Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president (Southern Region), Kondwani Nankhumwa on Saturday, September 21 2019 held a meeting with Southern Region top women leaders of the governing party at his private Luchenza Residence in Thyolo. The leaders comprised constituency and district governesses drawn from all 54 constituencies and DPP’s 25 political districts, including Neno, Mwanza, […]
Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development say the government will this year use a mobile app to buy fertilizer and seeds. The ministry principal secretary Grey Nyandule Phiri has told a cluster committee of parliament on Agriculture, Irrigation, Natural Resources and Climate Change said the use of the technology would drastically […]
Malawi government ministries, departments and agencies owe various water boards in the country a lot of money in unpaid water bills, which has negatively affected their operations, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Nankhumwa made the concession on Friday, September 20, 2019 when he toured the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) […]
It was yet another busy schedule for Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, on Thursday, September 20 2019 as from 9am, he toured two strategic establishments related to his ministry, Blantyre Water Board (BWB) and the Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) headquarters in Blantyre. Minister Nankhumwa inspected works under the […]
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said he is personally committed to ensuring that Malawian smallholder tea farmers earn better prices than what they are currently getting from tea companies. “I am deeply concerned with the current price, which is K121.30 per kilogram. This price is exploitive, abusive and utterly unfair,” said […]
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa on Tuesday announced the suspension of fines and penalties imposed on tobacco farmers in the new Tobacco Law. Nankhumwa made the announcement when he visited Tobacco Commission head offices at Kanengo in Lilongwe to appreciate a number of developments taking place at the Commission. He said […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, says he is aware of the debate on whether to stop or continue the targeted Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) program, and he always appreciates both sides of the argument. Nankhumwa said the FISP program is a pro-poor program that aims at helping Malawians to attain […]
The Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA) says tobacco farmers in the country are excited at the prospect of positive policy reforms, which the new Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa is instituting in the tobacco industry. TAMA publicist, Sam Kalimba, said farmers have been pushing for various reforms in the tobacco industry for […]
Agriculture minister Kondwani Nankhumwa has told grieving tobacco farmers to drop their bid to take legal action against Tobacco Commission over the 75 per cent penalty on all excess tobacco outside the quota. The soft spoken Nankhumwa said this on Tuesday when he visited Kanengo Auction Floors and met the tobacco growers in person. “I […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa on Tuesday visited Kanengo Auction Floors in Lilongwe to appreciate the progress on tobacco sales as the marketing season nears the end. Nankhumwa said that he wanted to appreciate how the market is responding after the tobacco production quota ban was uplifted on September 6 2019. Later, […]
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has assured tobacco growers in the country that no grower will remain with unsold tobacco by the time tobacco markets are close, saying the Tobacco Commission is now ready to attend to applications for production quota uplifts. “I wish to inform you and the nation at large […]
The body of veteran broadcaster Flora Nkusa Nkhoma was laid to rest on Sunday in Mchinji during a funeral service which temporarily unified traditional political arch-rivals. Nkusa-Nkhoma, who until her death was presenter for state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) died on Thursday after a long illness. Speaking during the funeral ceremony, Malawi Congress Party […]
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis Program (RVAA) recently released its 2019 assessment results for Malawi, which say over 1.1 million Malawians will face hunger between October 2019 and March 2020, with over 676, 600 people already affected by food shortage. Although the picture looks grim, government says it is […]
Government has directed that Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) maize buying price be revised from K150 per kilogram to K180 per kilogram for all maize delivered to rural markets. Maize is Malawi’s staple grain that traditionally impacts the country’s economy given its skewed influence in determining inflation rates as it constitutes 45.2 percent in the […]
Government appreciates the support from European Union (EU) in implementing irrigation development projects in Malawi, which is necessary for improved and sustained agricultural productivity, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said. He was speaking in Ntakataka in Senior Chief Kachindamoto’s area, Dedza, on Thursday, August 15 2019, when he officially commissioned the […]
Remains of Lhomwe Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa have been laid to rest. The remains were interred at his Ntundawosema Headquarters in Thyolo on July 31 2019 with military honours as the traditional leader died at Mwaiwathu on Sunday, July 28, 2019, after a long battle against pneumonia. Among high-profile mourners who attended the funeral service included […]
President Peter Mutharika who had earlier said he would crush protesters who feel Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah must stand down has since thrown his weight behind Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa call dialogue over the political impasse gripping Malawi by the neck. Nankhumwa told a rally in […]
The Church in Malawi must take a leading role in inspiring Malawians to live in peace and unity, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Nankhumwa said according to the gospels, one evening Christ Jesus and his disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee in a boat, when a furious storm came […]