Karonga has become a living hell for her citizens following a painful raise in maize prices from about K6 000 per K50 kilogram bag to K13 500 – a development that has been described as “disaster.” The raise has come amid assurances from the government that the country has in its reserves enough food in […]
In the wake of the food crisis due to dry spell in several districts in the country, the World Food Programme (WFP) and World Vision Malawi on Wednesday distributed food to people of Malindi area in Chikwawa district. World Vision International Senior Humanitarian Advisor Philippe Guiton said after the distribution that Malawi is the most […]
President Peter Mutharika has warned will take action against corrupt Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) officials conniving and selling government maize to vendors in bulks, thereby creating grain shortage in official selling outlets. Vendors, whom some are sourcing their commodity from Admarc, are selling the grain at exorbitant price with a 50kg bag going […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday failed to clear the mist over the availability of maize in the country following reports that the country’s sole grain marketer, Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) is running short of supply. Mutharika, in a statement to the nation, admitted to have received reports on the scarcity of maize […]
After queuing on an empty stomach to buy maize at Ndirande-Chinseu Admarc, one woman fainted as buyers fought for the scarce grain. Local press reports says the woman whose identity is not verified was pushed by the crowd and fell to the ground but regained conscious after being taken to a local health clinic. Mothers […]
With no hope and nowhere to go, 600 households in Nkhatabay Central Constituency trapped in the arms of hunger breathed a sigh of relief when they received a donation of 7, 500 Kilograms of maize from former member of parliament of the area Symon Vuwa Kaunda. According to latest Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee figures, more […]
As maize price on the country’s liberalized market has almost tripled compared to government set price, Zambian maize flour has found its way onto the Malawi market and traders are raking in a fortune out of it. The maize flour, a product of Lusaka-based African Milling Company, was selling at MK5,000 per 25kg when it […]
Thyolo-based Social and Economic Justice Association (SEJA) has written president Mutharika to show his powers by setting a maximum price of selling maize and maize flour on the local market. The call comes following the uncontrolable pricing of the commodity by vendors which has become very scarce. SEJA Chairperson Harry Mkuwa said Mutharika should act […]
Armyworms in Malawi are threatening food security by reducing crop yields with over 167 hectares of maize fields have been attached in Ntcheu fueling the risk of decreased agricultural production during the current growing season in the district. One of the farmers of Ndembo Village in the area of Traditional Authority Ganya, Helix Mzeru said […]
Armed police have turned back irate ordinary Malawians in Kasungu and Mtakataka who on Monday and Tuesday respectively took to the roads to protest against the sale of Admarc maize which is marred by gross maladministration, corruption and bribery. In Kasungu, the protesters were blocked by heavily armed police who accused the demonstrators of going […]
The Arab Republic of Egypt through the Egyptian Agency of Partnership and Development (EAPD) has donated about K 19.5 million in a humanitarian gesture to help Malawi cope with the impending food crisis. The donation comes as 17 per cent of the population (around 2.8 million) face severe food shortage in the lean period (October […]
Malawi vendors are now selling a bag of maize at K13, 000 up from K7,000 two weeks ago, a price that is pushing up inflation steadily as other commodity prices are uncontrollably going up too. Nyasa Times has discovered vendors are deliberating buying off maize from Admarc as soon as it lands in a bid […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has sprung up swiftly to deny reports that it is responsible for acute shortage of maize in Admarc depots in the north because it has been using its ruling party prowess to buy the K5 million grain which it has been distributing in the north. Party spokesman Francis Kasaira said […]
A quantity surveyor Luke Mkandawire has donated maize to the needy elderly women in Lilongwe’s Kaliyeka township following the food scarcity that has hit the country. According to Mkandawire who was raised in the same area, he decided to donate the maize following the hardship that elderly women are going through to access maize which […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi has said two school going children have died of hunger related diseases in her constituency. Lunguzi said the children, from Lumwira village in traditional authority Kachindamoto’s area in Dedza had gone for days without food because their parents could not access cheap maize from an Admarc market […]
President Peter Mutharika has fired warning shots to politicians influencing the sale of maize in Admarc markets. Mutharika said this as he opened a Cotton Ginnery factory in Balaka. President Mutharika said the government would deal severely with any politician caught politicising the sale of maize at tax payers funded Admarc markets. His comment comes […]
Karonga Catholic Bishop Martin Mtumbuka has told government to ensure it walks the talk by ensuring availability of maize in grain marketer Admarc, saying the current situation is worrisome. Bishop Mtumbuka, one of vocal voices of the church for the poor, made the comment following a stampede at Karonga Admarc market. “It is demeaning to […]
Government has warned severe action against those involved in Admarc maize smuggling that has negatively affected the sale of the staple food in state controlled grain markets. Minister of Information Jappie Mhango said this at a rally after finishing donating K5 million worth of maize and beans in the north courtesy of the ruling Democratic […]