Alongside it, MPs rubber-stamped a sweeping package of financial reforms designed to drag Malawi’s banking sector into the digital age, including the Banking (Amendment) Bill, the Financial Services (Amendment) Bill, the Securities (Amendment) Bill, the Microfinance (Amendment) Bill, the Financial Cooperatives (Amendment) Bill, and the Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Bill – the latter formally setting in motion the phasing out of paper cheques in favour of digital payment systems. The session also saw the passage of the Deposit Insurance Corporation Bill, strengthening protections for ordinary bank depositors, as well as the Payment Systems Amendment Bill and the Financial Crimes Amendment Bill, both designed to bring Malawi’s legal framework in line with its rapidly evolving digital economy. Mhango acknowledged the scale of the challenges facing the country, but said government was gradually working through them rather than ignoring them. Whether that same spirit of cooperation will extend to finally delivering answers on the Amaryllis Hotel scandal, however, remains to be seen. With parliament now adjourned indefinitely, campaigners, pensioners and ordinary Malawians alike are left waiting once again – this time with no clear date on the calendar for when, or if, those long-promised answers will finally arrive.