arv funded by Global Funding.Stop hating Tumbukas for your Lomwe failed govt.Tumbukas have nothing to do with this stupidity.Mlakatika paja alomwenso chigololo nkudya kwanu.

    2. You have no shame, Fathara. Munadzowelera kuba inu. You call yourself rich koma ndalama zanu zakuba. Who can listen to malawi voice, it is full of lies trying to confuse the people of malawi by protecting the unprotectable and incompetent dpp govt. Just Seven months in govt and you have already lost Global funding because of your love for thieving donor money. The truth now hurts!!

  162. Alomwe Nonse Nkhani Ndi Imeneyo, Amulakho Ndi A Beam Trust Ndinu Amene Muyambe Kuchita Fund NAC Chifukwa Ndinu Mwathawitsa Otithandiza, Mukakanika Ndiye Ndinu Opanda Nzeru, Muwuzane Ndi Pitala Wanuyo, Liuma Basi

  163. DISASTER – But the story lacks compelling power of evidence. The story starts with a powered voltage BUT quickly loses the power of revealing.

  166. WITH THE MUTHARIKA’S IT POURS NOT RAINING. ISSUSE HAVE STARTING FALLING APART. NOW WATCH SHALL BEAM & MULHAKO STEAL THE CASH.

  167. There is a chichewa adage which I very much like, and which I think is appropriate here if this story is true . The adage says : “Chibwana chimalanda ” .

  169. The bottom line is the Global Fund will not be proving any funding !
    ” Continuing to mentain Cordial relations ” is DIPLOMATESE for “Go to hell”
    Start sorting out the multiple Nacgate issues instead of fooling yourselves that things will remain the same.

  173. Kumbweza,why Fooling Malawians And Yourself? Just To Protect Your Position At The Expence Of Other People’s Lives?Shame On You!!

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