Malawi: Minister Demands Answers After MP's '£24bn Repatriation Bill' Claim Blows Up in Parliament

A row erupted in Malawi's Parliament on Tuesday after a top minister accused a fellow MP of throwing around wildly inflated figures -- and demanded he explain himself.

Leader of the House Jappie Mhango stormed into the chamber questioning claims that a jaw-dropping K24 billion had been splashed on bringing Malawians home from South Africa.

The bombshell figure had been aired not in Parliament, but at a public rally -- allegedly by none other than the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the very body meant to keep government spending in check.