Civic Education, Culture and Community Development Minister, Grace Chiumia, has said Malawians should learn to work together despite their political differences.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the unveiling of a bakery in the Area of Traditional Authority (T\/A) Kawamba in Kasungu District on Monday, Chiumia said, sometimes, Members of Parliament (MP) who do not belong to the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) do not welcome government officials delegated to initiate development initiatives.<\/p>\n
Chang\u2019ombe Bakery is a fruit of Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip), which has about 200 groups in Kasungu alone.<\/p>\n
Chiumia said both non-governmental organisations and MPs should put aside their political differences and take part in national development initiatives.<\/p>\n
She said the government was ready to work with all people, regardless of political affiliation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is ready to work with all the people irrespective of the political party they belong to because the aim is to improve the living standards of Malawians,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
Chiumia further commended Chang\u2019ombe Bakery for the role it is playing in uplifting people\u2019s living standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is one way of transforming the lives of people in the village. They are learning various things, and they are able to do great things using locally available resources,\u201d Chiumia said.<\/p>\n
Comsip Chief Executive Officer, Tennson Gondwe, said, as one way of easing financial challenges cooperatives face in the country, the organisation has established a micro-finance company that will be lending money to cooperatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are asking for additional capital for their investments. In that regard, we, as a union, have established a micro-finance company that will roll out on July 1 2018 and the pilot phase will start in Kasungu, Dedza and Lilongwe districts,\u201d Gondwe said.<\/p>\n
Legislator for the constituency, Alex Major, appealed to the government to consider upgrading the road that leads to the bakery for easy transportation of products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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