Gender Ministry Spends K14 Billion on COVID-19
Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare says it has dispersed about K14 billion to over one hundred thousand Malawians in the first phase of COVID-19 Cushion fund programme which started in 2020, with an aim of relieving vulnerable Malawians from economic effects of COVID-19.
Public Relations Officer in the ministry, Fred Simwaka says they expect to rollout the second phase in February despite one of its partners, the World Bank group, pulling out its support.
He has also noted that due to the withdrawal by the World Bank, beneficiaries will be getting K25 thousand instead of K35 thousand for the next three months.
"We are expecting to conduct a trim in a number of beneficiaries as well as the money they will be receiving each month for the next three months, this will depend on the total amount we will receive from the remaining development partners," noted Simwaka.
Meanwhile, a social commentator, Fryson Chodzi has tipped government to discontinue the programme saying it is promoting the culture of handouts and corruption among officers.
"There have been cases where officers have benefited a lot from these kinds of programmes, so government should consider ending this project which is also promoting the culture of handouts in the country," said Chodzi.
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