 50 tambala notes were last issued in 1986, with the last 1 kwacha notes printed in 1992.In 1993, 50 kwacha notes were introduced, followed by 100 kwacha in 1993, 200 kwacha in 1995, 500 kwacha in 2001 and 2000 kwacha in November 2016 to ease desperate cash shortages.As of 2008, the following banknote denominations are in circulation