Vendors and people living around Area 22B market in Lilongwe chased away city officials and police who came to allocate plots at Area 22B market because the vendors claimed they were not informed of the activity and suspected foul play by the city officials. The city officials who wanted to allocate the market to vendors […]
Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has given main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) a 30-days deadline to settle rental arrears to the tune of K265 million it owes the city or risks losing its headquarters building in the capital Lilongwe opposite the Reserve Bank of Malawi. According to LCC Director of Finance Jeremiah Sibande, MCP has […]
A list recently released by the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) on city rates defaulters has busted some of the country’s tobacco companies that are reportedly owing the city over K45 million. According to the list is Africa Leaf—JTI which has a K4 316 986.00 debt. Also on the list is Associated Tobacco Company (ATC) which […]
Members of the revenue collection department at the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) are walking heads down following damning revelations that they have been siphoning the council’s money through scrupulously schemed escapades. Nyasa Times has established that millions of kwacha at the council have vanished and authorities cannot explain. The revelation comes after Nyasa Times busted another corruption scandal […]
Lilongwe City workers Monday downed tools for what they claim to be impunity and selfishness by the city executive management as they gave themselves a whopping 68% and only 40% for the already lowly paid ground workers. To make matters worse, the workers claim that the executives are already getting their high perks while the […]
An unidentified beast Wednesday night killed eighteen layers chickens worth MK45,000 belonging to two business persons at Lilongwe’s Bwandilo Market. The incident has raised fears on the security of people and livestock in the area following the unsolved tragedy where suspected stray dogs killed a woman from Njewa in Lilongwe on February 17 injuring a […]
The Lilongwe City) has taken public and private institutions to court over various denominations which the institutions are owing to the council and they have been named and shamed. Council’s Finance Director Jeremiah Sibande said they have published the names of defaulters in the press in order to force them pay the money. He said […]
In a bid to ease movements for the Lilongwe Mayor City Mayor, Willem Chapondera, Lilongwe City Council is this week buying a Toyota Prado TX from Toyota Malawi which will bear a number plate LL 1. Nyasa Times understands that the deal has already been sealed and that the vehicle will be delivered for use […]
Lilongwe City Centre MP David Bisnowaty and the Lilongwe City Council CEO Richard Hara on Monday most exchanged punches as they exchanged verbal tirades within the Civic Offices during an all inclusive meeting. During the break, reporters witnessed Bisnowaty having an altercation with Hara in the corridors of the Civic Office and almost exchanged punches […]
Malawi Police fought running battles with vendor on the streets of the capital Lilongwe, dispersing them from Lilongwe Town Hall as they occupied the land, including the pavements, claiming they had been given an okay by the City Council to turn the area into a market place. Police had to fire tear gas and rubber […]
Lilongwe City residents have called on the Ministry of Local Government to conduct a thorough orientation of its Capital City Members of Parliament and ward councillors to differentiate between management and policy issues saying the Capital City programmes and policies are in shambles due to the confusion at the Civic Centre. Alexander Matope an Area […]
Vendors who have set up their benches between Lilongwe Town Hall and Lilongwe River have sternly been warned that the city will take drastic action against them because they are breaking city bylaws of illegal settlement. Vendors in the capital of Malawi have invaded land between Lilongwe Town Hall and Bridgeview Hotel on one side, […]
The Lilongwe City Council plans to construct a multi-storey market infrastructure that will accommodate as many as 5,000 vendors at once the deputy Mayor of the City Akwame Bandawe has said. Bandawe is leading a team of the Lilongwe City Council officials to a four day interaction with the authorities of Ugandan Jinja Municipal Council […]
Lilongwe City council will now allow the media to cover councillors meetings after a resolution has been passed during the council meeting which took place recently. According to some members of the council who attended the meeting, members of the press will be covering the proceedings of the debate live like the way how members […]
Lilongwe City Council on Friday demolished shops of vendors at Area 22B market in the city of Lilongwe as the city continues with its campaign of removing unplanned structures in the city but market chairman for the vendors Sanudi Wasili complained that they were not given any prior warning. Councilor for Lilongwe South East, Elija […]
Lilongwe Mayor, Willy Chapondera said the City Council will on Friday push street vendors back to the designated places of doing business to ensure security for residents in the city. Speaking at a news conference at Central Office of Information (COI) in Lilongwe Chapondera said the council has developed some mechanisms to reinforce the laws […]
Workers at the Lilongwe City Council have threatened to go on a strike demanding salary increase from December 19. According to the letter seen by Nyasa Times dated 15 December, 2014, addressed to Local Government Employees Union (LGEU), Director of administration, All Directors, Mayor of the Lilongwe City, Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of […]
A group of councillors are working on plans to unseat Lilongwe City Mayor WillieChapondera. According to information sourced from Lilongwe council chamber, councillors are not happy with the performance of their Mayor. “We are not doing this for the sake of politics but our Mayor is almost passive and not active,” said one of the […]