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Ministry centralises K20 billion Gesd funds, councils sidelined

Summary by The Nation
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has centralised procurement under the final cycle of the World Bank-funded Governance to Enable Service Delivery (Gesd) project, barring local councils from accessing about K20 billion. In a circular dated January 22 2026 addressed to all district councils, the ministry ordered that funds under Performance-Based Grant (PBG) Cycle 4 will no longer be disbursed directly to councils, with procureme…
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The Nation broke the news in Blantyre, Malawi on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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