Update: The parliamentary inquiry into the controversial K128.7 billion purchase of the Amaryllis Hotel has deepened after former trustees of the Public Service Pensions Trust Fund testified that the board had previously rejected the deal, but the official meeting minutes have mysteriously disappeared. In a related development, lawyer Alexious Kamangila publicly accused Public Accounts Committee Chairperson Baba Steven K. Malondera of pocketing K65 million. According to Nyasa Times, Malondera dismissed the allegations as baseless and stated that Kamangila failed to provide any evidence to support the claims.
A K2.42 billion funding request for First Vice-President Jane Ansah has been defended as a necessity to restore the basic functioning of her office. Nyasa Times reports that Ansah is currently forced to operate from her private Area 3 residence because her official Area 12 home in Lilongwe is dilapidated. Officials confirmed that K820 million is needed for renovations, while the remaining K1.6 billion is for a motorhome and security vehicles to replace an aging motorcade.
The Maritime Organisation for Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa has urged Malawi to strengthen regional cooperation or face exclusion from the global shipping trade. According to Nyasa Times, the organisation's Secretary General Kassim Mpaata warned that land-linked countries like Malawi remain severely disadvantaged by high transport costs and fragile supply chains due to their reliance on foreign ports.
In other developments, First Vice-President Jane Ansah held a farewell meeting with outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yoichi Oya in Lilongwe. Meanwhile, Information and Communications Technology Minister Shadric Namalomba toured the Northern Region, directing the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation to modernise its outdated Kaning'ina Studio, according to MBC.
In the mining sector, Malawi has recorded an 89 percent drop in revenues following an October 2025 executive order banning the export of raw and unprocessed minerals. Nyasa Times and Nation Online report that the government collected only K70 million against a projected K665.45 million. The revenue collapse highlights the economic difficulties of implementing an export ban without having the domestic capacity to process the minerals.