By Chisomo Phiri
Parliament has on Monday afternoon passed the revised K4.33 trillion budget without any changes as presented by Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola Banda two weeks ago.
The revised budget is up from previous K3. 7 trillion.
It took the House about 2 hours and 30 minutes to pass all the 57 revised votes.
However, there was some resistance on the Malawi Human Rights Commission vote as lawmakers objected the reduction of the vote from K2.059 billion to K1.952 billion.
The lawmakers argued that MHRC is crucial in the rollout of the Access to Information law.
While acknowledging the importance of the vote, Chithyola Banda said Treasury will look at how best to address the issue so that the operations of MHRC are not affected.
Parliament passes Revised National Budget
On his part,the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Madalitso Kazombo, MP, commended Members from both sides of the House for their active participation in the budget passing process.
Today, the legislators are also expected to meet at 9:30 to proceed their importation discussions.
