Remains of late Elias Joseph Yalu, bodyguard to Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa, were laid to rest on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at his home village, Chibuli, in senior chief Ndamera’s area in Nsanje district. He was buried with full […]
A security bodyguard to Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Kondwani Nankhumwa, has been killed in a road accident. Kamuzu International Airport police spokesperson Sapulain Chitonde identified the bodyguard as police officer Sub/Inspector Ellias Yalu. Yalu, 43, was killed in the road accident on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, according to Chitonde. “He died after a […]
Newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Kondwani Nankhumwa has said Malawi government will continue to work with other countries and development partners. Nankhumwa told reporters at Sanjika Palace after taking an oath of officer and allegiance when the new Cabinet assembled by President Peter Mutharika was sworn in on Saturday. “The world […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has maintained his trust in Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) big wigs keeping them in strategic positions in the new Cabinet which he has assembled on Thursday but has moved DPP vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa to become new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Nankhumwa was serving as Minister of Agriculture, […]
Agriculture stakeholders need to generate technologies that are climate smart and area specific to ensure that there is sustainable agricultural production, former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. “We must adopt and implement integrated farming systems such as crop-livestock integration, fisheries, agroforestry, Conservation agriculture that ensures recycling of resources and […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumw, has disclosed that Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) will this year commence the buying of produce from farmers early next month, April, much earlier than it has always done in the past. The minister made this revelation on Thursday, March 13, at Thembe School in […]
A local renowned governance commentator has said the absence of a clear succession path often leads to political parties losing political direction, saying the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is sailing through similar problems despite the party concealing infighting over who will succeed President Peter Mutharika. There have been spirited efforts to douse the flames […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has requested President Peter Mutharika to consider setting aside a ‘National Farmers Day’ to celebrate farmers hard work and their significant contribution towards national social and economic growth. He was speaking at Chikwawa Community Centre Ground on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 when President Arthur Peter Mutharika […]
Touted as the ‘voice of reason’ in the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , the vice-president (responsible for the South) Kondwani Nankhumwa has said he will never leave President Peter Mutharika and the DPP, saying Mutharika lifted him from dust to glory. In an emotional speech during the launch of Shire Valley irrigation scheme in Chikwawa on Wednesday, […]
With the abundant land and water resources in the Malawi, irrigation provides a significant technical means to increase agricultural output, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. He was speaking at Chikwawa Community Centre Ground on Wednesday, 11 March, 2020 when President Arthur Peter Mutharika officially launched the Shire Valley Transformation Programme […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (responsible for the South) Kondwani Nankhumwa has been praised by commentators for his “civility” speech on Sunday during DPP and United Democratic Front (UDF) mass political rally that was held at Njamba Freedom Park on Sunday. A social and governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali praised Nankhumwa for the substance in his speech which was made […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa hopes the new legislation decriminalising cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes will help in economic diversification and an alternative cash crop to tobacco. The economic potential of the fast-growing global medicinal and industrial cannabis industry has been the main driver of the law change in Malawi. Nankhumwa tabled […]
Leader of government business in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has stressed that members of parliament must always strive to ensure that their interests and aspirations are at the centre of all the business in the House. Nankhumwa said he will not relent on the noble responsibility to remind all MPs that “we are representatives of the […]
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said it is the wish of President Peter Mutharika that all farmers in Malawi adopt recommended agriculture technologies for increased agriculture production and productivity for a hunger free nation. “It is the wish of His Excellency’s that every household should be food secure and that no […]
Governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president responsible for Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has paid tribute to United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi for leading his party into a working relationship with DPP, saying the move will foster national unity and spur social and economic development. “In unity there is strength; united we stand, divided […]
The Mid-Year Budget Review meeting of Parliament came to an end on Friday, February 28 2020, with government strongly condemning Members of Parliament (MPS) for “unprofessional and unethical conduct”. Leader of the House, Kondwani Nankhumwa. noted in his discontinuance speech that the sitting was characterized by “partisan interests at the expense of the nation, which […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has said government through the Agriculture Extension Services department would embark in a civic education campaign to sensitise the masses the difference between the legalised industrial hemp and the illegal Indian Hemp for recreation commonly known among Malawians as Chamba. Nankhumwa, who tabled the Cannabis Regulation Bill, legalising the growing […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa on Saturday officially launched a ‘Village Forest Project’ in his Mulanje Central constituency. Under the project, Nankhumwa and his constituents envisage to have a sizeable forest in each village as a way of averting the negative effects of deforestation. He planted two trees at Nankhumwa and […]