The President’s remarks come amid revelations from the Malawi Agriculture and Industrial Investment Corporation (MAIIC) that the mega farms initiative is drowning in K33 billion in unpaid debts owed to suppliers. The scandal around mega farms is not just about stolen money — it’s about stolen opportunity. But it is his attack on the mega farms that will echo loudest. Mutharika has thrown down the gauntlet: the mega farms must either be reformed — or remembered as one of Malawi’s most expensive failures. If Malawi cannot fix its mega farms, it cannot fix its food security.