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Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance administration continued to face heavy criticisms from various quarters of society and the donor community for, among other things, failing to tame corruption, inability to manage and administer the Affordable Input Programme (aip) on time, and practising selective justice. The aip was marred by many challenges, such as a reduction in number of beneficiaries, the inability of beneficiaries to access the fertilisers and seeds, and corruption. Consequently, most Malawians were expected to face hunger in the following year as the majority of poor Malawian farmers depend entirely on the programme. Intra- and inter-party conflicts characterised the year, which also witnessed the arrest of the vice-president, Saulos Chilima, by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (acb) over his alleged involvement in the Sattar scandal. Malawi continued to enjoy good relations with other countries and international agencies, and received financial and material support. The year also saw the devaluation of the national currency, the Malawian kwacha (mk), by 25%. Consequently, commodity prices increased amid declining revenues from tobacco. There was an acute shortage of foreign exchange currency, which forced some firms to suspend manufacturing and packaging activities and left the government struggling to pay for fuel imports, leading in turn to an acute shortage of fuel for two consecutive months.