Woman arrested for ‘fake’ maize seed

Police in Dedza have arrested 28 year old woman, Catherine Nthala Kachipande after being found in possession of fake maize seeds for sale

The arrested woman with the maize seeds
The arrested woman with the maize seeds

According to Dedza Police spokesperson Edward Kabango,the suspect Catherine Nthala Kachipande was arrested Thursday afternoon after they got a tip from some well wishers that at a certain house which located at airfield there were people who were busy packing fake maize seeds

Kabango said when they arrived at the house they found the suspected fake seeds being packed in Monsanto brand and after thorough search police found 137 bags of 2kgs, 16 bags of 5kgs and 3 bags of 50kgs of Monsanto fake seeds

The suspect who is currently in police custody is expected to appear in court to answer the charge of counterfeit

In a related development Kapiri  first grade magistrate court in Mchinji has sentenced 45 years old Kingsley Banda who hails  from  Lukwa village in Kasungu to 21 months Imprisonment r or to pay MK40,000 after being found guilty on the same charge of counterfeit of maize seeds .

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37 replies on “Woman arrested for ‘fake’ maize seed”

  1. CHOND ANTHUNI LETS KEEP OUR OWN SEEDS OWN OUR FOOD . IF WE ARE NOW SELLING MONSATO THE FATHER OF GMO AND THE DESTROYER OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE NDIYE BASI PALIBE CHATHU. . zowona zimenezi. Monsatos agenda is to cause food insecurity By selling pesticide friendly only seeds and owning seeds so that anthu mudizingogula. Mental slavery is our problem. koma poti ma africans kutengeka ndi azungu. Zimenezi dziko adzatilanda slowly but surely. chifukwa chotengeka ndi zakunja. Anthu a monsato they are known ku globarly to provide seeds of death which dont grow without pesticides. or round up this pesticide causes matenda owopsa. CANCER NDI ZINA. MULUNGU ATIPATSE NZERU.

  2. iwe proffesa womanga anthu musie mayiyo .joice banda usabwele kuli falaoo angadza kuphe ife tidava kale .amati udamuphe mkulu wake chonde mai mudzabwele akafa mayi timakukondani amene tikuposachedwa safika2018

  3. panya pake judge amene anagamura K40 000 yokhayo basi, sakuziwa kuti anthu amenewa akuonjezera njala mdziko muno ife mkumada mvula kuti siikugwa bwino

  4. mkazi uyu a Andrew kachipande azakuphani. we feel for you. who doesnt know her mu dedza muno and what she does? why kumukakamila chonchi mnyamata wabwinobwinowe?? Mesa mumagwira ku Malawi Bureau of standard inu?? dzana wakupasani ma bomu ali phee inu kumangosekelera

  5. Its sad that most commentators on this story do not find anything wrong with what this woman was doing. That is how low our morals have sunk

  6. I know this lady, ndiwokonda ndalama kwabasi. she will do anything even illegal stuff to have money. Ndipo 40000 yo yachepa ahhhh

  7. Ziyambe ndi otitsogolera kusonyeza umwini ndi chikondi kwa ife anthu wamba.Mwana munyumba akamadya bwino sakuvuta makhalidwe koma ukamamunzuza zosatira ndizemenezi ndipo siyekhayo alipo ambiri.Ukapolo watipweteka mudziko lathu lomwe.A Malawi akukatsangalala kwaeni koposa kunoku shame leaders.

  8. Ironically this beautiful lady made a nice pose and even can affkrd a smile while posing with the “fake ” maize seeds!
    Mayiyu akusekelera chani?

  9. Driven into making illegal profits on the expense of the unsuspecting people.Kwacha yavutadi pa Malawi while somebody is cheating us that the kwacha is picking up in December.Zovuzedi.

  10. Bravo to thepoluce and good Malawians. The fine is too little. It should have been Mk400,000. Fake seed has killed more people in lost yields than the judges think. The fine shoulder be based on the opportunity cost of planting such seed. Most will forego unknowingly 30 bags an acre for 5 kg of each fake seed bought by a farmer. Therefore each fake 5 kg bag of maize found should be fined at 30 bags multiplied by number of 5 kg of fake packets found multiplied by the prevailing commercial cost of the seed at ADMARC. In fact the cost of 5kg of fake seed is almost equal to the cost of 50 kg food maize. Please judges reassess your fines and jail terms.

    A lot of Agrodealers do that. Ask the seed companies and STAM. They have a list of these unscrupulous dealers.

  11. Yesterday it was another man found with dog meat today is yet another dick and a fucken pussy being found with fake maize seeds.but hey!where did they manage to obtain those stuffs from?

  12. Malawians lets be patriotic enough, this is our country nobody will come outside and correct this mess we are putting ourselves into. You are busy doing this to your own brothers and sisters, how do you feel at the end of day…So what will a foreigner do to us if we can’t love ourselves ? So pathetic indeed

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