03/07/2021
Achievements of Malawi Congress Party/Tonse Alliance during its first year in Government
1. Affordable Input Program (AIP) reached 3.8 million farming households, the highest number of beneficiaries for any such subsidy programme in the history of Malawi;
2. Preliminary Agricultural Production Estimates indicate that this year’s maize production increased by 18.3 percent over last year’s production: from 3.8 million metric tonnes in 2019/2020 season to over 4.5 million metric tonnes in 2020/2021 season due to the success of AIP;
3. The 2020/2021 agriculture production level is 42.6 percent above a five-year average of 3.1 million metric tonnes;
4. The tabling and passage of 8 Bills into law and the gazetting of over 100 subsidiary pieces of legislation;
5. The digitization of Parliament’s operations to enable members to convene virtually;
6. Operationalized the Access to Information Act to make Government accountable to the public in the spirit of servant leadership;
7. Prosecuted over 1,170 cases in various courts across the country. Out of these cases, 114 were cases of crimes against persons with albinism of which 68 cases have been completed;
8. Strengthened the Asset Forfeiture Unit under the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to confiscate all assets accrued from criminal activities;
9. Vetted 363 disciplinary charges involving civil servants from various Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including those interdicted for various offences;
10. Contested over 1,546 civil cases in various courts and thereby saved MK3.9 billion in settlement claims on the closed files;
11. Commenced the implementation of the Deceased Estate Management System to ensure beneficiaries can access their benefits timely, and the system has already served over 700 beneficiaries;
12. Operationalized a Human Rights Section within the Ministry of Justice to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan and state party reporting;
13. Secured the United Nations General Assembly’s vote to put Malawi on the Human Rights Council for the next three years;
14. Recruiting additional lawyers to speed up the process of legislative drafting, civil litigation, administration of deceased estates, registration of companies, patents and intellectual property rights, prosecution of criminal cases and the provision of legal advice;
15. Successfully rolled out a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination program;
16. Increased the enrolment into the university from 36,000 students in the 2019/2020 academic year to 45,809;
17. Started the construction of 10,000 houses for security institutions as follows: 4,000 for Malawi Defence Force, 4,000 for Malawi Police Service, 1,000 for Malawi Immigration Services and 1,000 for Malawi Prison Service;
18. Implemented an Out of School Youth Functional Literacy Program at 174 learning centers to provide alternative learning opportunities to the youth in Nsanje, Chikwawa, Thyolo, Machinga, Nkhota-kota, Nkhata Bay, Salima, Dedza and Mangochi, with an enrollment of 5,200 learners;
19. Commenced the construction of skills centres under the Jobs for Youth (J4Y) Project in 4 training institutions namely Gara Community Technical College (CTC) in Karonga, Mbandira CTC in Nkhotakota, Naminjiwa CTC in Phalombe and Neno Integrated Youth Development Centre;
20. Commenced the construction of the Griffin Saenda Indoor Sports Complex at Area 48 in Lilongwe city, scheduled for completion by August, 2021;
21. 293,000 poor households benefited through the Social Cash Transfer Programme and while 10,000 registered households benefitted from the Enhanced Public Works Programme;
22. Cushioned approximately 160,000 households those who depend on a daily wage or petty trading to survive in the four cities of Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu through cash transfers of K35, 000 each for 3 months between January and April 2021.
23. The construction of the North Rukuru River flood protection structure in Karonga soon to be completed;
24. Increased coverage of the population with safe drinking water in urban and town centers serviced by the Water Boards from 3.4 million to 3.6 million;
25. The economy’s GDP rose from MK6.05 trillion (i.e. US$8.3 billion) to MK8.1 trillion (i.e. US$10.9 billion), representing a 34 percent jump in the size of the economy;
26. Improved Malawi’s measure of debt sustainability by reduction of Malawi’s debt stock 62.1 percent of GDP to 45.7 percent;
27. Crop production grew by 3.4 percent in 2020 reflecting the level of success brought about by the AIP;
28. Reduced inflation form 9.8 percent in March 2020 to 9.4 percent in March 2021with the annual average inflation projection for 2021/2022 being pegged at 8.4 percent despite the negative impact of Covid- 19 on the economy globally;
29. Implemented income-enhancing measures such as expansion of the tax-free band from MK45,000 to MK100,000 and also by increasing the minimum wage from MK35,000 per month to MK50,000 per month for workers other than domestic workers whose minimum wage was raised to MK38,000;
30. Completed the construction of a One-Stop Border Post at the Mchinji/Mwami-Zambia border which will ease cross border trade between Malawi and Zambia; COPIED
