Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) and Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) have stressed the importance of implementing ideas contained in the third Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III) which was launched yesterday by President Peter Mutharika.<\/p>\n
Both Mejn and MCCCI were reacting after the launch of the strategy at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, which President Mutharika touted as a compilation of hopes and dreams of many Malawians.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our responsibility to make sure that we invest in implementing this strategy and that is when we will be able to see the transformation that we so wish to see for Malawi\u2026,\u201d Mejn Executive Director Dalitso Kubalasa said.<\/p>\n
The MGDS III, which is expected to be implemented under the theme \u2018Building a Productive, Competitive and Resilient Nation\u2019 is a medium-term strategy designed to contribute to Malawi\u2019s long-term development aspirations.<\/p>\n
Key priority areas in the K8.6 trillion 2017-2022 strategy are agriculture, water development and climate change management, education and skills development, energy, industry and tourism development, transport and ICT infrastructure and health and population.<\/p>\n
While emphasising on the need to compel all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and development stakeholders to get involved, Kubalasa said the past is for the country to learn from and perhaps Malawians have failed to learn from failures because they are too obsessed with defending failures.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s admit that failures are failures and that failures are opportunities for us to do well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
MCCCI President Karl Chokotho said the strategy is talking about the nation becoming productive and that means the policies have to be aligned to really promote production to the point of exporting.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment agrees that we all have to work towards resolving the issue of power, which is highly critical for production. In essence, we need to put all the ingredients together to make this thing work,\u201d Chokotho said.<\/p>\n
Mutharika described Malawi as a rich country with many poor people saying the strategy best represents the priorities of Malawians in their pursuit for socio-economic growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe development strategy represents the collective hopes and dreams of the people, the convictions and aspirations of our nation. This strategy is our home-grown policy for developing our country as we understand it. As a sovereign nation, we have agreed on what is good for us. Let us implement this strategy collectively,\u201d Mutharika said.<\/p>\n
Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Richard Mkandawire, said the commission plans to translate the strategy into some local languages and engage different development stakeholders including Malawians in the diaspora to benefit from their potential and knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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