Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed Ben Botolo as new Secretary to the Treasury (ST) replacing Ronald Mangani. Botolo was serving as principal secretary (PS) of Vice president and commissioner for disaster management affairs. He will be replaced by PS (admnistration) Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Chinthu Phiri at VP’s office. Director of Cabinet Lucky Sikwese has […]
A parliamentary inquiry on maizegate on Thursday heard a testimony from Secretary to the Treasury Ronald Mangani that State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) by-passed treasury in the controversial procurement of maize when they had a deal with middleman Kaloswe Commuter and Courier Limited of Zambia. Mangani said Admarc told Treasury on June […]
Secretary to the Treasury Ronald Mangani has put a positive spin to the country’s economic turmoil by dsecriding the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) decision to cut the bank rate or policy rate by 3 percentage points from 27 percent to 24 percent as a sign that economy is on turnaround for better times. RBM’s […]
Malawi government has swallowed its pride by admitting that it failed to fund ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) which forced them to suspend delivery of some critical social services to the public, including healthcare, but assured that it is working hard to ensure that they are funded in time. Addressing a news conference at Capital […]
Secretary to Treasury, Dr. Ronald Mangani has described the newly launched Malawi Public Policy Research and Analysis Project (MPPRAP) as a get way and a useful framework in promoting the conduct of deep research and analysis on topical issues of national socio-economic significance. According to Mangani, the Project has been long awaited by the academic […]
Over 2.8 million people, out of the total projected population of 16.3 million, are food insecure and will not meet their annual food requirement during the 2015/16 consumption period, the Ministry of Finance has said. The affected households are in the districts of Chitipa, Karonga, Mzimba and Rumphi in the north; Dedza, Dowa, Kasungu, Lilongwe, […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has removed secretary to the Treasury (ST) Newby Kumwembe and Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) cheif executive Jerry Jana in his latest round of purging public officers since he assumed power on June 1 2014. No reasons are being given so far for the sackings. Mutharika pledged not to sack […]