Malawi Posts Corp coach accident kills 1 person: Immigration officer
Financially struggling Malawi Posts Corporation has registered a fatal accident with one of its newly acquired buses.
The accident, involving Post Bus registration number BW 7919 occurred in the early hours of Saturday, November 2.
The state company says the bus was travelling to Mzuzu from Blantyre and had 26 passengers and two crew members on board when it overturned at Nkhamenya in Kasungu.
“We have regrettably lost one of our passengers, Mr. Hosea Mologera, an Immigration officer from Mzuzu who died on the spot and three have sustained serious injuries while 14 others have minor injuries,” says the company in a statement.
MPC says it is doing everything possible to ensure that all affected passengers are assisted.
The accident comes at a time when MPC says it will pay late its staff the October salaries due to financial problems.
The buses were acquired using a loan from China.
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Za China sizilimba.
Izi ndiye zinanso….. Already?
Something very fishy about MPC. The first thing the new chairman of the board did for the company was to embark on a trip to visit each and every post office in the country. He then gleefully billed the struggling company K7M for the holy trip. The second thing he did was to accompany the technical team to China to purchase the ill-fated buses. By the time his term of office will be over, there will be no MPC!
All over people have been complaining about this road but THIS GOVERNEMNET CHOSAMVA ICHI AAAAAHHHHH.The road has claimed so many lives as we are talking as of now.MCP may be they will bail us indeed as they seem to take over the mantle soon after the court judgement!!!
Chakwela blood shed spirit in operation supported by Chilima, Mtambo, Trampence. Ndi bwino kuyamba ndi tchimo kenaka kukathela mmanja mwa Mulungu koma ndi zoopsya kuyamba ndi Mulungu kenaka kukathela mmanja mwa woyipayo.
Sad. I feel for the company. Nobody sets off to have an account. May Mologela’s soul rest in peace.
That is a bad start for MPC. But which is which? Was the loan from China or FDH bank?
So sad.
The two crew members mentioned by MPC management here are a driver and a conductor. To make it more clear, this means one driver for the whole night journey. I noticed this when I boarded this night bus recently. They will be a driver starting off from Mzuzu and another one starting off from BT who simply swap buses at Lilongwe. The one coming from BT will return in the bus heading to BT while the Mzuzu one will take the bus coming from BT. This means one driver driving a bus for the whole night!. Actually, the starting off time from Mzuzu is 7pm while the starting off from BT is 7:30 pm apparently to make bus from BT and MZ arrive at Lilongwe at around the same time so that the drivers can swap. I wonder what MPC management is thinking about this too obvious risk. Too bad. Do we have a body that regulates bus travels in the country?’. Can’t the police roadblock officers be monitoring that these night buses MUST have two drivers at all times?
Very pathetic indeed. Truly speaking our roads are not in good condition and i would rather ask govt to expedite the process of rehabilitating Lilongwe Mzuzu road bcoz it has lots of shoulders which pose danger to lives of people. So please let the roads be well widened otherwise will continue losing innocent and influential lives.
ma bus anyuwani hedeee.
no experienced drivers. matama pa nseu.ma l8ce
When people talk of China they mean cheap stuff. The best will always come from the West, like it or not. In fact South Africa builds quality buses, not China. Watch out AXA is also operating Chinese made buses. Stay alive, avoid riding Chinese made buses.
What is Malawi Posts Corporation doing with buses?
My question is kodi ku mpc kuli bwana wa mzeru ndithu? Transport business mainly yotenga anthu is very risky. If observe properly, this type of business is best run by individuals because the business environment is very dynamic eg breakdowns, accidents, ndalama kukubera and several others. Bwanji osagula ndege or imodzi. Investing in an aeroplane would have been a better venture if you use govt as a guarantor not mabasi. Iyi ikatere yatha basi ulendo wa mpc. Malawians are going to end up paying dearly for this. Mwinaso wina ku mpc adadyako ma ten percent, shii.
Mr shamu, I understand you have a masters degree, did you do a swot analysis or ndinu aja ongopanga phokoso aja kenako company mkutha? Bad decision making.
I agree with this post. I have been saying the same. Some businesses are better off managed by the private sector than government.
MPC buses will be a history soon.