Firebrand Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator and deputy minister Abida Sidik Mia has urged people in Mangochi West to vote for Simeon Harrison, an MCP member who is contesting as an independent candidate, in the forthcoming by-election. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will on December 15 conduct by-elections in Phalombe North, Mangochi North West and Mangochi […]
Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Sidik Mia, has stopped the illegal sale of land at Kamuzu View describing it a national landmark worthy preservation. Kamuzu View is a well-known place along the Blantyre-Chikwawa road where the country’s founding president, Hasting Kamuzu Banda, used to go for leisure—to appreciate the beautiful scenery down the shire valley. […]
Ministry of Lands has suggested that security feature which be included to land certificates in order to protect them from being tampered with as part of the lessons learnt from the pilot phase of the Strenghtening Land Governance Systems for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi peoject fo the review of Land Act. Deputy Minister of Lands, […]
Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Mia, has said government is set to offer citizens decent housing, announcing plans to start constructing low-cost houses for needy Malawians. Mia told reporters that government will provide loans for construction of urban houses that will cost K7.5 million each, meant to cater for low-income and vulnerable households. “Government through Ministry […]
Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Sidik Mia visited Kumbali Lodge in the Capital Lilongwe where a group of villagers torched buildings and vehicles in the early hours of Monday following a land dispute between the proprietor and neghbouring residents. The Deputy Minister wanted to understand the issue from a land point of view. It was […]
The Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Sidik Mia, who is also a member of Parliament for Chikwawa Nkombedzi constituency has opened a new morgue worth K28 million at Ngabu Rural Hospital in the constituency. The facility, which has been constructed using Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to the tune of K24 million and K4 millionfrom her—Abida […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator and Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia has warned against political violence but urged people to peacefully co-exist for development to continue in the country. Mia was speaking in Phalombe during a graduation ceremony of 400 women who have been imparted with tailoring skills by the At-Tarigatul Quadriah Sunn Association […]
The At-Tarigatul Quadriah Sunn Association (AQSA) of the Islamic religion on Monday handed over sewing machines to 400 women from Phalombe district as a way of reducing their economic vulnerability. Speaking during the graduation ceremony through which the 400 received the machines Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia hailed the gesture saying it supports the […]
Deputy Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abida Sidik Mia, on Tuesday inspected a construction project dubbed “Grand Business Park” along the by-pass road in the capital Lilongwe. The project is being championed by a Chinese Investor operating under the “China—Lilongwe Grand Holding Corporation Limited” legal name. Arriving at exactly 3 afternoon, straight from […]
The statistics of young girls being impregnated and getting married due to closure of schools by the government in order to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus are alarming in the country. The situation has also not spared Chikwawa Nkombedzi Constituency where at Makande primary school alone, six Standard 7 and 8 girlswere confirmed by […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Kezzie Msukwa and deputy minister Abida Sidik Mia have told the Chinese-owned Hena Guoji Development Company Limited, which is in a joint venture with Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), constructing houses in Lilongwe’s Area 49 Sector Five, to revise downward the rentals they are charging. The moment of truth […]
Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia said the ministry is investigating how the Lilongwe District Council awarded 1 000 plots to a businessperson Muhammed Diabi at Likuni in Lilongwe between 2006 and 2007. According to Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), the land, which was originally a forest reserve and buffer zone for Lilongwe Water Board […]
It appears the honeymoon for dubious land transactions is over in Malawi as a familiarization tour to Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) in Blantyre by Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kezzie Msukwa and his Deputy, Abida Sidik Mia turned into an inquiry on how a plot of land was acquired by businessman Mr Patel […]
Deputy minister of lands Abida Sidik Mia spent her weekend distributing meat from livestock sacrificed to hundreds of families in the Shire Valley on the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival. Abida Mia, who is also legislator for Chikwawa-Nkombezi, conducted the distribution of meat in collaboration with the World Muslim League. “This Eid, we must remember those […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Kezzie Msukwa and his deputy Abida Mia have said they are “clearing the rubble” at the ministry, saying the deployment of three senior officials from the ministry to other ministries is part of that. Chief Secretary to government, Zangazanga Chikhosi, on Thursday issued a transfer memo which indicated […]
Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Sidik Mia has vowed to reverse illegal sale of land in Zomba and brought to book all perpetrators behind the malpractice. Mia was speaking this when she toured Zomba City Council whose jurisdiction has an increased number of dubious land transactions. “We have for the few days we have been […]
Minister of Lands, Kenzie Msukwa says construction of the much anticipated 100 houses for Karonga district’s security agents will start soon but warned encroachers and those who corruptly bought government land to reverse the transaction or face the long arm of the law. The minister said this on Monday at Ipyana Mobile Police Service Camp in […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has transferred its regional officer for the North, Stela Sokosa, and two other management members over welfare concerns raised by staff at its Mzuzu Office. The move came to light Thursday when Deputy Minister of Housing, Abida Mia, visited Mzuzu MHC offices to address the staff on the issue after she […]