MHC confisticates Kalindo’s property over unpaid rentals: MP denies owing K1.2m

August 7, 2018 Elijah Phimbi-Nyasa Times 28 Comments

There was drama at the house of Mulanje South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Bon Kalindo on Monday after the state owned Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) officials accompanied by Police stormed the property of the parliamentarian where they confiscated several items over an alleged unpaid rental fee amounting to K1.2 million.

Kalindo: It’s politically motivated

Some of the items include beddings and music equipment among others.

MHC officials said Kalindo, popularly known as Winiko in the comedy cycles, has been uncooperative over the matter to settle the housing rentals leaving the Corporation with no option than to confiscate the items.

The officials emphasized that they will not return the items until Kalindo pays back all the outstanding house rentals.

But in an interview with Zodiak Radio, Kalindo denied owing MHC the claimed amount of K1.2 million.

According to Kalindo, MHC first sealed his house on April 24 in Mulanje claiming that he had an outstanding bill totalling K2 million. After the discussion the figure was trimmed to MK800, 000.

Kalindo said he paid K600, 000 remaining with a balance of only K200, 000.

The lawmaker alleged that he had been remitting the money to MHC through one of his workers who was staying in the house. He said it was this employee who fled with the money and some items from the house.

He further lamented that the move is “politically motivated “and that MHC is being coaxed by officials belonging to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) following his shocking exit from the party.

Kalindo is among the notable politicians who dumped the DPP to join the newly formed United Transformation Movement (UTM) headed by Vice President Saulos Chilima.

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28 replies on “MHC confisticates Kalindo’s property over unpaid rentals: MP denies owing K1.2m”

  2. Winiko, pay the money. It’s not politically motivated. You had to negotiate to have K2 million reduced and then you did not pay all the money. It’s you responsibility to pay the money. Enafe sitingnenelere rent.

    1. ‘leave’ or ‘live’ and there is “dont” instead of “don’t”. Please just communicate in your mother tongue Mr Nepotists

  4. Sometimes we deliberately invite ‘political motivation’. You owed K2m which was negotiated down to K800,000. You paid K600,000 and left you tenant, who later run away, to remit the balance to MHC. And you are crying ‘politically motivated’. You thought the whole thing was comedy!
    You must be nuts.

  5. Kalindo’s employee who was living in the house fled with the rental money: whose problem is that? Kalindo’s or MHC? Go figure.

  7. Akalindo pelekani musafane ndi george chaponda ndi apulezidenti athu akubawa. Koma china nchina pano siwaisanza K145,000,000 ija nde akufinyanitu pitalayu ndi agulugunyinda amzakewa

  10. The point is not about the K145million. A MHC zikuwakudza pati za K145mill. This somehow is a sign that these people abuse power. Am pretty sure he got the MHC house after becoming a DPP MP because we know how hard it is to be allocated MHC houses anywhere in Malawi. And he wasn’t paying rentals because of his status in the party and parliament. So whether political or not but it tells us the characters we have in power. Same as Kaliati who says Nepotism is bad but has allocated places in schools and ku Police for her relatives. And her daughter went to embassy not on merit. Nawonso zikamawakomera they don’t stand against it. If SKC wins presidency and says Kaliati’s daughter should go back to embassy, do we really think Kaliati will refuse the gesture?

    1. Am leaving the house now its two years without paying any single tambala bwanjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  13. This is not to side with Winiko,but I would like to ask organisations like MHC, Utility companies to find better was in which people can settle their bill. A few years ago I witness how MHC closed a house for a woman who had some arrears, she pleaded with them that she had some challenges due to the passing of her husband but she was willing to pay, but it fell on the deaf ears. Her house was locked. There are people who really struggle to keep up with their bills, it is better to allow those people to have flexible payments and don’t let the bill to accumulate for years before you demand it. Find a better way of colecting your bills from struggling customers than disconnecting water and closing their houses.

  14. Malawian police are very fast to act on small things.Why are they not acting on our K145m.On MHC,are they telling me that Kalindo is the only person owing them money.What about other people who are owing more than Kalindo’s debt?So everyone is being used by these DPP now.These are total foolish politics.

    2. I agree with you. how is this a police issue? thought it is contractual and if anything they should use the sheriffs.

      1. hahaha sometimes you read comments and laugh at how myopically others think. Policemen are hired by Malawi Housing cooperation when closing houses to tenants who do not fulfill their rental obligation just like anyone could hire policemen for a wedding event. Politicise everything in Malawi thus the problem

  16. Patrick phiri….. I think you reason!!!! where is the k145,000,000? you kept quite munthu iwe woipa kuona kuti yagwa m’mbuna.

  17. Ife mumatitsekera ndi ka40000 koma awa kumangokhala nyumba yaulere….amvekere watchito anathawitsa ndalama.. Kkkl

  18. Abuse of power, why are we failing to deal with those who got K145million?? What baffles me is that these stories happen when someone is against the government.

  19. Just pay the rentals and you will get back your items. If you don’t have the money, ask UTM to pay for you, otherwise ugona panja lero.

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