Prisoners engaged in cleaning exercice of Malawi capital

The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has gone into partnership with the Malawi Prison Services in a pact which has seen the latter providing inmates who have been engaged by the LCC in a grass cutting exercise within the city.

Inmates thrashing grass in Lilongwe

With the ongoing rainy season most of the streets and pathways around the city and townships had bushes outgrowing which impacted negatively on the cleanliness of the city and also posed a security risk to road users.

Public Relations Officer for LCC, Tamara Chafunya says apart from restoring the beauty of the city and making sure that the city streets are safe and secure, the initiative would also help prisoners get recognized for their role in participating in community service.

“During the rainy season there tends to be a lot of bush and tall grass rapidly growing in some parts of the city. The partnership with the Malawi Prisons Service has always come in handy where the prisoners work on a provided schedule.

“In the just ended phase one of the grass cutting exercise, 95percent of the works in some residential areas and streets is now completed and phase two of the second cutting will commence as the week ends,” said Chafunya.

The LCC PRO has paid tribute to the Prison Service for its commitment shown over the years in helping the Council with human resource which complements the casual labourers it engages.

Officer in Charge for Maula Prison, Assistant Commissioner Raphael Mushani says the inmates provide a ready human resource which many government agencies and other bodies such as LCC can put to good use.

“Prison is a service and in this case what we are doing is just offering this service to the people of this nation. We appreciate the importance of having cleaner and safer streets in the city so that we can as well crump down on crime,” said Mushali.

Meanwhile, LCC has started enforcing the ban of selling cooked food in order to help curb the cholera outbreak that has hit many parts of the country including Lilongwe.

The City enforcement team in partnership with the police is confiscating any cooked or ready to eat foodstuff being sold in the streets of the city, according to Chafunya.

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Maga
Maga
6 years ago

They use to do this during Kamuzu, I don’t see anything new here.

BYSON
BYSON
6 years ago

Prisoners recognized for their role? this is punishment for them. In fact there are so many people who are jobless why can LLC employ them to do this job. Before multi-party prisoners used to do such work but anthu ochuluka nzeru amati ukukunali kuwaphwanyila ufulu

Martin Tembenu
Martin Tembenu
6 years ago
Reply to  BYSON

Prisoners are used in building huge infrastructures in first world countries.

Zuptas
Zuptas
6 years ago

Nkhani yosangalatsa kwabasi. A Chaponda akabwera kumeneko muwagayirenso slasher nawonso. Komanso mudzidzawaonetsetsa kuti akutchetcha mwachangu ngati mmene amathamangira ndi maulendo aku Zambia.

getrude
getrude
6 years ago

This is a good development. These guys need to do such type of jobs. Here in Malawi they just say with hard labour and the inmates are just in prison praying bawo or just sitting. Create more jobs for them they can beutify the city

Martin Tembenu
Martin Tembenu
6 years ago
Reply to  getrude

Playing…… Praying is kupemphela. Thumbs up LCC and Malawi Prisons. Next time buy materials and let them mould pavers for the City.

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