MEJN board member Andrew Kumbatira says the network's analysis of previous national budgets and the proposed 2024/2025 budget has established that there are many ultra-poor citizens who are not benefiting from the programs due to resource limitations hence the proposal.

He was speaking last night in Lilongwe during the 2024/2025 Budget Analysis Parliamentary Engagement where MEJN implored the parliamentarians to continue lobbying for more resources towards social protection programs.