Embattled Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko will face Parliamentary Committee on Local government and ministry officials over the storm he has stired at the Lilongwe City Council. Ministry of Local Government Spokesperson, Muhlabase Mughogho told Zodiak Broadcasting Station on Friday that Bikoko and City Council senior officials have been summoned. “The authorities want to hear […]
Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday summoned estranged Lilongwe Mayor Desmond Bikoko and cautioned him to stay in his lane. Nankhumwa, a political heavyweight summoned Bikoko and the Council’s CEO Moza Zeleza alongside Principal Secretary for the ministry to deliver his utter disgust over the alleged conduct of the Mayor, Nyasa Times understands. “Your […]
Embattled Lilongwe City Mayor has been told never to come close to the secretariat of the Capital City’s civic offices, Nyasa Times has been told. The youthful mayor, a businessman has drawn the wrath of city council workers after he accused an enforcement driver a Mr. Mkandawire that he stole K1.2million the mayor left in […]
Calls are now defeaning for the embattled Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko to step down and pace way for accession of his deputy to finish the term. This follows the revelation that Bikoko and other councillors planned to wrestle the arm of the Capital City’s CEO Moza Zeleza into signing authority an exorcism of his shoddy […]
Irate city council staff of Capital Lilongwe has risen against Mayor Desmond Bikoko shutting his office and demanding him to surrender mayoral vehicle and sealed off the offices of the chief executive officer and director of planning describing them as “useless and corrupt.” This comes barely a day after the Mayor led a group of […]
Ministry of Health has said the newly constructed K100 million Biwi health centre structure in Lilongwe is not fit for the purpose because of poor workmanship by the contractor, forcing Lilongwe City Council to engage another contractor for improvements. Lilongwe City Council chief executive officer Moza Zeleza has confirmed that another contractor has been engaged to make improvements and renovations […]
Barely few weeks after Standard Bank Malawi announces the second edition of “Be More” race scheduled for July 30, 2017 continues, Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has officially endorsed the event to be hosted in the city. Speaking to journalists in Lilongwe, LCC Chief Executive Officer Moza Zeleza welcomed the Standard Bank Marathon saying it would […]
A six-member task-force appointed by President Peter Mutharika to investigate the water contamination incident that occurred in Area 18 in Lilongwe in July last year when some residents had sewage-filled water flowing from their taps, has completed its work and presented a report which confirms the inhumane and degrading water contamination in the capital city’s township. The […]
The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has gone into partnership with the Malawi Prison Services in a pact which has seen the latter providing inmates who have been engaged by the LCC in a grass cutting exercise within the city. With the ongoing rainy season most of the streets and pathways around the city and townships […]
Thousands thronged to capital city’s elegant Gateway Mall to witness what many claimed as biggest and best crossover display ever. The city fathers in partnership with the corporate brought the fun and smiles on the faces of the citizens. In the morning, over two thousand kids invaded the malls open space to activate their adrenaline […]
Lilongwe City Council has seen its revenue increase by K3 million a month since August, 2017 when management sent on paid leave 94 revenue collectors to pave way for monetary investigations in its markets. The city council deployed temporary revenue collectors in order to establish the financial benchmark. The city’s Director of Commerce, Genscher M’bwabwa […]
Refuse collection services within Lilongwe city have received a huge boost following the donation of a refuse collection truck by the Japanese Embassy to Lilongwe City Council. The donation is expected to ease the challenges the council has been facing in maintaining sanitation within the city with only six refuse collection vehicles operating in the […]
Lilongwe City Council last Friday night demolished some shops along Lilongwe Rivers. The shops were said to be erected illegally and close to a sewer pipe. Photojournalist Abel Ikiloni captured some of the scene Saturday morning.
Lilongwe City Council officials demolished all brick fences including the Restaurant owned by a Chinese which were built under the Electricity Supply Corporation Of Malawi (ESCOM) high power voltage lines and Lilongwe Water Board main pipeline along Lilongwe river banks. According to one of the security officers at the premises, the demolition operations started around […]
Residents of Area 18 in Lilongwe city are living dangerously on a ticking bomb as sewer spillage in the area is rampant raising fears of possible more water contamination incidents as both Malawi Housing Corporation a(MHC) and Lilongwe City Council (LCC) are failing to swiftly rectify the situation. MHC and LCC are the ones who […]
Lilongwe City Council has sent 92 revenue collectors on force leave to pave way for monetary investigations that will assist in establishing a benchmark for revenue collection. According to a memo Ref.LCC/ADM/7 which is signed by Acting Chief Executive Officer, Charles Makanga, the revenues collectors will be on paid leave until November 1, 2017. “The […]
Lilongwe City Council has given Malawi Congress Party (MCP) a whopping K265 million city rates bill for the party headquarters in Lilongwe, almost removing the party celebration mood for its new political catches. The council has given the party 30 days to pay up or risk the building sold out to recover the money. Party […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said the cash-strapped government will not accept Members of Parliament (MPs) 70 percent salary hike pursuits. Gondwe said instead MPs will get the 10 percent pay rise just like other civil servants. “The government has no money,” Gondwe said. MPs are now getting over K1 million and […]