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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday, December 4, 2023, passed Malawi\u2019s 2023\/2023 MK4.39 trillion revised budget in a day with 57 votes for 2:30 hours only.<\/p>\n

Addressing the news conference after the passing of the budget, Minister of Finance, Simplex Chithyola Banda said the budget will focus on important issues affecting the nation.<\/p>\n

Chithyola said the budget was quickly passed due to the confidence of the members in the current finance minister.<\/p>\n

He said with the passing of the budget they will make sure that there is expenditure control.<\/p>\n

The minister therefore applauded all sides of the house for passing the budget in a short time.<\/p>\n

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Finance spokesperson, Ralph Jooma said the budget has been passed with proper scrutiny regardless of it being passed in a day<\/p>\n

Jooma said MK500 million-plus to the budget has made the whole house agree with the budget.<\/p>\n

The budget has been seen with some reduction in other ministries including Forest of which the minister highlighted that it\u2019s in line with austerity measures.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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