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Various stakeholders contribute close to K2.2bln in joining fight for the second wave of COVID-19

February 8, 2021

Chakwera: Those to be found to have abused their funds will be punished * As President Chakwera calls on controlling officers in various ministries to account for K6.2bln that Treasury disbursed * Summons to meet presidential taskforce in 48 hours to account how the money was used * Warns to punish any cluster that either fails to account for the money it received * First consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine expected by month end By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera disclosed on Sunday that the…

National Audit Office discovers numerous claims anomalies by Mota Engil on road projects

February 8, 2021

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* Blantyre-Zomba arrears claimed by contractor indicate as not paid but payment vouchers show was paid * Audit team conducted physical verification of projects to ascertain their existence * And also whether value for money was achieved on these projects * The verification exercise confirmed existence of some projects but some were in a dilapidated state By Duncan Mlanjira A report that National Audit Office conducted to verify authenticity of road projects payment arrears by Mota Engil as accumulated…

National Audit Office discovers that Mota Engil was claiming payments on donor funded road projects

February 8, 2021

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A road construction * 20.7 million euro and US$1.2 million claimed on interest and donor funded projects * Out of MK52 billion claimed by Mota Engil, Roads Fund accepted MK24.3 billion as valid as at 30 November 2020 * MK27.5 billion was disputed by Roads Fund, representing 52% By Duncan Mlanjira From the verification exercise that National Audit Office conducted to verify road projects arrears totalling MK77.2 billion accumulated by Government of Malawi, it was discovered that Mota Engil…

35 new COVID-19 related deaths, 546 new cases, 296 new recoveries in past 24 hours

February 5, 2021

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* 59 cases were admitted, 26 were discharged from various treatment centers * Currently, a total of 260 active cases are admitted: 78 in Lilongwe, 76 in Blantyre as highest * The positive cases out of the total translates to a positivity rate of 20.1%. * “In other unfortunate circumstances, some patients are brought in dead to treatment units * “Chances of one recovering from COVID-19 increases when the disease is identified as early as possible” * “Hence the need…

Death has robbed Malawi media of a knowledgeable and experienced adviser and father in Felix Mponda— MISA Malawi

February 5, 2021

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Late Felix Mponda By Duncan Mlanjira Death has been announced of veteran journalist, Felix Mponda on Friday morning at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre with Media Institute of Sourthen Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter morning that the country has been robbed of a knowledgeable and experienced adviser and father. “His passion for the media will remain in our hearts,” writes Misa Malawi in its condolence message. Until recently, Mponda — who practised journalism for about 42 years, having started…

Citizen demands over K1.5m Roads Authority as compensation for damaged tyre and rim after hitting pothole

February 5, 2021

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The state of most roads in Malawi Maravi Express Citizen Alfred Nhlema is suing Malawi Roads Authority and demanding over K1.5 million as compensation towards cost of fixing his car’s tyre and rim that was damaged when he hit a pothole along the Blantyre to Lilongwe M1 Road. Through his lawyer Noel Chalamanda of Knight & Knight, Nhlema claims that he was driving from Blantyre to Lilongwe on January 26, 2021 on his motor vehicle number BY4949 Ford Everest…

Need to adopt digital solutions to improve education

February 4, 2021

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* “We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, it is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to invent their native language.” – Jaron Lanier By Stephen Mmodzi & Chimpele Kelvin Tsamwa In March 2020, the Government of Malawi announced the closure of all educational facilities to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This forced millions of primary and secondary school children plus college students out of the classroom but…

Illovo Sugar Malawi presents 21 hospital beds, 3 patient monitors and 10 nebulisers for Queens Hospital COVID-19 treatment units

February 3, 2021

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Katandula (right) presenting the donation * A fulfillment of the pledge it made last week to assist various COVID-19 treatment units * It injected K100 million of which K20 million has gone to Queens * The other for Nkhotakota and Chikwawa-Kasinthula isolation centres By Duncan Mlanjira As Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital continues to grapple with increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients on a daily basis — coupled with efforts to increase treatment units — Illovo Sugar Plc Malawi has donated…

Encouraging COVID-19 recoveries despite rising new cases and related deaths

February 1, 2021

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* 297 recoveries on Sunday, 503 on Saturday, 267 Friday, 289 Thursday * Cumulatively, 8,945 cases have now recovered * Of the active cases 230 are admitted with Blantyre as highest at 69 followed by Lilongwe at 52 * Positive cases out of the total translates to a positivity rate of 26.9% * Mass gatherings are acting as super spreaders of the disease By Duncan Mlanjira In the past two weeks, there have been encouraging rise of COVID-19 recoveries…

Airtel injects additional K100m as corporate response towards fight against COVID-19 pandemic

February 1, 2021

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By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Malawi Plc has injected an additional K100 million to mitigate the challenges in the fight against the current second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic the country is facing. This additional K100 million supplements an earlier donation of K104 million that the mobile phone service provider made in June last year, which was donated to the presidential task force on COVID-19 that was used to purchase ventilators and oxygen concentrators. Combined with last year’s support, Airtel’s…