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Bonafide Malawian
Bonafide Malawian
9 years ago

Congratulations for passing the budget without much-a-do. Now, were will all this money come from? I don’t think its somewhere just waiting to be used. Government is stifling the local businesses which are supposed to grow and generate taxes by not paying them. K72bn arrears is no joke…Yet they give mouth-watering contracts to foreigners who end up externalizing the funds. Am sure Malawi has many abled enterpreneurs who need govt support and protection. It is not easy in other countries for small-medium traders/enterpreneus to do business as is in Malawi. Only FDI in mining, manufacturing and agriculture are easier for… Read more »

Weniweni Balakasa
Weniweni Balakasa
9 years ago

Gondwe ndi Pitala, mganiza anthu ogwira ntcito mboma adya mapwala anu? Mwatotani anaphwa inu osakwezera malipiro ndi more than 50% ? Sitonse alomwe titodya nawo zakuba za dpp. Mkapanda kukweza malipiro titomacha nawo azathu amadela onse. Tidzayambira kwa january, kunasadi, ku Luchenza, kumafisi, kufourcorner mwanamiwa mosemo mpaka ku khonjeni ndi kwa mitengo , osayiwala kwa mberenga, kumadzi kufikila thekelani sitili okondwa ndi malipiro athu.

Nyani wa ku Mwananyani
Nyani wa ku Mwananyani
9 years ago

Wow! this DPP government is very accommodating to constructive criticism; I cannot recall another government listening so attentively. The opposition should thank APM and his government: other governments would have just ignored all the noise and moved forward to implement the budget.
And some people still insist APM is dictator? They couldn’t be farther from the truth: evidence herein.

SAMSON
SAMSON
9 years ago

Why did Parliament reduce the allocation for the payment of arrears from K50bn to K30bn. I am afraid to say that this seriously reflects the the Parliamentarians lack of understanding of the nations developmental agenda. MPs have no idea how to develop the country and certainly there is no in-depth understanding of how to combat poverty in Malawi.This is a sad situation. When the government obtains services or goods from the business people the govt must pay back and in good time. Govt is owing over K72b to suppliers and the figure continues to grow. Malawian suppliers have no capital… Read more »

Tengupenya
Tengupenya
9 years ago
Reply to  SAMSON

the arrears should be cleared now! however, as they say, the budget man always robs Peter to pay Paul. the reduction of the allocation for clearing arrears has met the increases in allocations to health and elsewhere.

TRUE MALAWIAN
9 years ago

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ife
ife
9 years ago

#3 mind your language, who are you to judge? This shows your stupidity.

Quota system
Quota system
9 years ago

Minus the sum of 5 billion for the cancer centre. Its location will have to be discussed first. The primary beneficiaries will be Malawians. Not doctors. The latter reason is just a DPP scapegoat to initiate most development projects in the south, let alone Ndata. 500 million is too little for diagnostic equipment. X ray machine and other gadgets are not working in our hospitals. I don’t think the allocation will suffice. Drugs are also very costly and ever in short supply at the medical stores trust. All in all, let there be fiscal discipline as the budget will mostly… Read more »

Aaron Mwala
Aaron Mwala
9 years ago
Reply to  Quota system

MOH should start charging individuals for drugs, only way we can improve availability of drugs

Duncan Phiri
Duncan Phiri
9 years ago
Reply to  Quota system

Improvement of health services in Malawi will only improve all politicians are attended to in Malawi: That`s when the politicians will see the real need. But as it stands they care less because when they need medical help they simply fly out to RSA.

Ma
Ma
9 years ago

How can you approve a budget with mk7b useless ironsheet and cement subsidy? How? Pastor you have no idea about financial issues. .. its a shame full budget.

Mwalandila Mabanzi
Mwalandila Mabanzi
9 years ago

Adding over K7b to Health Sector was not enough to pass the 2014/15 Zero Deficit Budget because there are a lot of unresloved important issues! It is very pathetic that Mps have passed the 2014/15 Zero Deficit Budget without resolving controversial issues such as the ones in the MEC, MEC Chair and MEC Commissioners are supposed to resign or be fired from their positions in the MEC because of lack of credibility to conduct Credible Elections and deliver Credible Election Results… We need the Office of Public Protector to protect Malawians from the evils of Malawi because even the MPs… Read more »

Tengupenya
Tengupenya
9 years ago

Budget should be considered in its own right. MEC and electoral laws are separate issues unconnected to the budget.

Balekabayobeghe
Balekabayobeghe
9 years ago

So no consideration has been given to the plea of the Auditor General for an increase in the allocation of his vote? Will the AG’s office manage to audit over 700 billion with only under 200million?Are we really serious as a nation?

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