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Catholic nuns drawn from various congregations within Malawi and others from Kenya and Zimbabwe are undergoing a month long financial...
Tikonza a MCP zimenezo tikatenga boma. Osadandaula. Ngati mukufuna zinthu zisinthe zavotereni Congress basi. Boma lodziwa chomwe likuchita. Osakhala a nalikata (asakhwi) alipowa.
The Police in Malawi is never serious on any issues. As I comment, we recently saw them enforcing the three passengers per seat in minibuses. It happened just for a week or so and it has completely stopped. about the touts I recall there was a period they really were arresting them but as I comment it could be some years gone without any new arrest. The other challenge is that out bus and minibus terminals provide a heaven environment for the touts. Take the LL terminal for example. I wonder if we have a city assembly. I wonder if… Read more »
With due respect bwana Kadadzera, continuing arresting the touts will not solve this problem. I have never seen police arrresting touts anywhere. May be if that was done, it was only after an order was made to do so but to say that police on daily basis are arresting touts in any mini bus terminus is being economical with the truth. I have seen police officers having a chat with touts or indeed ask cash for airtime/lunch from the touts at Limbe mini bus terminus commonly known as “pafumbi”. We need a lasting solution. One way would be to legalize… Read more »
Legalizing touting? That’s absolute madness.
Just give them something else useful to do….train them at the technical colleges, most of them are youthful, anyway.
Then reorganize our bus terminals. Each route to have a designated passenger queuing point – nobody will need these nuisances again, even those from remotest villages. Just at South Africa they successfully did that more than a decade ago, and they are not regretting in any way.
If there is anything I hate about travelling in Malawi (especially with public transport-buses and minibuses) is touts (if travelling on private vehicle, masikini). Touts are very rude. If you don’t do what they want they will pour all sorts of insults on you and finally still force you to accept their wish. Cadets come from there. Mobilization of party meetings in towns is done by them so, effectively they are friends of party gurus. They are always seen as voters for ruling for a party in power. They are very powerful. After all, where do the majority of them… Read more »
The adverse part of removing them from the street is “increasing the crime rate in our cities” because urban poverty is also a major problem in Malawi. They should be trained in small-scale businesses management and small financial capital outlay can be given to them for survival in towns and cities. Politicians use them when they are visiting our towns/cities, give party clothes/t-shirts to wear, buy them beers to tout for them. But, honestly, anthuwa amabowa kwambiri, just like when vendors were in the streets in those bad days.