People’s Party (PP) president Joyce Banda has made a landmark announcement that she will abolish regular and frequent motor vehicle license renewals as she will scrape off driving license expiry dates if she wins the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections.
Joyce Banda buying a chicken from a road side trader. She has promised a K10 billion revolving fund for loans targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve people’s livelihoodsPart of the crowds Banda addressed at Area 23 Police ground in Lilongwe
Banda, the former president who governed Malawi between 2012 to 2014, made the announcement at a rally she held in the capital, Lilongwe on Thursday, December 27.
The former president said most motorists find it difficult to have their driver’s licenses renewed now and then.
” If I get back into power, be assured that once you get a license, that should be fine. The process of license renewals is becoming a burden to many,” said Banda.
The former president said she is concerned with socio-economic empowerment of the people which she claimed has not improved since she left office in 2014 and announced she will set up a revolving fund in a bid to uplift small scale businesses.
Banda said she believes that there is a way to help the vulnerable and the underprivileged, a social responsibility a government can undertake to uplift lives of its citizens.
The former Malawi leader said provision of loans for small scale businesses, rural housing projects such as well as social cash transfer are at the centre of her heart.
“I know people are struggling, there are not employed, they lack business capital and the taxes are too much for them. To improve their economic life, my party has set aside K10 billion for a revolving loan fund to uplift lives,” said Banda, who was named in a recent survey conducted by Zomba-based Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ipor) between August and September this year that she is the most trusted leader.
Banda said she will introduce many programmes to uplift lives of all citizens.
She also promised to improve the energy sector with rural electricfication and bring an end to blackouts.
The PP leader said that she has all along been an advocate of rural electrification saying portable and accessible energy is the way to go in a quest to deal away with wanton cut down of trees, as a solution to environmental degradation.
On agriculture, she promised a universal fertiliser subsidy programme to enable all farmers access farm inputs.
She also said she will renovate existing universities instead of constructing new ones.
Meanwhile, Banda is scheduled to hold another rally at Bembeke in Dedza before proceeding to Zomba on Sunday.
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48 replies on “Joyce Banda to scrape off driving license renewal, start K10bn revolving fund”
Why not reduce the amount needed to obtain a DL and have it renewed every 4 or 5 years? Plus remove all the corruption at The Dept. of Road Traffic. That’s what makes sense. Amayi act like you we’re in the US.
JB’s shallow thinking worries me. And we want her to lead us again?
That is why Zimbabwe is as poor as we are. Drivers licences must be renewed periodically. The period should have a locked minimum one can pay say 3 months and a few options for how longer periods e.g. 6 months, 1 year, 2 years. Money collected from drivers licence subscriptions can help in transport infrastructure projects and etc. If she removes renewals, then where will extra money to maintain road infrastructure and other transport related things come from?
Most asinine suggestion I have ever heard from a Presidential candidate in this country. Ever.
Even a person who has not gone beyond Primary School in this country can come up with ten good reasons when drivers’ licenses need to be renewed. Is there a good country on earth where this is not done?
Where is Joisi Banda getting her ideas from anyway? Or does she dream them up in sleep, and says “eya” apa ndiye ndalota zoona? Apparently she’s still thinking like a 1969 form four student at Providence, and she hasn’t developed much intellectually since then.
How sad is that? And, no wonder she messed up the country when she became the accidental president!
She was in self imposed exile for 4 years in the USA, she didn’t learn anything?
Zimbabwe is not the only country where an ordenary driving licence is for life!
Of course it is a very populistic approach, but let’s face the facts: Our Road Traffic Department is next to Lands Department and ESCOM the most corrupt institution in the country!
Joyce Banda might believe through cancelling the renewal of the driving licences the workload at RTD goes down and the services for the other licenses and permits will improve and will shortening the long waiting hours?
But people with extra money and little time know what cuts down time there, it’s called corruption!
This is why RTD is rather eager to create more licences with shorter validity periods aiming to generate more income! Unfortunately it remains a secondary aim boosting the government income!
In Zimbabwe domestic drivers licences are for life. Check your information before you comment. Some of these actions by government are revenue collection attempts
All driving licenses are for life even in Malawi. But government needs to time and again check who owns them, change security features etc.
Now tell me what is going on with the Zimbabwe economy………..it’s in the toilet right?
Asaaaaaah, this woman has either:
1. No advisors
2. Terrible advisors
3. Does not listen to anyone ( womva zake)
4. She is retarded
5. All the above
Pick the answer that best describes this absurdity
Aaah. I pick No. 5 basi.
Even in the UK they renew driving licences to curb fraudulent acquisition of licences, to check driver’s fitness, to fight crime etc. Kuganiza mobwelera mbuyo JB. She should have said atalikitsa period yochita renew driving license osati kuchita srcap. PiPiPi (PP) ya Joyce Banda yanyamuka ulendo wapita ku 2019 elections!
Damn! Who gives this dull woman this crappy advice?
Buying cheap popularity here.
Hate her or love her, Joyce Banda is the best leader after Kamuzu. Cashgate took place during Bingus era and she was just a victim of circumstances. Malawians should remember the fuels queues and Forex shortage, Bingu and his mbava friends atakhutula kuba ndalama zonse za boma. JB reversed all that in a week after taking over. Naivity and honesty cost her the presidency.
Kazhigeti victim of circumstances or primary beneficiary? She took delivery of 28 PP cars from Looteepoo and called home wise boy. What of the campaign buses by Kalonga? What of the evidence provided by the late Theresa Namathanga-Senzani? What of her own words “….amene waombera Mphwiyo ndikumudziwa!” Abiti Joyce Ntila Banda actively played in Kazhigeti for her personal and political mileage. Musatinamisepo NB apa.
Remember ma number plate mmene anavutira nazo Bingu,thanks kuti JB atabwera anathesa zonsezija and apa ndizoona athanso kuzasintha coz anapangapo action mavuto ena kale monga vehicle licence it’s just unfortunate kuti angabwelere m’boma mmmmm kaya mwina
Anathetsa ndi ma MP ku Parliament. Mwaiwala kale?
This is not right Our former president. You have been in America and traveled far and wide, which country does not renew driving licence for its citizens? If anything they get revenue from there and you want to top it , one channel of revenue collections. The struggle people face is that most of the citizens who are holding driving licence has never been to a driving school and have not passed driving test. I hope you would have said you want to reduce the number of deaths on the road by putting more measures. Let people start having both theory and practical driving test. Lest PVHO be the one to test drivers and a different Road Traffic issue licence .
One reason for enforcing driver’s license renewals is to make sure drivers are still in good shape to drive. For example, the renewal process might involve eye exams to make sure the driver’s vision is not impaired, and road tests, particularly for ageing drivers (for their own and others’ safety), to test reaction time.
I think the thing to do here is improve the process, not abolish it.
Can you please help us to obtain work permit here in South Africa like the way Robert Mugabe did to Zimbabwean people! We are suffering here and even at the beit bridge boarder, it’s difficult to cross if you dnt have R3000. Please we are begging you, once you win, come and talk to the minister of HomeAffairs here may be they can understand you. We don’t mind if we pay sum of money to get it as long as it’s genuine!
Abiti kashigeti your thinking expired long time ago ndiganiza. Munangomvera Chilima akuti awonjezera nthawi yopangira renew mwati mutchuke ndi mfundo zokopoera. Mwatchuka mopusatu.
Mzimayi opusa , we have brilliant women in Malawi uyu ndeyayi nde yayi mapeto..
Devalued kwacha, investors wosabwera pano zuvuta… ma investors akuguna cut in cooperate tax … chidzete cha mzimayi..
Ufuna license which country in Europe does that ,,, kumusiyila uyu dziko litha kutha mzimayi wochititsa manyazi
Shaa, you may have morbid hatred against JB but you cannot take away her practical achievements. In recent memory as a country she made a difference to the suffering of Malawians almost in an instant.
When any fair-thinking Malawian remembers the situation we were in just before the death of Bingu (MHSRIP), it is rather evilness to insinuate that all what JB did was just bad. Long fuel queues, no forex in banks, sugar amene kukhalira pa mzele, etc.
And to believe that cashgate only occurred and stopped during JB’s time is being embiles and no wonder this country is pathetic and has no future.
I like your argument,full of wisdom and testimonies. Malawians easily forget!!
Joice Banda did great!
Uku ndiye kulubwalubwa, throwing everything at the wall hoping something sticks
Ohhhh My Goodness! does this woman know what she is talking about? does she understand the repercussions for that????
Mayi wa police muli naye mtsikanayo nditomfuna. Mukandipatsa ine ndi mtundu wakwathu tonse tizavotera inu
Kkkkk
pp woyee mai joice banda 2019 boma osabwelela mbuyo mai joice banda
what she is saying ndizobwelera mbuyo
Mrs Banda you know this is a populist call to scrap renewal of drivers licence. The reason why people struggle to get their licences is simply lazy government work force. In other countries applying for a renewal of driver’s licence takes about 45 minutes the most but in many cases its less than that. Why do you want to justify laziness as a need for your political campaigning
kkkkkkkkkkkk – hahahahahahahahah- mai uyu alibe nzeru olo pang’ono. She thinks Malawians are stupid to take her silly plans and vote for her this time.
She continues putting Malawian women at a disadvantage with her stupid thinking.
Who does she think will ever take her seriously this time around after 4 years in her imposed exile?
Shame on her and all that stand by her side
Kusowa mapulani amayi. Renewing driving licence is not an issue. I would be with you if you talked about vehicle registration and other services at Road Traffic Department. Malawians are having to bribe traffic officers there to get served by those officers who are already on taxpayers’ salaries. They demand K10,000 extra. It’s really tough. If you see a person submitting a folded form, just know that there is money in the folded form. Ukachoka pamenepo, ndiye ukalipile zaboma ku bank. A K15,000 service costs K25,000. Those thieves pocket the K10,000. The responsible Minister should send a spy to see what happens there, especially in Lilongwe.
Zoonadi a Directorate ndi mbava zotheratu Zopanda manyazi. Even pa Mseu akuima ndi mangawa kumangobela anthu. Very useless department that has no discipline. Govt should discipline these useless Motor examiners. Does it mean govt does not see them victimizing Malawians with hefty charges. Govt wake up
Lilongwe is worse
Amayi izi ndi zoona coz anthufe tikuvutika kwambiri. Tivutike kupeza license ndalama zambirimbiri kumavuttikaso kumapanga renew what a shit. amayi bravo
This is ridiculous, how many accidents happen on Malawian roads? Does she know what is contributing to such high numbers? definitely not. License renew can even be changed to redo the testing of the driver before they renewed your licence as there are more unqualified drivers out there who did buy their licence and they actually killing innocent people.
She must know that she is putting her own people at risk as they will be a time when i can not be able to drive but i will still could hold my license to drive as it is for life. She could have come with something better to contribute to the poor people like trimming the cabinet and taking off the allowances which these people accumulate even when going to the funeral.
Koma zafikapo kuti koma yes. Basop. What next?
APA kuti koma zafikapo . Basop. What next
Leave that to your son Roy continue enjoy cash gate money peacefully
To scrap off driving license renewal? Does Abhiti Kazhigeti want to flood the country with fake licenses and raise road carnage? Kukhwima kapena chani? Her handlers and minders should stop her from contesting. Maganizo owina ndi maloto a chumba.
What a stupid idea. She won’t make it into government anyway.
Theres a reason why things expire, licences are not degrees the same reasons presidential terms expires thus why u reasoning expired JB! Vetting licences after a timeframe is safety issue. If they dont expire then you should introduce demerit point system for bad drivers cause checks and balance is mandatory to reduce road carnage and crimes, dont just say things to gain political milage without proper plans then it will be a disaster as much as we all hate to often go to road traffic! In developed world they do most staff online (at your office in your home) including renewal and postal thus the vision now
What kind of a job that 1 s
She missed the point why license should be renewed..its not about money or revenues for government..please madam.be sensible.u cant have lifetime driving license,serious??? Haas..
ZOONADI,NTCHITO YOPANDA MAYESO NTHAWI IRI YONSE CONTRACT IKUCHITA EXPIRE
Why not reduce the amount needed to obtain a DL and have it renewed every 4 or 5 years? Plus remove all the corruption at The Dept. of Road Traffic. That’s what makes sense. Amayi act like you we’re in the US.
JB’s shallow thinking worries me. And we want her to lead us again?
Zimenezo ndizimene ” azungu” anawauza kikikikikikikiki
That is why Zimbabwe is as poor as we are. Drivers licences must be renewed periodically. The period should have a locked minimum one can pay say 3 months and a few options for how longer periods e.g. 6 months, 1 year, 2 years. Money collected from drivers licence subscriptions can help in transport infrastructure projects and etc. If she removes renewals, then where will extra money to maintain road infrastructure and other transport related things come from?
Most asinine suggestion I have ever heard from a Presidential candidate in this country. Ever.
Even a person who has not gone beyond Primary School in this country can come up with ten good reasons when drivers’ licenses need to be renewed. Is there a good country on earth where this is not done?
Where is Joisi Banda getting her ideas from anyway? Or does she dream them up in sleep, and says “eya” apa ndiye ndalota zoona? Apparently she’s still thinking like a 1969 form four student at Providence, and she hasn’t developed much intellectually since then.
How sad is that? And, no wonder she messed up the country when she became the accidental president!
She was in self imposed exile for 4 years in the USA, she didn’t learn anything?
Zimbabwe is not the only country where an ordenary driving licence is for life!
Of course it is a very populistic approach, but let’s face the facts: Our Road Traffic Department is next to Lands Department and ESCOM the most corrupt institution in the country!
Joyce Banda might believe through cancelling the renewal of the driving licences the workload at RTD goes down and the services for the other licenses and permits will improve and will shortening the long waiting hours?
But people with extra money and little time know what cuts down time there, it’s called corruption!
This is why RTD is rather eager to create more licences with shorter validity periods aiming to generate more income! Unfortunately it remains a secondary aim boosting the government income!
In Zimbabwe domestic drivers licences are for life. Check your information before you comment. Some of these actions by government are revenue collection attempts
All driving licenses are for life even in Malawi. But government needs to time and again check who owns them, change security features etc.
Now tell me what is going on with the Zimbabwe economy………..it’s in the toilet right?
Asaaaaaah, this woman has either:
1. No advisors
2. Terrible advisors
3. Does not listen to anyone ( womva zake)
4. She is retarded
5. All the above
Pick the answer that best describes this absurdity
Aaah. I pick No. 5 basi.
Even in the UK they renew driving licences to curb fraudulent acquisition of licences, to check driver’s fitness, to fight crime etc. Kuganiza mobwelera mbuyo JB. She should have said atalikitsa period yochita renew driving license osati kuchita srcap. PiPiPi (PP) ya Joyce Banda yanyamuka ulendo wapita ku 2019 elections!
Damn! Who gives this dull woman this crappy advice?
Buying cheap popularity here.
Hate her or love her, Joyce Banda is the best leader after Kamuzu. Cashgate took place during Bingus era and she was just a victim of circumstances. Malawians should remember the fuels queues and Forex shortage, Bingu and his mbava friends atakhutula kuba ndalama zonse za boma. JB reversed all that in a week after taking over. Naivity and honesty cost her the presidency.
Kazhigeti victim of circumstances or primary beneficiary? She took delivery of 28 PP cars from Looteepoo and called home wise boy. What of the campaign buses by Kalonga? What of the evidence provided by the late Theresa Namathanga-Senzani? What of her own words “….amene waombera Mphwiyo ndikumudziwa!” Abiti Joyce Ntila Banda actively played in Kazhigeti for her personal and political mileage. Musatinamisepo NB apa.
Remember ma number plate mmene anavutira nazo Bingu,thanks kuti JB atabwera anathesa zonsezija and apa ndizoona athanso kuzasintha coz anapangapo action mavuto ena kale monga vehicle licence it’s just unfortunate kuti angabwelere m’boma mmmmm kaya mwina
Anathetsa ndi ma MP ku Parliament. Mwaiwala kale?
This is not right Our former president. You have been in America and traveled far and wide, which country does not renew driving licence for its citizens? If anything they get revenue from there and you want to top it , one channel of revenue collections. The struggle people face is that most of the citizens who are holding driving licence has never been to a driving school and have not passed driving test. I hope you would have said you want to reduce the number of deaths on the road by putting more measures. Let people start having both theory and practical driving test. Lest PVHO be the one to test drivers and a different Road Traffic issue licence .
One reason for enforcing driver’s license renewals is to make sure drivers are still in good shape to drive. For example, the renewal process might involve eye exams to make sure the driver’s vision is not impaired, and road tests, particularly for ageing drivers (for their own and others’ safety), to test reaction time.
I think the thing to do here is improve the process, not abolish it.
Can you please help us to obtain work permit here in South Africa like the way Robert Mugabe did to Zimbabwean people! We are suffering here and even at the beit bridge boarder, it’s difficult to cross if you dnt have R3000. Please we are begging you, once you win, come and talk to the minister of HomeAffairs here may be they can understand you. We don’t mind if we pay sum of money to get it as long as it’s genuine!
Abiti kashigeti your thinking expired long time ago ndiganiza. Munangomvera Chilima akuti awonjezera nthawi yopangira renew mwati mutchuke ndi mfundo zokopoera. Mwatchuka mopusatu.
Mzimayi opusa , we have brilliant women in Malawi uyu ndeyayi nde yayi mapeto..
Devalued kwacha, investors wosabwera pano zuvuta… ma investors akuguna cut in cooperate tax … chidzete cha mzimayi..
Ufuna license which country in Europe does that ,,, kumusiyila uyu dziko litha kutha mzimayi wochititsa manyazi
Shaa, you may have morbid hatred against JB but you cannot take away her practical achievements. In recent memory as a country she made a difference to the suffering of Malawians almost in an instant.
When any fair-thinking Malawian remembers the situation we were in just before the death of Bingu (MHSRIP), it is rather evilness to insinuate that all what JB did was just bad. Long fuel queues, no forex in banks, sugar amene kukhalira pa mzele, etc.
And to believe that cashgate only occurred and stopped during JB’s time is being embiles and no wonder this country is pathetic and has no future.
I like your argument,full of wisdom and testimonies. Malawians easily forget!!
Joice Banda did great!
Uku ndiye kulubwalubwa, throwing everything at the wall hoping something sticks
Ohhhh My Goodness! does this woman know what she is talking about? does she understand the repercussions for that????
Mayi wa police muli naye mtsikanayo nditomfuna. Mukandipatsa ine ndi mtundu wakwathu tonse tizavotera inu
Kkkkk
pp woyee mai joice banda 2019 boma osabwelela mbuyo mai joice banda
what she is saying ndizobwelera mbuyo
Mrs Banda you know this is a populist call to scrap renewal of drivers licence. The reason why people struggle to get their licences is simply lazy government work force. In other countries applying for a renewal of driver’s licence takes about 45 minutes the most but in many cases its less than that. Why do you want to justify laziness as a need for your political campaigning
kkkkkkkkkkkk – hahahahahahahahah- mai uyu alibe nzeru olo pang’ono. She thinks Malawians are stupid to take her silly plans and vote for her this time.
She continues putting Malawian women at a disadvantage with her stupid thinking.
Who does she think will ever take her seriously this time around after 4 years in her imposed exile?
Shame on her and all that stand by her side
Kusowa mapulani amayi. Renewing driving licence is not an issue. I would be with you if you talked about vehicle registration and other services at Road Traffic Department. Malawians are having to bribe traffic officers there to get served by those officers who are already on taxpayers’ salaries. They demand K10,000 extra. It’s really tough. If you see a person submitting a folded form, just know that there is money in the folded form. Ukachoka pamenepo, ndiye ukalipile zaboma ku bank. A K15,000 service costs K25,000. Those thieves pocket the K10,000. The responsible Minister should send a spy to see what happens there, especially in Lilongwe.
Zoonadi a Directorate ndi mbava zotheratu Zopanda manyazi. Even pa Mseu akuima ndi mangawa kumangobela anthu. Very useless department that has no discipline. Govt should discipline these useless Motor examiners. Does it mean govt does not see them victimizing Malawians with hefty charges. Govt wake up
Lilongwe is worse
Amayi izi ndi zoona coz anthufe tikuvutika kwambiri. Tivutike kupeza license ndalama zambirimbiri kumavuttikaso kumapanga renew what a shit. amayi bravo
This is ridiculous, how many accidents happen on Malawian roads? Does she know what is contributing to such high numbers? definitely not. License renew can even be changed to redo the testing of the driver before they renewed your licence as there are more unqualified drivers out there who did buy their licence and they actually killing innocent people.
She must know that she is putting her own people at risk as they will be a time when i can not be able to drive but i will still could hold my license to drive as it is for life. She could have come with something better to contribute to the poor people like trimming the cabinet and taking off the allowances which these people accumulate even when going to the funeral.
Koma zafikapo kuti koma yes. Basop. What next?
APA kuti koma zafikapo . Basop. What next
Leave that to your son Roy continue enjoy cash gate money peacefully
To scrap off driving license renewal? Does Abhiti Kazhigeti want to flood the country with fake licenses and raise road carnage? Kukhwima kapena chani? Her handlers and minders should stop her from contesting. Maganizo owina ndi maloto a chumba.
What a stupid idea. She won’t make it into government anyway.
Theres a reason why things expire, licences are not degrees the same reasons presidential terms expires thus why u reasoning expired JB! Vetting licences after a timeframe is safety issue. If they dont expire then you should introduce demerit point system for bad drivers cause checks and balance is mandatory to reduce road carnage and crimes, dont just say things to gain political milage without proper plans then it will be a disaster as much as we all hate to often go to road traffic! In developed world they do most staff online (at your office in your home) including renewal and postal thus the vision now
What kind of a job that 1 s
She missed the point why license should be renewed..its not about money or revenues for government..please madam.be sensible.u cant have lifetime driving license,serious??? Haas..
ZOONADI,NTCHITO YOPANDA MAYESO NTHAWI IRI YONSE CONTRACT IKUCHITA EXPIRE