Various Stakeholders in the Capital City Lilongwe have ganged up against up grading of Independent Drive Road alleging that the work is substandard and not suitable to be at the foot of the City Centre. Japanese International Corporation Agency (Jaica) gave Malawi Government financial support for a dust free road which should act as an […]
Heavily armed officers from Malawi Police Service on Monday morning descended into the Lilongwe roads which were the beehive of street vending, torching their stalls in the process. All vendors are being encouraged to move off the streets to official flea markets. Police had to fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of vendors […]
Hundreds of workers at the Metropolitan council of Lilongwe are set to down their tools this week in protest of return by former Chief Executive Officer Richard Hara, Nyasa Times has been informed. Hara who was given a posting orders to head the Blantyre District Council returned to office in the capital after seeking a […]
Louisa Angellina Kabwila, a daughter of spokeswoman for Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Dr Jessie Kabwila, has engaged her fellow youth in a clean Lilongwe campaign. The campaign is to make sure that Lilongwe is a beautiful and clean city. Louisa Angellina said it is unfortunate that the city is dirty and has some eyesore places, […]
The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has said it is currently planning to construct designated parking areas for trucks and advised truck drivers to park their vehicles in industrial areas where private developers offer such facilities. LCC public relations officer Tamara Chafunya, in response to a questionnaire, said trucks are not supposed to drive through, let […]
The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has expressed concern over the rate at which residents are encroaching on land in the city. LCC chief town planning officer Catherine Kulemeka told a public consultation on the draft urban structure plan for the city recently that it is sad that most encroachers are aware of the law. “If […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Peter Mutharika has denied any wrongful act in a multi-million kwacha housing scam at Lilongwe City Council. According to published reports on Tuesday, Mutharika was named as one of the customers who bought a house which Lilongwe City Council sold illegally in 2006 when he was Minister in his late brother, Bingu […]
Residents and property builders at the upcoming Area 49 sector 5 in Lilongwe have hailed President Dr. Joyce Banda’s directive that the Lilongwe City Council grades all roads immediately to pave way for utility companies to provide services. The area in question is an upcoming built up middle class settlement with upmarket houses but with […]
Workers from Lilongwe City Council have shelved plans for a deadly mass action after their bosses agreed to affect a 50 percent salary increment affective next month. The Council’s junior staff- which mainly comprises casual labourers have been at loggerheads with management following the Council’s failure to implement a 70 percent salary increment. Most of […]
Chief Executive Officer for Lilongwe City Council Kelvin Mmangisa on Friday appeared before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in the capital, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of public office. Mmangisa is accused of drawing allowances for a trip to Italy which he never undertook and collecting allowances outside his contract. “Not […]
Citizens of Lilongwe City have hailed the truce by Lilongwe City Council and the small scale businessmen often termed as vendors saying the pact should never derail again. On Tuesday morning the Lilongwe vendors led by their Chairman James Soko conducted a clean-up campaign sweeping off the remnants of garbage left by some street vendors […]
Lilongwe City Council Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Mmangisa was on Thursday arrested by Malawi Police Service on allegations that he unlawfully pocketed millions of kwachas in extra allowances on top of his consolidated salary. National Police spokesperson Davie Chingwalu confirmed to Nyasa Times the arrest and said apart from the illegal drawing of extra money on top of […]
Lilongwe City Council has urged residents of Lilongwe City to pay city rates to enable the council fulfill its social obligations including sponsorship of the Mayor’s trophy, whose finals for this year were concluded on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Lilongwe Community Centre ground. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the city council Kelvin Mmangisa made […]
Malawi Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has started putting to test the wits of Chief Executive Officers and District commissioners to explain queries which were brought up by the Auditor General of the National Audit Office of Malawi. Through his report on Accounts of the City, Town and District Councils for the year ended June 30th […]