Shanil forces Dausi to admit handing out 5kg maize to families as relief food instead of 50kg
Government has admitted it is handing out a mere five kilograms of maize to a family in the ongoing relief food distribution to mitigate the impact of hunger instead of the targeted 50 kilograms bag of maize.
Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi conceded this after he was confronted by Balaka west parliamentarian Patricia Dzimbiri who challenged the minister’s statement in parliament that the starving families were getting 50 kilogramsbag of maize.
“Families of 10 are sharing a bag of 50 kilograms, you cannot then say each family are getting 50 kilograms bag of maize, they are getting five kilograms of maize,” she said.
She therefore said Dausi’s ministerial statement in the House was an insult to the starving families.
Dausi conceded that in some cases several people have to share a bag of maize.
“Sometimes circumstances force officials to do that because of the number of recipients who have come to get the relief maize.
Meanwhile, Dausi said the government is ready for any disaster following predictions by weather experts that this year’s rains will be heavy accompanied by storms and heavy winds.
The minister has been in Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mwanza handing out relief items to those affected by the storms and heavy winds which destroyed their houses and other property.
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This article states that the Hon. Patricia Dzimbiri said that ‘Families of 10 are sharing a bag of 50 kilograms. You cannot then say each family [is] getting [a] 50 kilograms bag of rice.’
Why not?
Because a family of two will get 10kgs
I don’t think so. I think every family gets a 50kg bag, regardless of the size of the family.
what does the statement ‘families of 10’ mean? Does it mean that each family of 10 people or 10 families? sharing 50kg? Please help me understand
boma ilinso nde manyaka ndithu………………… nde tiziti 50kg even if u give it ku banja limodzi, adya mpakana liti??????
This is so sad, and Yopa u need medical attention for brain scan u used to clap hands for stupid attitude
Does Shanil want a family of 10 to be getting 10 bags. Vuto a Malawi kuberekana munanyanya. Its 50kgs per family and Shanil wants to appear clever dividing it into number of people in the family
5 more months mbava zose will be voted out! I can’t wait
This is not news story. A family is getting 50kg because people in families do not buy food as individuals BUT as a family. For Shanil to suggest that each person is getting 5kg is silly and shows how foolish and partisan she is.
Inu simudziwa kanthu inu a yopa. 5 kg your ndi ma banja 10 amagawana. Kodi zori dpp ikuzunza anthu ake omwe inu simukudziwa mpaka pano? Dausi anali choncho ameneyo? Lero mimba ngati gwede mantashe ayi zikuwayendera
U need medical attention
Yopa! you talk like a stupid fool possibly because you have never slept on an empty stomach for a day or two!!! stop that nonsense!!!!!!!!!
@ yopa
You know one basic requirement for one to make a contribution on a public forum like Nyasa times is simply that one has to make sure that he or she has a good grip or understanding of the issue under discussion. Failure to exercise this requirement entails displaying of ignorance and sycophancy of unimaginable degree. It’s actually households that are sharing a 50kg bag of relief maize as household is what is basically used as a unit of measure and distribution in relief food. Onsewa akhale opanda nzeru anzeru mukhale inu and even your minister conceded that this was a problem. Malawi and it’s citizenry the likes of yopa
Mache ndi anu a Yopa
Yooh 5kg ingatani
Koma this miserable government has to go. No ethics, lie after lie. Total shame.
Shanil for president!
Dausi achoke!!!
In the picture can you see how FAT and WELL-FED Minister Dausi looks ( almost bursting at the seams), while the woman he is greeting looks really THIN and MISERY. Cry my beloved country!
5 kg for a family of 10 which translates to 1/2 kg per person. Come on is he really going for food distribution or campaign. No sane person can leave Blantyre, Lilongwe or Mzuzu and go to the village with a 5kg of maize for the whole family, let alone the whole Government doing that to its citizens. Our leaders actions !!!! No wonder he wanted to lie in Parliament that they are giving 50kg. Is the whole program really worth it. It is very disappointing.
Koma ku Malawi pena pake timayenjeza. Zoona munthu ngati Dausi akakhale nduna?
So somebody is pocketing the difference. That is sad. In other countries liyin in parliament is is serious you can be forced to resign. We are talking of an official ministerial statement here. But look, he is getting away with it.
Dausi is speaking as agriculture minister or what?
politics as usual, they playing with your taxes and you vote for dpp! poverty will be by choice rural masses!
Where did the remaining 45kgs go? Anthu awa kuba kunalowa m’magazi and they are not ashamed. Shaaah!!!
Kupusa a pioneer awa
The former first lady reduced to to a bunch of beaches in UTM,koma dziko ndilowawa
so whats wrong her joining UTM? mumafuna akhale wa DPP?
kkkkkkkkk koma DI PHI PHI yasowa pogwira ndithu iwo popita kukapeleka chimangacho they didn’t have the number of beneficiaries? inu a DPP mwatinamiza apa
Sura! Telling the world government is distributing 50kg bag to each family when in action sense you are distributing 5kgs. Hurdles people. God should punish the leadership of this country. Only God would know why malawians are going to give it another chance.
KOMA DAUSI NICO KIKIKIKIKI
Haaaaaa!Malawi, Malawi uli mmanja mwayani iwe?Tawona dziko lapansi likukuseka, likuseka iwe mwana wamasiye,tawona watsala wekha mwanawe. Malawi, udatukwana ndani kumwamba iwe, udanyoza yani amene sadakukhululkireyo. Malawi ukulowera kuti, tatembenuka uwone komwe anzako akulowera, tadzidzimuka mwanawe nupenya, haaaaaa!Mwana ovutika, mwana opanda tsogolo, Malawiiii.
So sad.