Malawian president fires agric minister over corruption

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Malawi’s President, Peter Mutharika, has dismissed the country’s agriculture minister after an investigation into maize procurement, the southern African nation’s information minister said, on Wednesday.

Mutharika ordered an investigation last month into a 34.5 million dollars government maize purchase from Zambia after allegations that the price had been inflated.

“The President has removed from Cabinet George Chaponda as agriculture minister with immediate effect after he was found with millions of money at his residence on Tuesday,” Minister of Information Nicolaus Saudi told Reuters. (NAN)

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