Road Traffic Department opens new office in Lilongwe

Department of Road Traffic Directorate has now opened a new office at City Centre in Lilongwe that will help ease congestion at its Old Town offices in the Capital City.

In a statement the directorate says the City Centre office will handle issuance of licences and COF among key activities.

The directorate says it will soon open another office in Blantyre after Escom has installed electricity to ease congestion at its Ginnery Corner office in the commercial city.

Motorists have complained of slowness at the directorate and officials blamed this on new machines installed to curb corruption which is severe at the directorate.

A few months ago, ministry of Transport Francis Kasaila spent the whole day at the directorate on Blantyre when he went there to renew his driving licence and assured Malawians that the system would be improved.

Some surveys have put traffic police as the most corrupt government department followed by the Road Traffic Directorate whose employees become overnight millionaires after they join these government departments.