MALAWI RE-ENERGISING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL: CHAKWERA
President Dr Chakwera told parliament that Malawi was re-energising relations with Israel for the benefit of the country.
He said the Jewish state was a “great nation and a leader in human endeavours in such areas as agriculture, value addition and science.”
Chakwera was answering a question from DPP MP Mark Botomani
The Malawi leader said Israel and Malawi have been “strongest partners” since independence in 1964.
He said the relations were “well grounded in our own national interest.”
He said Malawi, as a member of the United Nations, was also interested in the peaceful settlement of Israel and Palestine.
“We are also for a two-nation solution,” Chakwera said. “This goes very well with our foreign policy thrust.”
He said Malawi was not receiving any pressure from anywhere on its relations with Israel.
“We conduct our foreign policy on the basis of mutual respect and based on international law.”
The President said “time now is ripe for Malawi to take its role in international relations.”-
Chakwera says the Nsanje Inland Port is not a priority right now. He says government plans to rehabilitate the Marka to Mozambique railway line so that it becomes functional again.
GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ALL LAND LAWS
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says all land laws in the country should be reviewed so that there’s sanity in land acquisition, administration and disposal.
The President made the remarks in Parliament on Wednesday in response to questions from Legislators in the house.
The Malawi leader said “the country’s land management system is broken and it has to be revisited.”
The President said it is very true that some of the structures in our cities are an eyesore but since “these are contentious issues we will take all necessary steps to address the situation.”
He said the Land Commission is not rendered irrelevant and it will be instrumental in championing the reforms in the area.
The President said the culture of corruption and bureaucracy scares off investors and this should be a thing of the past.
“I can assure you that even chiefs in Mzimba brought a petition in this regard saying they were not fully consulted on land laws that were passed by this house. So we will ensure all these issues are looked into and amendments are brought in the next sitting of Parliament,” said the Malawi leader.
The President said Kudzigulira Malo Project was also launched to ease land wrangles in some hotspots like Thyolo and Mulanje.
During the administrations of Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Dr Bakili Muluzi, a ‘Red Star Campaign’ was commissioned to remove structures that have outlived their use
MALAWI LOBBYING FOR MORE FOOD RESOURCES: PRESIDENT
President Dr Chakwera said Wednesday the country, which has 30,000 metric tonnes of maize in stock, was lobbying for more food resources to avert hunger which threatens over two million people.
Chakwera said there are 2,217,986 Malawians- in all 28 districts- who are food insecure up to March next year.
He said out of these, some 590,000 people are urbanites in Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu cities.
The President said the Government through the Disaster Preparedness Ministry was finalising the 2020/21 response plan to mobilise resources to “assist food insecure population.”
Hunger is a yearly problem in Malawi which largely depends on rain-fed agriculture to produce food. –
GOVT RESTOCKS FOR LEAN SEASON
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says Government is planning to restock relief food in the upcoming lean season.
The President told Parliament that he has been informed by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) Report that more people will be in dire need of food assistance.
He said despite the mistrust people have with MVAC Reports, his administration is building a new dispensation system where such offices and officers working in there should attain and uphold high levels of integrity.
PRESIDENT: K4B ALLOCATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC FIGHT
About K4Billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Health to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, President Dr Lazarus Chakwera told parliament Wednesday.
He said development partners had also chipped in $61 million to support the fight.
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