Am I missing something?
I was going through what I think is the abridged “scope of work” of what should have been the ‘K92 billion Forensic Audit’, but which turned out to be the K577 billion forensic data analysis and...
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Ulipolipo pa Kamuzu Stadium lero
Masanawa, khwimbi la anthu likhala pikitipikiti mumsewu wa Masauko Chipembere ulendo pa Kamuzu Stadium atavala zofiira komanso za mtundu wa thambo (blue). Kungoona makakawa, ungodziwiratu kuti ndi...
View ArticleWhy red flags couldn’t be detected
Hon. Folks, the Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) audit analytics of May 15 2015 may not have exposed anyone as did the Baker Tilly forensic audit of 2014. What it has done though, is to show that within...
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FUM faults NFRA maize buying price at k95/kg
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has faulted government for deciding to buy maize from farmers, through the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) at 95 per kilogramme (kg). FUM chief executive officer...
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INTERVIEW: Let Malawians judge Mutharika
CHACHACHA MUNTHALI engaged former President JOYCE BANDA on her involvement in the Cashgate, her ‘exile’ and other issues in this interview. Why have you chosen to remain in self-imposed exile in South...
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Unmasking the truth about BT cotton
Malawi might soon have the first experience with GMOs if government releases the seed to the farmers for open trials after two successful confined trials. But, what actually is Bt Cotton and what...
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BB fans killed in road accident
Four Big Bullets fans were reported dead following a road accident that happened at Chitale along the Zalewa-Chingeni Road in the morning yesterday. Balaka Police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph...
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Bullets punish Wanderers As Blue Eagles beat Epac
Bullets 2 Wanderers 1 TNM Super League defending champions Big Bullets seized Blantyre football bragging rights when shooting five points clear after teaching toothless rivals Be Forward...
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UGI golf tourney today at Thyolo Sports Club
United General Insurance (UGI)—which is one of Malawi’s leading insurance companies—will today hold a golf tournament at Thyolo Sports Club greens. UGI business development manager Atupele Mangochi...
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Queens trip flops
Malawi national netball team, the Queens, will not take part in the 2015 Africa Netball Championship throwing off today in Botswana after government failed to provide a last-gasp rescue package....
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Interpol airlifts ‘abducted’ children to South Africa
International Police (Interpol), accompanied by officials from South Africa’s Department of Social Development (DSD), flew into the country on Monday and reclaimed two “abducted” siblings reportedly...
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‘MEC deals with aspirants through their parties’
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has denied withholding information about forthcoming by-elections, saying before nominations are received, it deals with aspirants through their parties. The...
View ArticleFootball tumour that is FAM affiliate
Allow me to get a surgical knife, slip into vintage white coat, face and hair cover and, like a surgeon, dissect an incurable domestic football tumour called Football Association of Malawi (FAM)...
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LL derby: Civo United seek resurgence over Silver Strikers
Struggling Civo United seek resurgence as they face city rivals Silver Strikers in a TNM Super League Lilongwe derby this afternoon. Points have been hard to come by for the civil servants as they are...
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Govt courts Lutepo on JB cashgate links
Government is courting witnesses, including Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, to testify against former president Joyce Banda in her alleged involvement in the K24 billion plunder of the public purse,...
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RBM faults banks’ assessment of borrowers
Commercial banks regulator—Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)—has attributed peoples’ failure to repay loans to banks’ poor assessment of their clients, among other factors. RBM has said the scenario...
View ArticleBring the mayor in the dock!
Court clerk whispers to his Lordship Justice Mbadwa that the residents of the Big City want their matter to be heard in camera because they claim they have a case against the city’s mayor, and they are...
View ArticleMr President, you are losing public trust
I don’t know about you, but where I am standing I can evidently see how full President Peter Mutharika’s tray is in his office. Issues that demand his decision continue to pile up. There is one...
View ArticleActionAid changes lives in Mchinji
Forty-five-year-old Kashoni Seki from Manzi Village in Mchinji dreams of speaking proper English one day, a reverie that not too long ago, would have been unattainable. Seki, who recently learnt how to...
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My male colleague was dressed in readiness to paint the town red one Friday and he looked exquisite. He seemed to realise the kind of aura he exerted judging from the way he carried himself and sat. As...
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