The special guest of President Joyce Banda who was on a mysterious aircraft that landed at Chileka International Airport in the early hours of Saturday is Ahmed Kassam, a British Citizen but lives in South Africa and has been embroiled in luxury jet deal for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto. According to Malawi Immigration’s general […]
Nkhoma Synod CCAP Church Reverend Adiel Sasu on Sunday likened the Joyce Banda leadership with the Biblical reign of Manaseh King of Judah. Quoting the Bible books of 2 Kings 22 verses 1-13 and 2 John 13, Sasu said just like the problems Malawi is going through, Manaseh imitated on the very worst kings of Israel. He […]
Malawi is supposed to be a civilized social and political nation committed to a happy view of life. It cannot be looked at differently. The current sense of catastrophe which we are being beaten with by Civil Society activists led by Billy Mayaya and his tribe is supposed to be the monopoly and luxury of […]
We are yet to get a straight story on how the proceeds from jet “sale” were used. The president maintains maize was realised from the sale while the finance minister tells a different story. Some cabinet members acknowledge the fact that nothing was discussed other than the sale. Hanna Ndilowe, the top civil servant in […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda and her Minister of Finance Maxwell Mkwezalamba have chosen to differ on statements of facts related to the use of proceeds from the controversial sale of the presidential jet thereby maintaining serious inaccuracies to the deal. Mkwezalamba told journalists last Wednesday jet sale proceeds $15 million (about K6.3 billion) did not […]
Malawians have every reason to be furious at President Joyce Banda’s government for letting the genie out of the bottle. After stonewalling queries into Cashgate and the shady sale of the presidential jet, the government finally wants to put the genie back in the bottle apparently afraid the scandals will play into the opposition’s hands. […]
Former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 FM personality Tailos Bakili has added an artistic touch to the controversial debate on the sale of the presidential Jet by personifying the jet and asking it to give answers. This comes hot on the heels of contradictory statements passed on by government officials on the controversial sale. During […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has demanded a contract signed between the Malawi government and South African arms firm Paramount Group, Africa’s largest private defence firm, on the purchase of the military equipment for the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) peace keeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo. Addressing a news conference on Friday in Lilongwe, the party’s […]
Malawi cabinet approved the sale of a luxury 14-seater presidential jet but never authorised barter trade, senior cabinet minister who Nyasa Times asked have disclosed. Finance Minister Maxwell Mkwezalamba said the $15 million (about K6.3 billion) proceeds from the jet sale never went into government’s consolidated account and instead the Attorney General facilitated the transfer […]
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), a bloc President Joyce Banda currently heads, for a second time, has contradicts her, latest being on alleged Malawi government purchase of peace-keeping weapons using part of presidential jet proceeds. On Tuesday Banda told the media that government used part of funds about K2.8 billion realised from the sell […]
Finance Minister Maxwell Mkwezalamba said on Wednesday that Malawi government used the proceeds made from the sale of the Presidential jet to pay arms dealer Paramount Group of South Africa to clear outstanding debt. Mkwezalamba providing a breakdown to journalists of how the proceeds from the jet sale were spent, said at a news conference at Capital […]
Malawi Finance Minister Maxwell Mkwezalamba contradicted his boss President Joyce Banda when he said the proceeds from the Jet sale were not used to purchase fertilizer for Farm Imputs Loan Program (FILP). While addressing a news conference at Kamuzu Palace on Tuesday, Banda said out of the sales government used K1.8b on FILP. But Mkwezalamba on […]
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday explained that $15-million raised from last year’s sale of a Malawi presidential jet fed the poor and bought military equipment. There have been fevered speculation that the proceeds of the jet money were embezzled. The Minister of Finance Maxwell Mkwezalamba and the Minister of Information Brown Mpinganjira have consistently alluded to the […]
Malawi rights campaigners on Thursday held peaceful anti-government protest in the commercial hub Blantyre to press for quick action after an audit revealed officials had stolen at least K13 billion ( $30 million) from the state the corruption scandal which has been christened as cashgate. Hundreds braved the chilling weather to join leaders of Grand […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs), under the Grand Coalition for the Defence of Democracy and Good Governance, have announced that they will stage protests Thursday February 27 in the commercial capital Blantyre only to mark the start of a civil disobedience campaign against the Joyce Banda government. The activist want to pressurize government to among others disclose the […]
Whether foreign interests or unnamed diplomats are behind the protests that some civil society organizations are planning to protest against the PP handling of the Cashgate and the proceeds from the sale of the presidential jet as alleged by Information Minister Brown Mpinganjira, is neither here or there. What should be of concern to the […]
Minister of Finance Dr. Maxwell Nkwezalamba on Tuesday angered delegates to Public Affairs Committee (PAC) all inclusive stakeholders conference taking place at Mount Soche hotel when he failed to explain why there is no evidence to show that government is in receipt of money realised from the sale of the presidential jet. PAC – made up of […]
A circulating story suggests that money acquired from the sale of Malawi‘s presidential jet cannot be traced. I’m talking a whole U$D15, 000, 000. Okay, so let me get this straight: President Bingu wa Mutharika, DPP, diverted DFID funds to procure a presidential jet without authorisation. In its turn, the PP government of President Joyce […]