Livimbo not sold, Minister concedes land encroached by Ahmed: Mutharika orders probe

President Peter Mutharika has ordered Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, to probe reports that Livimbo Secondary and Primary Schools’ land has been sold by parallel ‘Lands Office’ as  minister responsible Symon Vuwa Kaunda on Saturday  insisted that government did not sell the school.

School block and warehouse stand neck to neck
Owner of the warehouses.
Vuwa Kaunda points at the map of the plot.
A fence to the warehouses.

“The President is concerned and has directed the ministry to go and dig the official position in the ministry,” said Kaunda.

He, however, said there is no information that the school has been sold.

“Nobody should come here in the name that they have bought the school. If they have documents, those documents are fake and Parents Teachers Association (PTA) should apprehend those people,” he said.

However, the minister admitted the school premises have been encroached  by two Malawians of Asian origin Choonara and Nurmahomed Ahmed and that government will take necessary action.

It was second visit to Livimbo by the minister this week alone to follow up on the reports.

He said according to the 1971 Lands ministry map, the school has been encroached by six metres.

“The plot has really been encroached, six metres of it is where those warehouses are standing, this is illegal and we will take action,” he said.

” This government will not tolerate  or condone encroachment and proper measures are been taken to deal with this tendency” warned the Minister.

Also present at the event was the Education Division Manager for the city whom the Minister gave assurance of the protection of the land.

Parliament’s Legal Affairs and Education committees visited the school on Friday.

Prior to the saga, authorities from Lilongwe City Council  issued a stop  order to Ahmed which he ignored.

The Livimbo saga follows a syndicate that the Lands Ministry busted some few weeks ago where parallel lands office is being run in issuing of fake documents for plost. Seven suspects were arrested in connection with the dubious ‘Lands Office’.

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Ng'anga
Ng'anga
4 years ago

Also Check Umbwi Secondary School in Dedza what the district Lands Office and Town Council have done.They secretly conived with a certain church and encroached school.land.Airtel Malawi constructed their tiwerright on school land and pay rental fees to the church instead of the school.Time to wake up and stop.The issue was brought to the attention of officials at education headquarters some years back but alas just busy scratching their bellies to no avail

winstonmsowoya
winstonmsowoya
4 years ago

MALAWIANS,YOU HAVE NOW,BECOME THE SLAVES OF THE CORRUPT INDIANS AND MUSLIMS.WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU BY SELLING YOUR OWN LANDS WHICH ARE TO HELP THE COMING GENERATIONS?AS FOR MATHANYULA,HE HAS BOUGHT LANDS IN THE STATES WHERE HIS TWO SONS LIVE.MATHANYULA HIMSELF WILL FOLLOW LATER WHEN HIS LAST TERM COMES.HE IS HIMSELF A USA CITIZEN WITH A MOUNTAIN OF STOLEN PEOPLES’FINANCES WHILE IN MALAWI.AS HE IS TO-DAY,PETER IS ONE OF THE RICHEST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA FOLLOWED BY SATANIC LATE MUGABE’S PROSTITUTE WIFE,MUSEVENI Of UGANDA,ZUMA OF SOUTH AFRCA AND MANY OTHERS IN AFRICA,MALAWIANS,GET UNITED TO PRESSURIZE THE.CROOKED MATHANYULA.LONG LIVE MOTHERLAND MALAWI AND… Read more »

concerned citizen
concerned citizen
4 years ago

Government will not tolerate or condone encroachment- my foot. Mr Vuwa really? You are not serious. There is encroachment allover in Malawi . Look at how people have built houses and business premises inside road parameters all along our major roads and cities in the country. Your ministry and city councils are doing nothing to stop this malpractice. Stop your lip service. We want action on the ground not talk without action.

BigMan
BigMan
4 years ago

Vuwa has no capacity to be a minister, why does APM pick someone like this and Dausi, and Mchacha etc…to be in cabinet? The poor results in the ministries which they are heading are clear for all to see. Rubbish in Rubbish out Mr President.

Track
Track
4 years ago

Vuwa is the most stupid minister. He thinks he can fool Malawians. U told us that Nancy was lying, today u change tune. U are not fit to be a minister.

Nasingwe
Nasingwe
4 years ago

eskom yacotsa ncito 9 workers.
promotion alandila liti omwe agwila ncito imeneyi

Mbonga Matoga
Mbonga Matoga
4 years ago

Just a minute mr Vuwa, last time you visited the school you said Nacy Tembo is a liar becoz the school land is intact, not sold or encroached so what has changed this time? Previous reports showed that the school land has been encroached by almost 20 meters by these well connected scrupulous Asias who are destroying our country in our face and you are telling us that it has only been encroached by 6 meters? Last week you told us a different thing, why not let the technocrats at the land ministry comment on this than you a silly… Read more »

Zambulo
Zambulo
4 years ago

Is PTA now a government institution mandated to apprehend suspects? Abwana mwatani kodi. Are you REALLY serious with the matter?

joseph
joseph
4 years ago

CHONDE BOMA A LAND INE NDIMMALAWI WAKUFUNA KWABWINO CHITANIPO KANTHU KOMANSO MASUKULU AMBIRI OSATI KULILONGWE KOKHA VUTOLI LAWAKHUDZA UZANI MA LANDI OFFICE ONSE MMABOMA ONSE KUTI ACHITE EXERCISE IJA TIMATI LIMITATION AND DERMACATION NDIPO ATULUTSE MAP ONSE ALOWA MMALO ASUKULU ATULUKE KOMANSO MANGANI ONSE AMENE AKUCHITA UCHIFWAMBA OGULITSA MALO USING PARRALEL LANDS OFFICE THIS IS ACT OF TERRORISM DO NOT RELENT ON THEM NDI UCHIFWAMBA UMENEWO NO MERCY.ZIKOMO

Opanda nzeru
Opanda nzeru
4 years ago

“The parents teachers association should apprehend the land encroachers”,,,,,,,,,,,,,oh really?????

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