Government has appointed Williams Banda – known for his role as Super League of Malawi (Sulom) general secretary – as spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development. Banda has replaced Davies Sado who has left the post after being promoted at the Treasury. Sado, a former Lilongwe District Commissioner who once worked […]
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development says it will release the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) report of the food situation in the country by the end of this month. In an interview, the Ministry’s Spokesperson, David Sado confirmed of the development. “We we are currently finalizing on the technical aspects of the report,” […]
Treasury officials say the government will operate on provisional budget as its financial calendar has been disturbed by the just ended May 21 tripartite elections. Spokesperson for ministry of finance Davies Saddo says in addition to the elections, there is need to orient the new members of parliament on the national budget and as public […]
An announcement by Treasury that it has introduced a new system to control spending of public funds among government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) against a background of widespread cases of fraud, abuse and over expenditure has dominated the leading daily newspaper on Wednesday. ‘Treasury moves to control spending’ reads the headline in The Nation […]
Treasury has released K2.8 billion out of the controversial K4 billion development fund to members of parliament. Treasury spokesman Davis Sado has confirmed that the K2.8 billion has now been released to the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. “The rest of the money would be disbursed after an evaluation on how the K2.8 […]
Government has expressed great dismay that some councils are not cooperating with auditors sent to audit their books following revelation last year that 20 members of parliament in collaboration with some council officials abused constituency development fund. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance Davis Sado said although the auditing process is facing some hurdles, a […]
President Peter Mutharika is scheduled to launch the Malawi Growth Development Strategy (MGDS) III, a national development blueprint on Tuesday in Lilongwe to accelerate growth and reduce poverty with a focus on improving the agricultural industry. Spokesperson for Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Davis Sado, said the strategyfocuses on spurring growth and removing barriers to […]
The Malawi beach soccer national team will return home with a silver medal from the four-nation Copa Dar-es-Salaam Tournament in Tanzania after losing in the final 2-3 to Zanzibar. Malawi qualified for the finals after tying on six points with Zanzibar after their 6-5 triumph over hosts Tanzania and a 7-4 win against Uganda in […]
Malawi Beach Soccer National Team will take part at the Copa Dar es Salaam tournament slated to kick-off on December 24-26 at Coco Beach area, Oysterbay in Tanzania. Beach Soccer Malawi National Committee General Secretary Davies Saddo has confirmed. Saddo said they have since released a 16 member squad to start preparations soon ahead of the […]
Central Region Beach Soccer Committee has appointed Allie Mwachande as the new Central Region Beach Soccer Committee Chairperson. National Beach Soccer Committee General Secretary Davies Sado confirmed the appointment in an interview with Nyasa Times. Sado said the endorsement was made over the weekend at a National Beach Soccer Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was […]