MP asks govt to name Area 18 interchange after Peter Mutharika
Member of Parliament for Blantyre North, Francis Phiso has asked Minister of Transport Sidik Mia to name the Area 18 interchange after immediate former president Peter Mutharika.
Phiso, a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), argued that he K7.6 billion Area 18 Traffic Interchange in Lilongwe was project initiated and championed by Mutharika.
He said it was “right and proper” to name the Area 18 Traffic Interchange after Mutharika.
Mia responded by saying it is not his mandate to name the interchange and that it is the President’s prerogative to name it whatever he wishes.
The Area 18 Cloverleaf Traffic Interchange is located at the site of the then Area 18 Roundabout. It boasts an upper road from Parliament Roundabout to Bingu National Stadium which was upgraded to dual carriageway.
The underpass also has a dual carriage on the M1 and is expected to be later connected to the planned Kanengo to Mchinji Roundabout dual carriageway.
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This boy who says Nkhata Bay road project was initiated by JB is a liar. Area 18 should indeed be named after Peter Muntharika. It’s the first of its kind and the last. No any Malawi president will come with another such road. The Muntharika brother’s really loved this country and Lilongwe city in particular.
Ulibe nzeru nawe eti
After the rains, we can name it ‘Lake Arthur’.
Just Call It Kwacha Interchange, please I beg!
PLEASE DO NOT NAME IT AFTER PETER, he himself named the Nkhatabay road after himself, yet the project was initiated by JOYCE BANDA. If anything just name it after yourself Dr Chakwera, naye amve kuwawa
kupereka dzina la msewu mpaka kudikira pulezidenti alamule. Timphamvu ta mapulezidenti a 4th world ntoseketsa zedi.
Area 18 interchange basi. No need for names here
Ndiye bola Bingu deserves a little respect!hahahahaha!
Ndikofunika ndi koyeneradi
Gods blessings interchange
Let’s call it, Gadama Interchange
Off the naming, for ease of use the formula is KEEP LEFT AND ONLY USE SECOND LEFT TURN
ndalama ndi misonkho ya a malawi omwe amagulitsa kaunjika
amakhoma zinjinga
amagulitsa ma bonya
amayala masamba mmisikamu
a mma ofesimu omwe amakwela minibus
Ambili sadzayendapo pa nseu umenewu.
Now pitala sanasaine kuti watenga za mthumba mwake nkumangila nseu.
tisataye nthawi kupanga ziganizo zosathandiza apa.
nsewu ndi wa dziko basi.
RING ROAD 1
RING ROAD 2
ETC BASI.
first of its kind kuona road sign ngati za ku singappre ankanena zija kodi?
a country with less than 20 Traffic light oika pa mitengo yongosanja and ocita kusuzumila kuli kutalika ngati aika pa tip ya phili. And ena anafa kale kale that confuse motorists.
pa Lilongwe bridge from the minibus depot amayaka onse so tizitanipo kidusa kwake. no maintenance .
misonkho ya a Malawi kubedwa by
pitala
getu
muhara
magalasi
beni phili
glezeda
dausi
mcaca
magalasi
roza
muli
jomo
etc
It was area 18 roundabout, it’s now area 18 Interchange basitu. No need to name it anything else
After all, it’s taxpayers money.
Forsake Piso, this is tax money, chinkhalamba chalo icho chikagwere uko. Peter don’t deserve to be remembered, he has destroyed our country and devided us .
I will be 100 % happy if named Orton chingoli chirwa
The MP who came up with the suggestion must be thick. That old baffoon should be heading to prison and not associating his toxic name with anything.
The place will be cursed should it be named after APM, a man who has brought untold misery to Malawi through plunder of the national resources. In any case it’s not proper to name structures or sites after persons still living
Anamangira ndalama zake? Can we for once stop this nonsense? I have not heard or seen any road or structure in the UK for instance named after prime minister.
After all it was his Job to initiate and implement development, why clap hands for somebody who is only performing a job he is paid for?
The interchange lies at the crossroads of Presidential Drive from Kamuzu Banda Place to where the interchange is. The after the interchange going west side up to Bingu National Stadium has the name also. Then M1 the section between Lilongwe CCAP and Junction to Area 25 is called Kamuzu Procession. Therefore, to just name the Interchange APM will not reflect the respect as a former President would have been named after. APM was busy allowing his handlers swindle Malawi instead of putting up development projects as others did like Muluzi who after his tenure, Bingu name a road as Muluzi Highway.
Sidik Mia mizwanya the man is a veteran politician. His dexterity is just of a refined gentle man responding casually to a parliamentarian itching for political scores. DPP inadya pheni mwashishi chimsewu yes was more status symbol
Basi ikhale nkhani imeneyi. Bola ikhale Buleya Lule high way.
I object naming the Area 18 Interchange APM. It is in fact already named Presidential High Way. It is Malawians that have paid for the High Way and not Mutharika. He reputation should be burnt, ashes buried and forgotten. He is corrupt to the bone and had led to death and suffering of Malawians. He divided Malawi into tribal and regions blocks. His bro’s statue at Parliament must fall too.
Presidential Highway yomweyo. We still have bad memories of APM anthuni
‘Bingu statue at parliament must fall’ ….before noon.
Your argument should take into account about the autocratic rule of Kamuzu Banda that saw many imprisoned without trial and many tortured before being massacred by his MYP boys and Police. Don’t we still have structure named after him still existing today? Kamuzu Central hospital, Kamuzu palace, Kamuzu stadium, Kamuzu Accademie just to name a few are all recognizing his achievements though these were built by government money.
Kamuzu divided malawi. even nkumavala zosiyana. Some being sent back to teach in their regions. where were you. Bakili is the one that tried to unify.
I totally agree with you. This notion of gliorifying thieves in Malawi is going overboard. We have paid for the project and nobody must think its because of his decisions. If fact we paid Muntharika for doing what he did period
Even Bingustaduum tisinthenso dzina. Udindo wotchula zithu zadziko usakhale wamunthu m’modzi, bola Parliament.
the President Just name it
The president is pleased to name it kamuzu cloverleaf interchange. He has reiterated his position that this interchange was kamuzu’s idea longtime ago before he passed away, that is why he reserved the place as graveyard. “Zonse zimene nza kamuzu banda”
Please dont name it after APM, the motorists will become disoriented, rudderless, confused and totally out of touch with reality on that interchange. We dont need accidents.
Kkkkkkkk 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
BigMan – I guess you have not used this interchange during the rush hour. Motorists are already disorientated and confused. It creates a pattern of bottle-necks that has to be negotiated at slow speed and with great care. Moreover, it needs to be properly signposted. Many friends have told me that they consider the new system to be more dangerous and more time-consuming than the temporary mess that they had been driving through for the past two years. They are now using alternative routes and express annoyance because some of these routes have been closed. They suggest that the planners go back to their drawing boards. [It does look pretty from the air, though.]
I’ve used it, I’ve gotten lost a couple of times 😂🙆🏾♀️