State-funded human rights watchdog, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), has demanded a thorough and transparent audit of the K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds feared to misappropriated by public officers. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Habiba Osman, says this is critical in ensuring that rights were not and are not being unnecessarily violated due to abuse of […]
Nsanje District Council has denied assertions by Leader of Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa that the council misappropriated on Covid-19 response funds. At a news conference on Thursday at Parliament Building in Lilongwe on the alleged general mismanagement of Covid-19 funds, Nankhumwa alleged that Nsanje District Council’s allocation disappeared immediately after the funds were deposited […]
While emphasis on the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is on providing medical equipment for treatment units, Patel Samaj of Malawi has come in with a difference by donating essential personal protective equipment (PPEs) to Blantyre City Council’s burial team. Patel Samaj is a grouping of the Patel lineage community whose clan of members are originally […]
In an effort aimed curbing the spread of Covid-19 which is claiming many lives in the country, IPAS Malawi on Wednesday, February 10 2021 donated health equipments worthy K14 million at Blantyre District Health Office. According to the IPAS Malawi Country Director Pansi Katenga the donated equipments which includes, sustation machines, Oxygen cylinders, trollies and […]
Ministry of Local Government has urged chiefs in the country to enhance dissemination of Coronavirus messages to their subjects in order to contain the pandemic. Deputy Minister of Local Government, Halima Daudi, made the call Thursday when she graced installation of Sub Traditional Authority Chiputula after attaining part of Makhuwira area in the district. She […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has threatened to resign as member of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 if President Lazarus Chakwera does not order a “forensic audit” to establish whether or not the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) and some government clusters abused K6.2 billion, which was released by government to […]
Government has condemned the tendency by some sections of the society to reign terror and attacks on frontline health workers in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Mtambo, observed that the rise in cases of assault on frontline healthcare workers emanate from fake news. […]
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Members of the Malawi Congress Party Diaspora Network (MCPDN) has donated assorted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worthy K2 million to Mwanza District Hospital. The items included facemasks, face shields, disposable overalls and hand gloves. The donation was presented on behalf of the diaspora on Tuesday by MCP campaign director and presidential advisor Moses Kunkuyu who […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Dr Steven Kayuni has told the Malawi Police Service to start criminal investigations against officials at the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) and Reserve Bank of Malawi over abuse of Covid-19 response funds. Kayuni has verified the authenticity of the letter he wrote to Inspector General of Police […]
FDH Financial Holdings Limited has provided an additional K34 million worth of Covid-19 fighting medical equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Health. Making the announcement in Blantyre Wednesday, FDH Final Holdings Limited Group Chief Executive Officer William Mpinganjira said FDH Financial Holdings Limited, as a responsible corporate citizen, has joined hands with the Government […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament for Nsanje Lalanje, who is also chairperson of Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament, Gladys Ganda, has said parliament must step up and play its oversight role to ensure that public funds are not being abused by people with ulterior agenda. Ganda said this in reaction to revelations […]
State House is calling for calm as the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 is scrutinising reports from various clusters on how K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds allocated to them last August has been used. In a statement released Wednesday, Press Secretary Brian Banda says also calls on people to be “vigilant” on how government is using […]
UK government is keen to see the audit of how the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) in the Office of President and Cabinet has used K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds from Treasury as Britain had given an additional £6 million (approx. MWK 5.3 Billion) for scaling up the country’s virus preparedness and response. President […]
Assemblies of God Church in Zomba has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to Zomba General Hospital. Some of the items donated are buckets, hand sanitisers and hand washing soap worth over K200,000. Speaking during the donation , Bishop MacDonald Chiudza Banda, head for the Zomba Assemblies of God (ZAG), said they made a donation to […]
At the expiry of 48- hour ultimatum Tuesday evening which President Lazarus Chakwera issued for clusters to account for K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds allocated to then last August, it emerged that the public fear of money being misappropriate is “well-founded.” Chakwera warned that he will fire any controlling officer or cluster heads who fail […]
The Freedom of Worship Association of Malawi (FOWAM) has written the government, expressing its concern and reservations over the government’s decision to go-ahead to roll out the administration of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in combating coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The association, through a statement made available to Nyasa Times, argues that administering the vaccine amid concerns on its […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eisenhower Mkaka, says experts at the African Union (AU) are expected to engage member governments and Covid-19 manufacturers to see how best African countries can be provided with effective vaccines that adjust due to the new coronavirus variants that have emerged in South Africa. The emergence of mutated versions of the […]