Peoples Party (PP) presidential running mate, Dr. Jerry Jana, has expressed worry over low prices pegged on pigeon peas, pledging to provide good and stable markets for the same, once ushered into power. Jana observed that poor farmers continue to be poorer because of lack of proper marketing structures for their farm produce, including pigeon […]
The dust has just settled after parties presented their nomination papers. The interesting part of the process was the unveiling of presidential runningmates. Runningmates are integral parts to the presidential campaign. They can add colour and panache to the presidential candidate or ruin the campaign. This is why in this article I want to separate runningmates from ruining-mates. I […]
Former president and Peoples Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said her choice of former chief executive officer for the grain marketer Admarc as her running mate was made after thorough consultations. Banda’s remarks come after she had earlier on told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that she would not compete in the forth oming […]
Former president and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said once elected into power after the May 21 Tripartite Elections she will get Malawi rolling on her ‘Phase 2’ programme with an economic model like no other. Banda said this on Tuesday in Chikwawa when she addressed a mass rally, the second since an […]
Malawi immediate past president Joyce Banda who announced on BBC at the weekend that she is not running for presidency and endorsing State Vice President Saulos Chilima and his UTM Party on Tuesday submitted her nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to allow her to contest in the May 21 elections. Banda has picked […]
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 […]
Malawi’s sole grain marketer the Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) has started purchasing maize from local farmers in a bid to boost its reserves which are now empty. The move comes barely a day after President Joyce Banda instructed ADMARC officials during a political rally at Masintha ground in the capital Lilongwe to immediately […]
The state grain marketer, ADMARC, has started rationing maize with only 500 metric tonnes in its reserves as almost two million people in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, have run out their staple food maize, which they grind to prepare their meals. Most Admarc deports have run out of maize as […]
Malawi’s grain marketor, Admarc, has suspended three employees on suspicion that they defrauded the organization of K5.7 million (about $19 000) allegedly through inflated wages, especially for casual labourers. An internal audit uncovered the K5.7 million fraud at the company’s regional office for the South allegedly involving wages clerk Awirindiwo Kananji, regional accountant Stewart Ngundende […]
State grain marketer ADMARC boss Dr Charles Matabwa has been fired. President Joyce Banda has since appointed economist and ex-diplomat Dr. Jerry Jana to head ADMARC – the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation. Jana reported in office on Monday after Mataba was handed the letter terminating his services dated May 16 2012. Admarc board chairperson Ernest […]
The People’s Party (PP) led government has said it will put on the shelf the highly publicised Shire-Zambezi waterway project which was a priority project in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government. The project’s objective was to substantially reduce transportation costs on which Malawi pays fortune by using other countries ports namely South Africa, Tanzania […]
People’s Party of vice president Joyce Banda is set to form the next government in Malawi, the party’s national director of economic affairs, Dr. Jerry Jana has said. Jana an accomplished economist and former diplomat says he thinks that PP is ready to form the next government and that it will have a different approach […]