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Balaka COVID-19 Citizen Response set to present medical supplies to District Health Office

February 9, 2021

* First donation is worth MK1.6m * Items procured in liaison with DHO By Duncan Mlanjira Citizens with origins from Balaka, who initiated a fundraising campaign last January to procure COVID-19 medical supplies for District Health Office (DHO), are set to present the items on Wednesday. In conjunction with various wellwishers, the Balaka COVID-19 Citizen Response bought the first batch of equipment worth K1.644 million. The list of items purchased include 12 purse oximeters at K174,000; 2 infra thermos…

155 new COVID-19 recoveries, 14 discharged from treatment units

February 8, 2021

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* 11,756 cases have now recovered, 14,582 are active cases * 227 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours * Blantyre having highest at 88 followed by Lilongwe at 73 * There were 18 new related deaths — six from Blantyre, five from Lilongwe By Duncan Mlanjira The country has registered 155 new COVID-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number to 11,756 cases with 14,582 as active cases. Of those recovered are 14, who have been…

Inside Malawi’s COVID-19 wards, the impact of vaccine nationalism is all too clear

February 8, 2021

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Vaccine needed first for healthcare workers * Where shifts are measured in days not hours * Queen’s hospital seemed to be spared the worst during the first wave of COVID-19 *Vaccines needed now * A special report by CNN’s David McKenzie & Brent Swails Even before Andrew Simbota arrived at the small, rural Mulanje district hospital on Saturday afternoon, doctors here wondered how they would treat him. They were down to two oxygen tanks for their entire COVID-19 ward….

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

February 8, 2021

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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…

Deep roots of tribalism in Malawi

February 7, 2021

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By Cedrick Ngalande There was an interesting denial in the papers this week. A letter purportedly leaked from an organization called Chichewa Heritage Foundation (CHEFO) invited all Chewa people to submit their resumes to a Chewa resume bank, presumably to ensure that Chewa people get jobs in government. Not surprising the leaked letter caused an uproar in the country. The leader of CHEFO then issued a statement characterizing the ‘leaked’ letter as fake news. CHEFO remains apolitical, he said….

Reinstated CAF boss Ahmad arrives in Cameroon for CHAN final

February 6, 2021

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The African football boss By Anye Nde Nsoh, kick442.com Recently reinstated Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad arrived in Cameroon to preside over the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2020 final between Mali and Morocco to be played on Sunday at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. He was met at the airport on Friday by CAF vice-president, Constant Omari; FECAFOOT’s president Prince Seidou Mbombo Njoya and other dignitaries. Ahmad was recently reinstated as CAF president by Court of…

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…