A 56-year-old widow based in Mtsiliza’s residential area in Lilongwe is amongst 199,640 households who are benefiting from K20.9 billion, the governme.
Youths under Milonde Youth Organization (MIYO) in Mulanje district over the weekend donated assorted items to vulnerable households in Traditional Aut.
Govt Tipped on Diplomatic Academy Establishment Mkaka; There is a lot that takes to establish one
As the Tonse administration ponders on the establishment of a Diplomatic Academy, governance expert Victor Chipofya has tipped capitol hill to just introduce a standalone diplomatic course at an already existing institution of higher learning than starting from scratch which he says is costly and time-consuming. Malawi needs such an academy. But, for a start government should just discuss with already established institutions that can be provided such cases,” said Chipofya.
Victor Chipofya has noted that if the initiative is accomplished, Malawi will have diplomats that will be able to negotiate various deals with other countries.
3 Thousand Farmers Yet to Redeem AIP Fertilizer
With four days to go before the closure of this year s Affordable Input Program AIP - about 300,000 farmers across the country are yet to purchase the inputs.
Ministry of agriculture spokesperson Grecian Lungu on Monday attributed this to farmers deliberately not choosing to purchase the inputs because they have no identity card or they are dead while in others there are not inputs.
Lungu said now the ministry has engaged smallholder fertilizer revolving fund in mobile vending of the inputs to reach out to farmers who are yet to buy the inputs before the closure of the program on Saturday.
Coalition Threatens to Withdraw Workers Over Attacks Health workers are risking lives in responding to the Covid19 pandemic File
The Human Resource for Health Coalition of Malawi says will withdraw front-line health workers in responding to COVID-19 if communities continue to harass the workers.
Chairperson for the Coalition, Shouts Simenza was reacting to reports that health care workers are being harassed in the line of duty while ferrying COVID-19 dead bodies to respective areas across the country.
In Salima and Ntcheu for instance, Zodiak has it that health care workers were apparently stoned and chased by angry communities. As a coalition, we have reports of communities abusing health care workers while on duty in this COVID19 period.