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 […]
Law enforcing agencies are investigating Asian businessperson Azhar Chaudhry together with former president Peter Mutharika’s personal bodyguard Norman Chisale over Kanengo Northgate Project—an upmarket residential estate in Lilongwe— where over 100 hectares of land was acquired dubiously. The land was acquired as a project to create a communal village that was supposed to have a shopping […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has assured that there are number of reforms that aim at reviewing land related laws to enable government serve Malawians better through legislation that is modern and empowers the citizenry in as far as land issues are concerned. Chilima said this in briefing notes after meeting Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development […]
Following the deployment from Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development of three senior officials to other ministries startling revelations are emerging implicating two Asian businesspersons Mustaq Chotia and Suleman Ismeal Karim for illegal land transitions. Government has deployed Commissioner for Lands Killian Palika and his deputy Mohammed Seleman to Ministry of Education and Ministry […]
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 […]
There are massive redeployments taking place in ministries with movements at Lands and Housing and Urban Development affecting three top officials. So far, Commissioner for Lands Remmie Palika, deputy commissioner of lands Muhammad Selemani and Land Registrar Apendezi Kachiwala moved away, prompting the civil servants to connect the redeployments to the “rubble” the Tonse Alliance led […]
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 […]
Government says it will get back land for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) which unscrupulous council officials in Karonga sold out to businessmen at the boma. Deputy minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa has said the MCP must get back its land. “It is sad that over the years, the council sold the land which belongs to […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kenzie Msukwa has told Nkhata Bay district council to work with speed in identifying a new site for the construction of police and immigration houses. The development comes after Nkhata Bay Police complained that the proposed site at Mkondezi which is about 6 Kilometres from Nkhata Bay Police […]
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 […]
One of the Royal Motors Company’s directors, Altaf Mahomed has pleaded not guilty to charges of forging documents that facilitated the grabbing of the land belonging to Lunzu Estate Limited. Mahomed aged 65 appeared in court on Friday 17th July 2020 to answer to two charges of making a false document with intent to defraud […]
Former minister in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime, Mr Ben Phiri is being earmarked for arrest over bootleg deals involving land as seven people suspected of conspiracy to defeat justice have been arrested. Some civil society organisations including Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have written Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Malawi Police Service’s Fiscal […]
Known for her passion, dedication, transparency, accountability and hard work in whatever she does, newly sworn-in Deputy Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abida Sidik Mia, has fired a warning shot, charging that corruption, which is synonymous with land transactions at the ministry, will be dealt with without fear or favor. Abida, herself a […]
Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has temporarily closed Chinthembwe Health Centre in Ntchisi due to land wrangles with community members. The facility has remained closed for three weeks after people from two villages surrounding the mission mobilised themselves two months ago and destroyed property and a church building at the […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kamlepo Kalua has maintained that he is heading a ministry which is infested with corruption and that land is being allocated to foreigners with Malawians taken out of the system. Kalua said he is heading “the most corrupt ministry in the country” fraught with “parallel structures” that facilitates […]
Malawi Police in Dedza are hunting for villagers who damaged houses and looted property belonging to their Group Village Headman (GVH) Kapesi over land issues. According to Deputy Public Relations Officer (DPRO) for Dedza Police, Sergeant Cassim Manda, the villagers demolished the houses after suspecting the chief of selling their land to Dedza District Council. […]
Angry people from group village head (GVH) Kapesi, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kachere in Dedza on Friday stormed the district commissioner’s (DC) office, accusing their GVH of selling their land to Dedza District Council. The villagers stormed the office after police rescued the GVH whom they wanted to beat. In an interview, one of the villagers, […]
Newly appointed Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kamlepo Kalua has said that he comes to a ministry – formerly held by Symon Vuwa Kaunda – which is infested with corruption but warned he will crackdown on dubius land, plot sales syndicate. Kalua, who has been a fierce critic of government on corruption, has […]