tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179700632012-01-27T19:55:10.758-08:00This is a page for Malawians by Malawians dedicated to exposing the roots of the problems in our Country Malawi. This is a beginning of a campaign to tell the world of the evils of a few men over the entire population of Malawi. And so to help part of this campaign we would like you to tell as many people as possible about this page and add your comments and views to be published..."Excuse us whilst we get rid of yesterday to pave way for tomorrow"- Email articles to antimuluzi@googlemail.comAnti-Muluzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03059870553666820402noreply@blogger.comBlogger5421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17970063.post-66818147874954547412009-06-11T13:54:00.000-07:002009-06-11T13:57:06.954-07:00

By DEBORAH NYANGULU-CHIPOFYARoads Authority (RA) has set aside K6.7 billion for the rehabilitation and resealing of roads in the cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Zomba.Briefing the press in Lilongwe Wednesday, RA Chief Executive Officer Paul Kulemeka said the funds would be realised from the fuel levy. “The rehabilitation works will include re-cycling of the existing base, shoulder reconditioning

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Malawi expects its biggest maize crop in morethan a decade. An official said the country could harvest 3.4 milliontonnes of maize in 2008/09 versus 3.2 million tonnes in the previousseason. The crop would be the country's third consecutive surplus since thefertiliser and seed subsidy programme started in the poor yetfast-growing economy in 2005. The national maize consumption is 2.2million tonnes

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Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika hasextended a hand of reconciliation to former president Bakili Muluzi andopposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo on conditionthat the two apologize for what he calls violation of his integrityduring and before the recent election campaign, Xinhua reported.    Speaking to Malawians through a special program aired Sunday onstate radio and

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Ben BlockMay 28, 2009 2:53 PMFive years ago, the rains disappeared for a month across much ofMalawi, just as the country's corn crop reached a critical growthperiod. As a result, the 2005 harvest was the worst in a decade. Yetagain, millions of farmers were in need of food aid. President Bingu wa Mutharika decided the next year would bedifferent. Despite World Bank disapproval and intense

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Written by Owei Lakemfa    Friday, 29 May 2009 MALAWI had been on the boil and its general elections had thepotentials of either increasing or lowering its temperature.  Thesewere not to be ordinary elections.  They were elections in which anangry godfather and immediate past President, Bakili Muluzi, who hadimposed incumbent President Bingu Wa Mutharika, wanted

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whether it is you and your friends witnessing history or pictures of the ceremony itself. We would like to see different angles of the stadium on inauguration day.Send to antimuluzi@googlemail.comThanks

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Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has won a second term in office, according to the country's electoral commission.The commission said that he had won 2.7 million votes, with his nearest rival John Tembo winning 1.2 million. Mr Tembo has alleged that there was election fraud. Thenew president is due to be inaugurated on Friday, and several regionalleaders are already in Malawi to attend the

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by NATION  REPORTER (5/21/2009) AsMalawians turned up

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Gentlemen,A fortnight before the polling day Muluzi declared, at arally, that Bingu does not know politics but HIM. I have never seenthis Muluzi doing any politics. Does he want to tell Malawians thatpolitics is just about castigating people. Politics is aboutleadership, governance, and development. Mr Muluzi should go back toschool and learn what politics means.Muluzi should look for a job as 

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United Democratic Front (UDF) has said it is ready to accept defeatin the just ended general elections in which the incumbent PresidentBingu wa Mutharika is leading.UDF spokes-person Robert Jamieson said his party has receivedunconfirmed reports about Bingu’s lead but said as a party they willwait for an official announcement from Malawi Electoral Commission. GA_googleFillSlot( "

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Lawyers for former president Bakili Muluzi saythey will not respond to Attorney General Jane Ansah’s demand that theypay K15 million in legal costs incurred when handling a dismissed caseof their client’s candidacy.The lawyers argued that they have taken the stand because the ElectoralCommission (EC), which the AG was representing in the matter, did notpresent the actual bill.But Ansah in an

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LILONGWE, May 17 (Reuters) - Malawians vote on Tuesday inparliamentary and presidential elections which could reignitepolitical tensions and threaten Western donor funding in one ofthe world's poorest countries. President Bingu wa Mutharika's chances of victory may haveincreased significantly after Malawi's Constitutional Courtupheld on Saturday a decision to throw out an application

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — Malawi's electoral campaign, which ended on Sundaymorning before next week's elections, has been "smooth, very calm andpeaceful," said a European Union official."Overall, thecampaigning seems to have been all right. Freedom of expression hasbeen assured by everyone in accordance with international standards,"Luisa Morgantini, head of the EU's observer mission, told AFP.TheEU,

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — A constitutional court ruling dismissingex-president Bakili Muluzi's application to run for president for athird time had "brought relief" to Malawians, the media said Sunday."Theruling did not come as a big surprise to many... the fact that theissue was settled by the courts has brought a lot of relief toMalawians," the Sunday Nation said in its editorial.It added:"The political

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By Mankhokwe NamusanyaNEITHER you nor I authored the story nor did we - even humorously - contribute anything to the story; it is said that it was God the almighty (Allah) who authored it indirectly through some people who are now in paradise enjoying with Him as do most Malawians now with the food security they have in total contrast to the famine they experienced during the tenure of one Elson

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QUOTES THAT ARE TO LIVE By MANKHOKWE NAMUSANYA History safuta ayi. (Literally meaning, history is never erased.) —Atupele Muluzi’s father, Elson Muluzi THERE was once some cartoon in some newsletter on some campus about some certified professor who always began, progressed and ended all his lectures with quotes. The good professor always started his lectures by saying so and so said such

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President Bingu wa Mutharika continues to receive praise for his policies on agriculture with the latest being recognition from former United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s envoy on HIV/Aids to Africa, Stephen Lewis.According to Malawian Mpanje Phiri, who attended a conference on reviewing the relationship between food shortage and the HIV/Aids crisis and held in the United States last month,

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President Barak Obama has called for increased financial support for agricultural development in poor countries as a way of mitigating food insecurity and promoting trade with the developed world. Mr Obama called upon the US Congress on April 17, to double US financial support in developing countries to more than $1bn (Shs2,050bn) in 2010, according to a press release by the Consultative Group

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By MANKHOKWE NAMUSANYA      Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities,      to obey, to be ready for every good work.       (The Holy Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul the apostle to Titus, chapter 3:1) THE small book, I mean the one given for free by the Gedions international and is found in most public places like some hotels, some hospitals, some prisons, some schools (especially

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The recent events in the political circles have prompted me to draft a letter to the Malawi Congress Party leadership on behalf of the United Democratic Front leadership on the possible alliance with them.We have been away for too long now its time to come back. We were once a big party when the Late Ngwazi was still in control. Yes we remember how things were before we rebelled to form the

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So John Tembo has allowed the once mighty MCP to be used as a porn in BAkili Muluzi and his son Atupele Muluzi's game. As I write Atupele Muluzi is planning way ahead to secure power in a MCP/UDF administration before thinking about how he can improve your life and mines. He plans of a portfolio which he seeks to occupy which will yield considerable powers of the office of the President of Malawi

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The Constitutional Court in Malawi has ordered lawyers for former president Bakili Muluzi to go back to the drawing board in their bid to overturn the Malawi Electoral Commission's decision to reject Muluzi's plans to contest the scheduled 19 May election. In a brief hearing, the three-judge panel observed that Muluzi's lawyers had app roached the wrong body because all cases dealing with

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Opposition UDF Sunday went on a campaign tour of Blantyre, with their rejected presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi criticising the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) for not telling him in advance that he was not an eligible presidential candidate.At the same time, ruling DPP launched their campaign in Mzuzu, where President Bingu wa Mutharika condemned Muluzi as a failed leader.DPP launched its

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I am very upset and saddened by today’s  ruling by Judge Esimie chombo  against the adoption of Mercy James. As a Malawian I am very disappointed, angry and outraged to say the least. Again Neo-Colonialism advocates in the name of Save the Children Fund UK has won.Our honorouble Judge and others like Mavuto Bamusi  have bought into the idea from international organisations assisting orphans in

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Malawi’s economy expanded 9.7 percent last year on higher tobacco sales, an improved harvest and growth in the telecommunications industry, the International Monetary Fund said in the capital, Lilongwe. Growth will be boosted this year by the start of uranium production at Paladin Energy Ltd.’s Kayelekera mine in the north of the country, IMF Malawi Country Manager Maitland MacFarlan

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By Vincent Kumwenda American Elections have come and gone but have left around a legacy that will haunt the African democracies and the rest of the world forever, the rise and election of President Barack Obama. Coming from a minority race in the American populace, equipped with eloquent speeches, cross cutting issues and a powerful voice that reached out to all people around the world,

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Battle lines have been drawn between former president Bakili Muluzi and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in a case Muluzi is challenging the electoral body’s decision to bar him from standing as a UDF presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections.One of Muluzi’s lawyers, David Kanyenda, said on Tuesday the former president has hired two Queen’s

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MCP president John Tembo and former president Bakili Muluzi are scheduled to meet again this week to allegedly discuss a possible alliance though the two parties downplayed the issue on Tuesday, saying the meeting is on a different topic.Sources at Muluzi’s BCA Hill residence in Blantyre and Tembo’s aides said the two leaders met yesterday at Muluzi’s residence but did not exhaust the agenda.The

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi has filed a lawsuit challenging the country's election commission's decision to bar him from running again in May elections, his lawyers said on Monday."I am eligible to stand as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections, after a lapse of one term in office when another person occupied the office of the president," Muluzi wrote

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Attorneys for Malawian former President Bakili Muluzi will today (Monday) challenge in court a decision by the Electoral Commission declaring him ineligible to compete in the May 19 general election. The commission late Friday barred the former president from contesting the election saying he had already served two consecutive terms as Malawi's leader from 1994 to 2004. Observers believe the move

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi cannot run in May elections this year, the nation's electoral body ruled late Friday, in a dramatic shake-up of the country's political landscape."Bakili Muluzi's nomination has been rejected by the Malawi Electoral Commission. The main reason is that he already served his two terms as president," chief elections officer David Bandawe told

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BLANTYRE, Malawi: The Malawi Electoral Commission says former president Bakili Muluzi cannot run in May elections because he has already served the maximum two terms the constitution allows. Muluzi served as Malawi's president from 1999 to 2004 and argued that after a break of five years he was eligible to stand again. His lawyer and a party spokesman said he would appeal. Friday's announcement

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"Over one million children in Malawi are without a parent, a home or an education. Inspired to become involved, Jillian Wolstein and her family founded H.E.L.P. in 2006 with the goal of spreading Hope, Education, Love, and Protection to the children of Malawi. H.E.L.P. has partnered with Wilderness Safaris to build schools throughout Malawi in rural areas that surround Malawi’s national parks. A

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Gwanda Chakuamba’s New Republican Party has rejected the memorandum of understanding which it was scheduled to sign with the United Democratic Front alongside three other alliance partners.This dramatic turn of political events comes amid reports that Chakuamba is into discussions with President Bingu wa Mutharika for a possibility of disbanding his party to rejoin the Democratic Progressive

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The future of the alliance between the UDF and its partners for the forthcoming general elections hangs in the balance following fears and allegations from the New Republican Party (NRP) that UDF is supporting deputy Speaker Esther Mcheka-Nkhoma in Nsanje North, the base for NRP’s president Gwanda Chakuamba.NRP and other alliance partners also said on Tuesday that UDF has betrayed them by

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Mr Muluzi, remember that was 1994 then 2004, what else have you forgotten you want to do this time around. Let me tell Mr Muluzi that you dont look smart as you used to be. We are moving forward no reverse. You played your role leading the bringing in of democracy now we need something to carry home not ufulu olalata uli ndi njalaAdams

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BLANTYRE, Malawi:Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi asserted his innocence in acorruption investigation Wednesday, describing plans to prosecute himfor the alleged theft of $10 million as part of a plot to stop him fromcontesting May elections. Malawi's highest court opened the way for his prosecution with aruling Tuesday that struck down an injunction blocking theinvestigation into the

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A fictional perspectiveBY MANKHOKWE NAMUSANYAIMAGINETHIS!!A man from the village of Kapoloma, responding to thename: Dr. Elson Bakili Atcheya Agama (Obama?) Muluzi sits on aluxurious sofa seat with his hands formed like a pistol pointing athis lower lip. He is clad in a yellow shirt with blue stripes andwhite cuffs, a dark blue trousers complements, to a greater extent,his dress code. By the side

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"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and thesilencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history"President Obama, January 20th 2009Washington

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APA-Lilongwe (Malawi)A United Kingdom (UK)-based research organisation called the SouthpoleData has indicated in its latest opinion poll that Malawi PresidentBingu Wa Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party will win the 19May 2009 presidential and parliamentary Elections by a landslide, APAlearnt here Tuesday. Accordingtot the survey conducted in the country recently,

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Mail & Guardian South AfricaIn a two-bedroomed iron house in thesouthern district of Phalombe, Malawi, Simati Matupa is watching thetelevision he has just bought. Seated beside the 37-year-old farmer ishis wife. The Matupa family had dreamed of owning a television set fora long time, but it was difficult because of a lack of money. But thisyear, after a bumper harvest, they decided the time had

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The turnaround in Malawi, from being a food deficit country to oneproducing surplus grain and overcoming food shortages has demonstratedthat regional countries have the capacity to be food secure if theyapply the right policies.The grain subsidy programme that was introduced in 2005 has seen thegovernment increasing the provision of maize seed and fertiliser to thesmallholder farmers by more than

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Uncertainty surrounds the future of therelationship between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the NewRepublican Party (NRP) over what stakes NRP leader Gwanda Chakuamba hasin the alliance.The development, according to sources from both UDFand NRP, has raised tension between the two key players in thealliance, a situation which has seen Chakuamba recently not being inpublic together with his

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American Ambassador to Malawi Peter Bodde hassuggested that donors should put up a parallel tally centre for votecount in the May 19 polls.The ambassador said this would help verify results.But in a separate interview, Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) urgedproponents of such an idea to write the election administrators.Mec publicist Fegus Lipenga said such ideas could only be discussed if

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We hope you all had a very succesful 2008. Looking forward we can only be hopeful for the future. 2009 looks bright despite the global financial crisis. Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States and with your help Bakili Muluzi will be denied the keys to the State HouseThe outcomes of this year will solely depend on our actions. In order to realize the Malawian dream we all

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By James MphandeDailyTimes - MalawiFormer president Bakili Muluzi is a man of contradictions, socontradictory, in fact, one wonders if he reflects on his actions andspeeches. There are times when he wants to be recognised as a democratbut this becomes questionable immediately one looks at his statementsand actions.It is a fact, Muluzi is one -- and not the only one as others wouldwant us believe

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Pressure continues to mount on UDF presidentialcandidate Bakili Muluzi not to stand in next year’s elections withfresh calls reportedly coming from the Quadria Muslim Association ofMalawi.An impeccable source this week said some Quadria Muslimshave written a letter to be delivered to Muluzi asking him not tostand. However, Quadria chairperson Al Haj Alick Likonde refused tocomment on the

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Accept our commendations Mr President, Your Excellency Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, Sir. We say thumbs up for a move long waited because we love our country as Malawians first, before being newsmen.We are all smiles that time has now come when real men are coming to recognise the importance of being one.Remember, united we stand, divided we fall.The gesture shown through your congratulatory message to

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BY THERESA KASAWALAThe gap that separated President Bingu waMutharika and his vice Cassim Chilumpha seems to be closing ahead ofthe May 19, 2009 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (PPE).Just Thursday, Mutharika sent a congratulatory message to his deputyfor his (Chilumpha’s) recent sentiments, appealing to the public tosupport government’s development agenda. However, a Zomba based

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National Bank of Malawi Monday launched “Pay smartand win big” promotion in a move to enhance a culture of electronicpayments and purchases.During official launch in Blantyre, the bank’s Public Relations ManagerAnnie Magola said they would like to enlighten the public on thebenefits of electronic shopping and transactions.“We want to encourage people to acquire goods and services using theVisa

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Government says it would use its own resources to provide the countrywith adequate electricity supply through short term strategies indeveloping power generating projects.Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe said this in response to private sectoroutcry that erratic supply of electricity was eating into theindustry’s production output. In his presentation on 2008 Malawi Business Climate Survey,

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Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator JosephNjobvuyalema nearly overshadowed national forestry season launch Mondayin Lilongwe when he showered praises on President Bingu wa Mutharika,saying Malawi could have developed further if Mutharika took over thereigns soon after former head of state Kamuzu Banda. Njobvuyalema, MP for Lilongwe Mapuyu, is a fierce critic of Mutharikaand his government

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NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna's awakening to the crisis in Malawi — animpoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned byAIDS — had many consequences.She adopted one of those orphans, her 3-year-old son David. She is building a school there.Andshe has told Malawi's harrowing story in her documentary, "I Am BecauseWe Are." With an audience thus far limited to isolated

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28 November 2008 – The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has been honoured by theUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his effortsin achieving food security and in transforming the economy of hisnation, among the poorest in Africa. FAODirector-General Jacques Diouf presented President wa Mutharika withthe Agricola Medal – the agency’s highest award – yesterday during

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Lawyers representing former president BakiliMuluzi yesterday presented four grounds of appeal in a case where theformer president wants the Supreme Court to overturn a High Courtdecision to vacate an injunction he earlier obtained against theAnti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)––restraining the bureau from questioninghim on K1.4 billion donor money he allegedly diverted to his personalaccount. Before

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Teachers across the country may temporarilyforget about the K700 million salary arrears government owes themfollowing news that government plans to build houses for them from theUS$50 million (about K7 billion) World Bank loan that was signedTuesday.After signing the agreement, Finance Minister GoodallGondwe said: “We expect to build about 1,000 houses but the numbercould be more if the

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President Bingu wa Mutharika Monday urged thecountry’s citizens to give Hazel Warren, Malawi’s representative at thejust-ended Big Brother Africa (BBA) 3 reality show, a grand welcome asshe has done the nation proud.Hazel, 25, finished second in theshow on Sunday which saw 21-year-old Ricardo Venancio, aka Ricco, ofAngola win the US$100,000 (about K14 million) grand prize.Mutharika,through State

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New Republican Party (NRP) president GwandaChakuamba has accused his old-time rival John Tembo of refusing tosupport Bakili Muluzi’s presidential bid after the MCP leaderreportedly agreed in 2006 to back the UDF chairman in his quest todislodge President Bingu wa Mutharika.But MCP has said it cannot support Muluzi for another presidency because he already ruled the country for 10 years.Chakuamba,

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Clerk of Parliament (COP) Matilda Katopola hasfinally taken back her office keys on recommendation from Speaker LouisChimango, a decision that has divided the Parliamentary ServiceCommission (PSC).Over the weekend, Chimango also wrote Deputy COP Stanislas Chisanu,advising him to stop acting as COP and hand over all keys to Katopola.Both Chimango and Chisanu flew out of the country on Sunday but

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By: Marcel ChimwalaPublished: 21 Nov 08 - 0:00The government of Malawi has put out a tender for the supply,installation, configuration, integration and testing of two fibre-opticcables linking government establishments in the capital, Lilongwe.The initiative is part of the World Bank-funded Financial Management, Transparency and Accountability Project (FIMTAP) TheOffice of the President and

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The High Court in Blantyre has lifted aninjunction obtained by privately owned Joy Radio Station restrainingMalawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) from closing it.The ruling means that Joy Radio does not have a broadcasting licence and, therefore, it is technically closed.Delivering the ruling in his chamber, Judge Joseph Manyungwa lifted the injunction on grounds that Joy Radio

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To All My Friends,   I am really excited to share with you a new video message about a project that you can be a big part of: The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. After witnessing the potential of Malawi's girls firsthand, I made itmy mission to give them an opportunity to become their personal best. I hope you will share my urgency and make a donation today. Everydonation counts toward helping

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Ndirande vendors in Blantyre have swallowed theirpride and apologised to President Bingu wa Mutharika following thetorching of a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) office in the township.Some vendors torched a DPP office on claims that they were denied moneyamounting to K14 million donated by the President and some well-wishers.Well-wishers pledged donations to the vendors after a fire gutted

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President Bingu wa Mutharika and hispredecessor Bakili Muluzi have during the last month been at eachother’s throats exchanging letters in which the President accuses hispredecessor of spreading many lies through Nyasa Times and other mediathat, among other things, he is suffering from cancer. The President, in turn writes that he knows Muluzi is a sick man. But in reply the former president says

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Lusekelo AdamLast week I talked about how the Malawians chaffed under late dictatorMzee Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu Banda. As biology was slowly but surelyclaiming the 'Ngwazi', Life President of Malawi , the country was beingruled by a cabal comprising of his chick, Cecilia Amanda Kadzimira andher much-reviled uncle John Tembo. Ngwazi is Kingoni for 'warrior'. Born in 1932, Tembo went to university

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World Bank --Malawi has a better chance than ever before to accelerate economicgrowth! A team of development partners and the Government arecollaborating in carrying out analytical work to establish a basis forpolicy options that will help Malawi build on recent gains in growthand economic management. These policy recommendations for economicgrowth will be delivered early in 2009 in what is

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The country remains generally food secure, as households continue todepend on own–produced food from last season's harvest. Households thatdid not produce enough food this season, however, are currentlymoderately food insecure or at risk of food insecurity, given that theymust rely on the markets at a time of high maize prices this season.This is particularly the case in many parts of the

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Mbatau Wa Ngai Itis heartening to learn that Ugandan leaders joined their Kenyan,Tanzanian and Swazi counterparts who have gone to Malawi over the pastthree months to learn how the poor southern African country defieddonors three years ago and subsidised its farmers whose response wasthe doubling of maize production in one year.In retrospect, it seems

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(Malawi) Malawi will for the first time host the6th International Wide Open Access (ICT) Conference from 12th to 14November in the capital of Lilongwe, APA learnt here on Monday. Speakingto journalists in Lilongwe on Monday, Chairperson for the ICTAssociation of Malawi (ICTAM), Charles Govati, said the conferencewould examine the challenges the open access to ICT infrastructuremodel can be

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A new edition of the The Big Issue is to be launched in one of the world’s poorest countries – Malawi.The project is being backed by the Glasgow-based International Network of Street Papers.The Big Issue Malawi is to be sold in Malawi’s capital, Blantyre, by homeless people and slum dwellers.Accordingto INSP, the new project will provide training and employmentopportunities for over 750

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(Malawi) Malawi Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe hasbeen voted as the Best African Minister of the Year by his colleaguesduring a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board held inWashington, DC., in the USA recently, APA learnt here Thursday. Goodalltold journalists in Lilongwe on Thursday that fellow Finance Ministersfrom across the world who were meeting recently in Washington

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Blantyre - Malawi, has more thantripled its spending on subsidies this year to help 1.7m impoverishedfarm families buy fertilizer, agriculture authorities said Friday.The southern African nation has spent $183m to offer the country'spoorest farmers a nearly 90% discount on fertililzer, deputyagriculture minister Frank Mwenifumbo told AFP."We have spent 26 billion kwacha to procure 170 000 tonnes

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Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is a proud man. Whilebeing the president of one of Africa’s poorest countries may not elicitpride, the head of state, who is also the country’s minister foragriculture, walks tall for achieving -- in just under three years --what no other African head of state has done. “Mypeople are no longer hungry, they no longer queue for hours waiting forfood rations; we

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In the heart of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, is the country’s mainWildlife Centre for the care of injured, orphaned and rescued wildanimals. Set in the Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary - the city’s onlyremaining wilderness area - the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre is an animalrescue and rehabilitation facility which also serves as an educationcentre aiming to teach the city’s children something of the

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LILONGWE (Reuters) - Falling oil prices could boost Malawi'seconomy, allowing it to grow this year by the 8.7 percent forecast bythe International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe saidon Friday. "From a positive sense we stand to gain, our terms of trade couldbenefit from that and this could help us manage the IMF set target of8.7 percent (GDP) growth," Gondwe told Reuters in an

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The government of Malawi has said that preparatory work for threeprojects to be financed by the People's Republic of China – a five-starhotel, an international conference centre and a national footballstadium in the capital, Lilongwe – will be completed this year so thatconstruction may start early in the new year.A director at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Hastings Chiudzu,reports

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika -- who isleading a minority government -- has been endorsed as his party'scandidate in next year's presidential elections, a party official saidWednesday."The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hasunanimously resolved to present to the Malawi electorate Dr Bingu waMutharika as the party's candidate for the presidential race of May 19,2009,"

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President Bingu wa Mutharika has warned foreignersagainst erecting substandard buildings in the country’s four cities,saying he would demolish them.The president said this on friday in Lilongwe during the swearing-inceremony of Jaffalie Mussa as minister of the newly created Ministry ofHousing and Urban Development.Mutharika hopes with the creation of the new ministry, substandardbuildings he

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BLANTYRE (AFP) — Malawian authorities said Saturday they had closeda private radio station recently taken over by former president BakiliMuluzi as it breached a law barring politicians from owningbroadcasters."We have revoked the license of Joy radio withimmediate effect because it flouted regulations," James Chimera, actinghead of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority, told

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FORMER First Minister Jack McConnell was set to meet students in Edinburgh last night to discuss supporting education in Africa. MrMcConnell arranged to speak to students at Stevenson College abouttheir African project and how they can support education in Malawi.Theproject was introduced earlier this year to develop internationaleducation for global citizenship in Stevenson and the

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afrol News, 15 October - Malawigovernment and US development agency have joined hands in a grassrootseconomic and social development programme aimed at expanding access toeconomic opportunities for community initiatives.Underfive year funding to a total of $7.0 million, Malawi government will becontributing about 50 per cent annualy into the fund.The deal was signed yesterday in Washington D.C.

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-, TSX- and NSE-listed uraniumproducer Paladin Energy has signed a supply contract with an Asianpower utility for the delivery of 1,5-million pounds of uranium, thefirm reported on Wednesday.The uranium would be produced by thecompany's 85%-owned Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, and would bedelivered from 2009 to 2011, "at prices reflective of the

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The World Bank today announces its first-ever weather risk managementcontract to help Malawi protect itself against the risk of severedrought. It also marks the first time that a member of theInternational Development Association (IDA) is able to access WorldBank market-based risk management tools. On behalf of the Government ofMalawi, the UK Department of International Development (DfID)

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Malawian civil servants with HIV, who used to receive an extra $35 amonth to help them buy more food, are now to get a food handout instead."The money may not be spent on what you intended it for," Mary Shawa from the president's office told the BBC.The new policy is part of a government review into its HIV policy and how best to fund it.Malawi is among the countries worst affected by Aids, with

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BLANTYRE, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Sweden-based striker RussellMwafulirwa scored twice in the second half to hand Malawi a 2-1victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo in their World Cupqualifier on Saturday. The result ensured second place for Malawi in African zoneGroup 12 but they will have to wait until the end of theweekend's full programme of qualifiers to confirm theirprogress to the

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LILONGWE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Malawi has banned imports of allChinese milk products after contaminated milk and formula killed fourchildren and made thousands others ill in China, the trade ministersaid on Friday. Chinese-made milk products have been pulled off shelves worldwidein a widening health scandal after the industrial chemical melamine wasfound in milk and milk formula. Melamine is

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Malawi has successfully completed a project to test the practicabilityof using locally produced ethanol instead of petrol or diesel to powervehicles. The experiment was under- taken in two phases by theMalawi government and privately owned Ethanol Company of Malawi(Ethco), with the first phase involving the testing of a modifiedMitsubishi Pajero and the second a flexi-fuel vehicle that

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Lilongwe (Malawi) A three-day Lake of Stars International Music Festival kicks off in the lake resort district of Salima, 70 km southeast of the Malawi capital of Lilongwe, on Friday.According to festival organiser Harry Gibbs, the event seeks to promote Malawian music and tourism on the international market.\"The event provides travellers and Malawians alike with the opportunity to enjoy

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From the begging bowl to the bread basket: in just two years, Malawi has gone from famine to food surplus - a minor agricultural miracle. By applying a mixture of crop breeding, soil management, irrigation and diversification, agro-science experts are helping subsistence farmers to cope with climate change and buck the trend in neighbouring African countries. BBC science and environment reporter

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By Mabvuto Banda LILONGWE, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Malawi has earned close to $500 million from tobacco sales so far this year, a huge jump from $185 million in full-year 2007, an industry official said on Friday. "This year the country has made $457 million from tobacco, more than the projected 88 percent increase from last year's earnings," Godfrey Chapola, general manager for the Tobacco Control

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APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) As part of his war against hunger in the country, Malawi President Bingu was Mutharika on Monday announced that he would reopen several educational institutions that once taught modern agriculture methods but were shut down by his predecessor Bakili Muluzi due to financial constraints between 1994 and 2004. Mutharika, who has won praise from both local and

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LILONGWE, 6 October 2008 (IRIN) - Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has pledged to embark on a "green belt" programme to enable the country, in the long run, to say goodbye to hunger and international food aid."Malawi appeals to the G-8 countries to support us to create a green belt around our lakes and along our rivers to irrigate land up to 20 kilometres from the shores. The Malawi

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Malawi’s new ally Mainland China on Mondaycelebrated its 59th anniversary of founding of that country withrevelations that the trade between Malawi and China has hit US$43million, a 101 percent growth compared to the same period last year.Chinese ambassador to Malawi Lin Songtian said at a reception to markthe anniversary on Monday in Lilongwe that the export volume fromMalawi to China has

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Embattled Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has called for unity among Malawians if the country is to develop.Chilumpha made the remarks in Blantyre Wednesday when he joinedthousands of Muslims who attended Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, which mark theend of the month of Ramadan.The prayers were held at the Chichiri upper stadium. Chilumpha described unity as the backbone of development in any country.“We

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BY JONAH PANKUKUJapanese Ambassador to Malawi, Motoyoshi Noro, onFriday hailed President Bingu wa Mutharika for sound leadership, whichhe said, had contributed to strong international relations betweenMalawi and Japan. Noro was speaking in Lilongwe on Friday at a certificate awardingceremony to Japanese volunteers that completed their work of supportingMalawians in different fields. He said

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By Charles MkulaLilongwe. — The strategic plan to guide the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) so as to effectively and efficiently manage the country's grain reserves in an effort to reduce food insecurity will rollout next month. NFRA, Malawi's grain stock holder's chief executive officer Edward Sawerengera said the strategic framework to improve the country's grain storage and disaster

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Excerpt from report by state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) radio on 25 September [Presenter] His Excellency the president, Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, hassaid the current food crisis that has rocked the world poses a newthreat to the stability of social framework and economic prosperity ofall countries in the world, especially the small nations. President Mutharika was addressing the

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By THERESA KASAWALA - 23 September 2008 - 15:28:54 The High Court in Blantyre will on September 29 decide whether or notformer president and opposition UDF national chairman Bakili Muluzishould be released unconditionally or his conditions varied followingstate’s failure to charge him on treason allegations, three monthsafter his arrest.Muluzi made an application through

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