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 […]
Outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua has been sworn in as Malawi’s Minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development and his work is cut out to deal with all corruption practices that have been rocking the ministry. Kalua has taken from Symon Vuwa Kaunda who has been moved to Environment, Tourism and […]
A parliamentary probe into the dubious sale of public land has stalled due to lack of money, officials have said. Parliamentary committees for Transport and Public Infrastructure, Legal Affairs as well as Education launched the joint investigation after rampant reports of the sale of the public land, including public school land, by some government officials. […]
Residents of Lilongwe’ s Area 47 have expressed concern over the behaviour from Lilongwe City Council, Malawi Housing and Ministry of Lands over their conduct allocating land to developers meant for their graveyard. A block leader in the area, retired Brigadier General Charles Kalumo told said the Area 47 Cemetery has been demarcated into plots. […]
The Board of registered land economy surveyors, valuers, estate agents and auctioneers has issued a stern warning against individuals plying the trade without proper accreditation saying doing so is not on and is punishable by law. In a statement signed by the board’s Chairperson, Edith Maseya, the Board has stressed that it has legal mandate […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested three people for allegedly selling other other people’s land without consent. Lilongwe police deputy spokesperson Foster Benjamin said Blessings Chiipire, Frank Kachitseko and Manase Chipala sold land which belonged to other people in Kaphiri, Six Miles and Bypass road in Lilongwe collecting K7.1 million in the process. “They sold […]
Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Charles Mchacha has court controversy after being involved in a row with a reporter of Nation Publications Limited as an audio of his foul-mouthing rant is going viral on social media. In the audio circulating on messenger sharing platforms such as Whatsapp and Telegram like fire in the […]
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development director of administration Duncan Chione has said the new land law which came into effect in 2018 is still facing resistance because men continue to grab land from women. The official made the remarks in Mchinji on Wednesday during a three-day training involving gender officers, land clerks and […]
Housing Investment and Development Cooperative (HIDCO) is running another promotion but this time it is offering loans to its members to buy plots to build their houses. HIDCO has acquired land behind Chitedze Research Station in Lilongwe and is selling to its fully-paid up members plots of 40 by 30 at only K1.8 million. Through […]
South Africa-based businessman Ufulu Loga is said to have angered the Kauma community where his workers are said to have continued with brick fence construction defying government position on the matter. Kauma residence on Thursday took the law into their hands by destroying the brick fence which was built within the graveyard. “We are doing […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Symon Vuwa Kaunda has issued a seven day ultimatum to a developer , who encroached a graveyard at Kauma in Lilongwe, to demolish his fence. Vuwa Kunda issued the ultimatum on Thursday in response to complaints from Kauma residents, through Lilongwe Central Constituency legislator Alfred Jiya that the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator Alfred Jiya on Wednesday stormed Minister of Lands , Housing and Urban Development where he reported that the Kauma graveyard in Lilongwe has been sold to a businessperson Loga. Speaking soon after a two hours meeting with the Minister of Land Symon Vuwa Kaunda, the parliamentarian said he went to […]
Government says it has given Portuguese businessman 14 days to demolish a fence at Magwero primary school in Lilongwe for allegedly encroaching the land. Minister of Lands Symon Vuwa Kaunda says if the Malawian of Portuguese origin identified as Almeida only fails to comply with the order, the government will demolish it after the expiry of […]
The Lilongwe-based businessman Muhamad Diab has voluntarily surrendered to government some of his vast land which he was not developing for many years. Diab surrendered the land in Lilongwe following lengthy meeting at the lands ministry headquarters. Government now intends to reallocate the land to Malawians. Communication specialist for land reforms in the ministry Charles Vintula […]
A joint parliamentary committee has sent back for the second time two representatives of a businessman under probe for having bought land for a government school at Livimbo in Lilongwe. The joint parliamentary committee on Legal Affairs and Transport and Public Infrastructure sent back the two representatives, demanding they wanted the real owner of the […]
Former Lilongwe City mayor Desmond Bikoko on Wednesday failed to take plea on two counts of abuse of office when he appeared before Lilongwe magistrates’ court due to a technical hitch. Bikoko was arrested by the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last week week on allegations of abuse of office for allegedly selling […]
A joint parliamentary committee of Legal Affairs, Education and Transport and Public Infrastructure, which is probing the encroachment of public institutions’ land, including the alleged Livimbo school land sale stormed another public school in Lilongwe over allegations that it had been encroached. Members of Parliament in the committees were Tuesday afternoon accompanied by officials from […]
A joint parliamentary committee probing the sale of land at Livimbo school in Lilongwe has sent back a delegation sent by owners of demolished warehouses near the school, demanding the owners themselves avail themselves before the committee. Lawyer for the owners of the demolished three warehouses Ismael Wadi led the delegation to parliament building on […]