Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers – mostly those belonging to the faction of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday took turns confessions sins of their regime that it institutionalised corruption in favour of Malawians of Asian origin to buy land and be favoured in procurement. They were contributing to a private member’s motion […]
In the heat of countrywide fights for land, the High Court in Blantyre has ruled that owners of customary land who have owned and used customary land for a long time are protected by the Constitution and cannot be stripped of ownership of the land using customary law or cultural practices. In his judgement, High […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has challenged the Tonse government to address endemic problem of dubious sale and disposal of public land by senior officials at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Addressing the media in Lilongwe on Friday morning, HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence said they have received overwhelming reports and cases […]
Government has denied rumours K 54 million compensation package per hectare as promised Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the people of Magwero in Lilongwe as it was a political campaign tactic. The Minister of Lands, Kezzie Msukwa said that sometimes politicians do not tell people the truth with the intentions of winning people’s hearts. He […]
Shocking details are emerging in Traditional Authority Dambe in Mchinji where a village known as Kachoka was allegedly sold in June 2019. Currently, over 200 families are facing eviction as the new owner wants to develop the area. Group village headman Kachoka told Nyasa Times that a son to late chief Kasoka who died in […]
The impunity with which officials at Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development are setting up the taxpayer for an expensive legal battle by reversing legally binding agreement is cause for concern over the leader at the ministry. Acting Commissioner for Lands, Euphemia Bota, is reported calling land owners to a meeting checking their legal documents and […]
Disagreements have emerged between civilians and Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers who are reportedly grabbing land forcefully from the former, Nyasa Times has learnt. The people, from about 50 households, in Chitipi area which neighbours MDF’s Airwing Base, say the behaviour of the soldiers is uncouth and an infringement of their rights to own ancestral […]
A sizable number of former Cabinet ministers and other high profile Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may soon face investigations resulting into arrests following revelations that they dubiously distributed public land and property amongst themselves when they were in power. Nyasa Times has seen a letter the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has written the director general […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will this week meet representatives of the Peoples Land Organization (PLO) in order to hear their grievances on the cause they have been fighting for in regards to recurrent land issues in Thyolo and Mulanje. Presidential communications director Sean Kampondeni, made the revelation Monday during the second State House weekly briefing to […]
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 […]
Community members in Mchinji allegedly beat up Senior Chief Mlonyeni and four Mchinji District Council officials at Mchinji/Zambia border over plans to allocate land for a border market. In an interview, Mchinji District Council chairperson Yona Mtanga, who was part of the delegation that included Mchinji District Council director of planning and development Noel Dakamau […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Kezzie Msukwa, his deputy Abida Mia and Minister of Homeland Security on Friday visited a Police C Company site in Lilongwe where World Wide Construction Limited is constructing 140 police houses but said they seek review of the deal in which 20 hectares of land was bartered for […]
Businesspersons Mustaq Chothia and Suleiman Kadba of Pear Ventures Limited has hired Lion Rock Attorney at Law of Powel Nkhutabasa ad Innocent Kubwalo to write Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) querying the organisations on allegations of public land grab. HRDC the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate on how a Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) land in […]
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 […]
Some civil society groups have said they will gang up to see the logical conclusion of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigations on how a Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) land in Area 3 in Lilongwe was sold to two businesspeople, Mustaq Chothia and Suleiman Ismail Karim. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) asked ACB to probe […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has again written the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) with additional information on dubious land allocation and named the former Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Lloyd Muhara to have been the one responsible for authorising the award of 1.171 hectares of land to Democratic Progressive Party […]
As Nyasa Times, we are deeply concerned thought immensely not surprised with media revelations regarding shady and suspicious deals surrounding continued sale of large tracts of land to foreigners especially in urban areas. With are concerned because with each passing day, Malawians keep losing control of their cities as large tracts of land is being […]
Parliament reviewed and passed 10 land related laws in 2016. However, the Customary Land Act and Land Act have a sting in the tail. Under the new Customary Land Act, land owners are required to register their land so that they get legal title to the land and be protected from encroachment and other interests. […]