Government orders demolition of warehouse encroaching on Livimbo schools
Government has ordered the demolition of multi-million kwacha warehouse illegally constructed on encroached land for state owned Livimbo Primary and Community Day Secondary Schools in Area 2, Lilongwe.
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Vuwa Kaunda issued the order Saturday after briefing Livimbo Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and School Management Team on the developments.
He said record are showing that the Indian businessman, Nurmahomed Ahmed encroached the school land in 2017 and has been served with eviction orders for several times but he has insisted on continuing with the construction the warehouses defying the order.
“It is true the Indian businessman has a house which makes a boundary with the school. He has been at the place since the year 2000 but now has overstepped his line by encroaching school land and at the same time claiming that he has bought the school,” Kaunda disclosed.
He said Ministry of Lands has found the original 1971 map for the School where it was clearly indicating that part of the school land has been encroached by the Indian businessman.
The discovery of the encroachment has come to light after rumours went up that Livimbo Primary School has been sold to an Indian businessman and had ordered the school management to close down the premises to enable him to start developing the place,
Kaunda assured the PTA and School management that the land where Livimbo School is belong to Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and are rightfully title holders of the land.
“No one should come to this school and claim that he has bought the school. If any one does that please ask him to produce title deeds, sales agreement and refer to either of Ministries of Education, Lands or Police for further action,” he said.
The Minister said the school is on plot number 212 standing on eight hectares of piece of land and initially the land belong to Conforzi Company where they built a school which was named Cokiri.
“How can someone come to an institution like this one and claim that he has bought the school and he is ready to transfer the school to Nanjiri within Lilongwe. We cannot do such a thing when government has just launched the construction of 250 secondary schools in the country,” Kaunda explained.
District Education Manager (DEM) for Lilongwe Urban, Martha Sinetta said school management razed down the brick fence the businessman constructed some months ago after it was observed that he had encroached the school land.
She said the businessman had been claiming to be holding rightful documentation showing that the land belongs to him and that the School had encroached the road reserve which went pass between the school and warehouses that have been built.
One of the Managers of the Warehouse, Admed Yakub Laheri made a counter claim that the school has encroach their land with six metres adding that they have valid documents of the land.
“We have valid documents form Lilongwe City Council and Ministry of Lands which are supporting our case that the land belongs to us and we have been here since the year 2000,” he added.
Laheri accepted to visit Land Offices for further hearing of the case as they have been served with demolition order.
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Akakhala pa mkhate sapheka khoswe I feel sorry for the Indian business man for the money spent on that building but despite demolishing the building there are some people behind those fake documents the Indian business man is holding.
Let the minister apologise to Nancy Tembo, she was accused by Vuwa kaunda of raising false information
boma loyenda ndi amwenye….police food scandal,land gate,Ambulance gate etc
mbola mmmmm
Why cant you just depot these dunderheads to their homeland. Can a black Malawian behave likewise in India and treated with kid gloves?
Anapeleka ndalama mmwenyeyu anti corruption bureau needs to find out. This is not a simple issue!
Whatever we may say about these Indians let us not forget the BIGGEST wrong doers in all this and it is our fellow black Malawians who actively help these people in such transactions. The penalty for these traitors needs to be no less than a 10 year jail term if this is to deter anyone.
just hopin wina sanalandileko ca kumbuyo.
asowa oyambitsa kugumula nde poti ati a plesdent ndomwe alamula!!!! a vuwa amakucita kunjanja polankhulatu.
mutu ngati ciboli
nkhope ngati mphevu.
waiwala zake zija. rotten government
foolish government
Ifeyo ndi anthudi aulemu kapena opusa?
Ndife anthu ogunata basi.
The way how the Government is handling this case, you can easily know that the Government knows the deal they have with these Indians, surely this place is sold, look what Vuwa and his response is saying to the community, do you see anything sense from him as a Minister? This Vuwa is lying, the true statement would be so powerful that even that Indian in front of him would have been shaking and trembling not be close to him as he is, imagine the Indian is even telling the Vuwa that he has documents backing him in court. Some one somewhere knows better than us here. Could it be him or his Boss? Koma mpakana kugulitsa school imene inayambidwa 1971 that is according to the original Map, you see where it is puzzling me again, the Indian is transffering the school to Nanjiri, who gave him the Land that side of Nanjiri? You see, that is exactly the way how Government works! Inuso a Court tamalizani nkhanizi, posachedwa mukamilizila zimenezi atabwela wina ali Dziko la Malawi ndinagula kale, I have rightful documents. Njara ya ndalama ili ndi anthu a Boma awa,ndithu mnenetsa ine, Tigulitsa ngakhale Manda. Very bad!
How can someone from India claim the land of the community and claims to say he hasbeen there from the year 2000 yet the generation of the community has been there for decades? There should a lophole sort of corruption he must be investigated this Indian businessman.
kkkkkk koma zodabwitsa ndithu 2000 basi hahahaha
Stupid Indians….. you don’t buy a plot near government infrastructure. As a matter of fact, most government buildings don’t have proper documentation so it’s very very risky to own or build something close to them. Govt will demolish such illegal structures without giving you a cent. Be wise.
Vuwa Kaunda, you are an idiot and you owe Nancy Tembo an apology. You are the one who accused Mrs. Tembo of fabricating this story. Now what is your story that Malawians should believe.Nancy, sue this idiot called Vuwa Kaunda for millions. The Tongas are like that and that’s why Tumbukas never allow Tonga men to marry Tumbuka women because ndiozelezeka or if you like they are vindere vakufikapo.Mechanic uyu sathandiza dziko wathu.
Indians they want to take every land forgetting that they are foreigners here
Demolish it immediately, the same way you do for any other illegal structure.
If the government demolishes the warehouse, I will begin to trust the government on sticking to the law when others flout the law openly. Now I call that following the law to the latter regardless of who breaks it. It’s time we Indians doing jail time. These guys are the main corrupters of our government officials.
ZOONA UKUFUNA KUSAMUTSA SUKULU KU LIVIMBO KUPITITSA KU NANJIRI KAPANGE ZAKOZO KU NANJIRI UKAPEZA ANA AKUNANJIRI KOMMWEKO KAPENA UKAMANGASO NYUMBA ZA MAKOLO OPOSA 3,000 AKU LIVIMBO KUTI AZIKAPHUNZIRA KU NANJIRIKO.TOTAL NOSENSE WHAT KIND OF THINKING IS THAT.BRAVO GOVERNMENT.
Who is running this country?