Balaka magistrates’ court has sentenced a village leader to two years imprisonment with hard labour for illegally soliciting K1.7 million on the pretext that the money was for an electrification project under the millennium challenge account (MCA). Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) publicist Egritta Ndala says the bureau received a complaint on October 17, 2018 alleging that […]
Malawi will have to wait until December this year to know which among the three proposed project areas on social and economic issues will be picked for funding under the second Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact. Last year in December, MCC, a United States of America government agency, approved the findings of the preliminary economic […]
The chief executive officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States of America government agency, Sean Cairncross, has said Malawi was selected for the second compact after the successful completion of the $350.7 million energy project as a result of governments continued commitment to strengthening democratic institutions, maintaining sound economic policies and investing in […]
A delegation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is in the country to launch the beginning of the second compact development for Malawi and start the implementation process which would see Malawi benefiting in a sector of its choice. The second compact comes after a successful implementation and completion of the first compact which focused […]
US ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer said a team of experts America will jet into the country early next year to assess and discuss with the Malawi government projects to be undertaken under the new development compact by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Malawi has been approved to seek another MCC, a United States of America […]
Malawi has been approved to seek another development compact by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States of America (USA) government agency after it successfully completed the first compact of $350 million (K259 billion) energy project which closed on September 21 this year. MCC announcement which has been treated as an early Christmas gift to […]
President Peter Mutharika has bemoaned over-dependence of hydro-generated electricity, saying it has put Malawi at risk of climatic hazards and has said his administration is ready to accommodate serious investment in the energy sector to meet the existing electricity demand. Mutharika made the remarks on Wednesday during the official handover and commissioning of upgraded Nkula […]
The Millenium Challenge Compact (MCC), under the $350.7 million fund compact, has formally handed over 400 KV Nkhoma electricity sub-station in Lilongwe. The handover ceremony took place at Nkhoma Sub-Station itselfnafter tour of the station by the Minister of Energy Aggrey Massi, US Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Parmer, Escom and EGENCO members of staff and traditional leaders […]
United States’ high profile five year US$350 million Millennium Challenge Account(MCA) ends midnight on Thursday and officials say it has achieved its goals of expanding electricity distribution in the country. MCC chief executive officer Dye Mawindo looks back at the mission as a success, saying through the project, Malawi has managed to install new facilities […]
US sponsored survey has revealed that state electricity companies, Escom and Egenco are inefficient in their operations because of political interferences. Grace Simwaka, head of energy sector reforms at Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has told journalists in Lilongwe that the two companies can only operate effectively and efficiently if their boards are hired on merit. The law allows the President […]
If you take the time to think about it carefully and dispassionately, then you must come to the conclusion that what is surprising is not the fact that the United States government finally decided call time OUT on funding Malawi’s unrepentantly corrupt government, but the fact that it kept faith with it and continued to […]
An influential daily newspaper has said Malawi’s failure to qualify for the second compact of the United States of America (USA) government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a “lost opportunity” for the country. Malawi’s eligibility for another compact rested on satisfying a set of 20 indicators in a scorecard, paramount of which was fighting corruption. […]
The US Embassy in Malawi says the new compact of the United States of America’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) are not extended in any country but that Malawi has chances of qualifying for the next compact . Malawi is currently benefitting from a five-year $350.7 million compact with MCC to increase access to electricity and […]
The United State’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has decided to not re-select Malawi for another compact program support despite with following some poor scores on a scorecard, including controlling corruption. The controlling corruption indicator is one of the critical assessment tools for sustenance of the project and examines whether the country is making efforts to […]
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) – Malawi, Dye Mawindo, has said the current efforts to revamp the energy sector would soon bear fruits, saying current works were at 60 percent complete. “I can rate the progress in rehabilitation and construction of various infrastructures in the energy sector with support from Millennium […]
Minister of Energy, Mining and Natural Recourses, Aggrey Masi has called upon traditional leaders in the country to take a leading role in sensitizing their communities on the importance of taking care of infrastructures that may be constructed within their localities under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) – Malawi Compact. The Compact is a US$350.7 […]
United States government’ Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) says its multi billion kwacha Millennium challenge compact grant to the government of Malawi remains set for completion in September next year. Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Corporation Jonathan Nash disclosed this on Monday after an audience with President Professor Arthur Peter in New York in the United States […]
Chint Electric Company says Malawi has too many public holidays that are affecting timely completion of construction work of new electricity sub-stations under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). Construction Manager for Chint Electric Company, Lyu Guozhu, expressed concern Tuesday during a media tour organised by Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) to new Bwengu and Luwinga sub-stations. […]