Police in the central region on Saturday arrested four men for willfully and unlawfully damaging Malawi banknotes.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has lifted suspension of the 2018-19 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP).

Last week, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Principal Secretary Gray Nyandule-Phiri announced suspension of the programme citing anomalies in the distribution chain and redemption of beneficiary coupons.

And in a statement on Monday, Nyandule-Phiri said the suspension followed inititial reconciliation of allocations by a majority of district councils.

“This validation phase has been deemed successful by the said stakeholders.

“The Ministry would therefore like to take this opportunity to appreciate the remarkable support it got during the reconciliation and urges all stakeholders to continue the collaboration during the first phase of program implementation,” said Nyandule Phiri.

Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID) has introduced a cash transfer scheme that would see at least 440 Malawian ex-servicemen benefiting.

President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday evening re-arranged his cabinet, a move that has seen the outspoken Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Southern Region Governor Charles Mchacha appointed deputy minister of Homeland Security.