Chairperson of the board of directors for State-produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), James Masumbu has said the chief executive officer Foster Mulumbe and his team by-passed the board in the controversial Zambian maize procurement saga. Masumbu, a lawyer who has been retained as chairperson after the new board was appointed by President Peter […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Thapatula Chaponda, has refused to resign after the Zambian maize procurement saga appeared to link him to the deal. The civil society organisations (CSOs) have been calling for the resignation of Chaponda and suspension of State-produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) chief executive officer Foster Mulumbe, saying […]
People’s Party (PP) has asked President Peter Mutharika to institute investigations into the rot in the procurement process of maize from neighbouring Zambia. PP said in a statement that President Mutharika should relieve of their duties CEO for state-produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), Foster Mulumbe and Minister of Angriculture, Irrigation and Water […]
Documents on the deal for the purchase of 100, 000 metric tonnes by Malawi’s grain marketor Admarc were signed with a Zambian private company called Kaloswe Commuter and Courier Ltd and not government to government deal as claimed by Admarc. On Tuesday December 20 Nyasa Times published a story which said Zambian opposition leader has […]
Malawians are conspicously shunning Admarc markets because its maize is more expensive than that sold by vendors as the grain body officials ponder how to repay a huge loan it obtained to buy the maize. Admarc is selling maize at K12500 per 50kg bag, making it the most expensive as vendors are selling maize of […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has removed secretary to the Treasury (ST) Newby Kumwembe and Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) cheif executive Jerry Jana in his latest round of purging public officers since he assumed power on June 1 2014. No reasons are being given so far for the sackings. Mutharika pledged not to sack […]