Farmers accuse Malawi govt of arm chair decisions on FISP

Officials of Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) have accused ministry of Agriculture staff of arm chair decisions after they said Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) was a success this year. The president of FUM Alfred Kapichira Banda said this is the worst year in living memory in the delivery of FISP. “The ministry of Agriculture should […]

JB upbeat new Malawi power plant to curb blackouts, boosts ‘transformational agenda’

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday opened a new hydro-electric plant, which will add 64 megawatts to the 352 megawatts to the national power grid and is expected help to minimize blackouts . Launching the 55-million-dollar Kapichira II plant in the southern district of Chikhwawa , President Banda described the  new power plants as a […]

Malawi electricity problems to ease: Kapichira II commissioning Friday

President  Joyce Banda will on Friday 17th January, 2014 preside over the official commissioning of the Kaphichira Phase  II hydroelectric power project which will add 64 megawats to the national power grid. The first phase of the Kapichira hydropower station was commissioned in 2000. With the addition of Kapichira Phase ll to the national power grid, […]