Vice President Jane Ansah told MP Steve Baba Malondela during a food handout event in Lilongwe that he got invited because of his parliamentary seat and nothing else. Malondela doubles as the youth director for the opposition Malawi Congress Party, and he showed up asking for a paved road linking his district to Dedza while making it clear he was not there to switch teams to the ruling DPP.
Ansah reminded him that every MP gets access to a yearly development fund worth K5 billion, which should cover infrastructure projects if the money gets managed properly. She pushed irrigation farming as the solution to prevent millions from starving when the rains fail, and a recent assessment predicted four million people will face shortages between October and March.
The disaster management office reported that beneficiary numbers in Lilongwe District jumped from last year to over 16,000 households this time around. Senior Chief Kalumbu thanked the government for stepping in after bad harvests left people struggling.
Ansah reminded him that every MP gets access to a yearly development fund worth K5 billion, which should cover infrastructure projects if the money gets managed properly. She pushed irrigation farming as the solution to prevent millions from starving when the rains fail, and a recent assessment predicted four million people will face shortages between October and March.
The disaster management office reported that beneficiary numbers in Lilongwe District jumped from last year to over 16,000 households this time around. Senior Chief Kalumbu thanked the government for stepping in after bad harvests left people struggling.
