Malawi Congress Party (MCP) councillor Juliana Kaduya, former deputy mayor, has been elected new mayor for Lilongwe City Council. She won with 13 votes during a full council meeting held at Civic Offices in Lilongwe narrowly beating councillor Richard Banda of Kaliyeka Ward who got 12 votes.
President Peter Mutharika’s security detail had to make last minute changes Wednesday on the route of the Head of State following a fracas in the capital city as police fired teargas to disperse protesters blocking the M1 main route into Lilongwe as Mutharika was due to enter the capital from from Mangochi. Mutharika had a […]
Lilongwe City Council has sealed off TNM offices near Crossroads in the Capital City for unpaid licence. Tapiwa Mkandawire, Lilongwe City Council business officer said TNM owes the council K20 million. “They have been operating without a business licence for the past five years. This is against the council by-laws,” said Mkandawire. She said the […]
Lilongwe City Council has reopened a popular City Mall KFC fast food restaurant, two days after it was closed due to sanitation and hygiene problems. Authorities sealed the popular fried chicken restraint after proprietors failed to comply with hygiene requirements contained in the Public Health Act and Local Government (Food by-law) Act 2018. But Council spokesperson […]
As the campaign period hits a boiling point, Lilongwe District residents can finally smile following plans by the National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust to conduct political debates for parliamentary and local government aspirants in all constituencies and wards. NICE made this revelation during a Multiparty Liaison Committee (MPLC) meeting Lilongwe District organized. Speaking at […]
President Peter Mutharika on Sunday took Lilongwe by storm promising residents unprecededent development if his Democratic Progresisve Party (DPP) is voted back into power. During his whistle top tour which saw him visit places which have benefited from governmet projects but he never inspected, Mutharika declared that he is not a political president but a […]
At least 176 households in Chipasula, Kaliyeka and Kawale in Lilongwe District have been affected by what now appear to be perennial floods in the district after Chipasula River flooded following heavy rains that fell for at least two hours on Thursday. The Ministry of Homeland Security has since already come in to assist the […]
Heavy rains has caused infrastructure damage to some part of Lilongwe. Bridges at Chipasula, Kawale and Chidzanja have all been damaged as a result of the flooding. Households along the areas have been affected. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi on Friday visited the areas that have been affected by flash floods in Lilongwe City. […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have warned people of Chiwamba Village in Traditional Authority Chimutu against the illegal mining of gold in the area. Kanengo Police Station Coordinator, Inspector Perry Mpangeni said illegal mining is not acceptable in the laws of mining in Malawi. He said police has a duty to enforce laws, hence will not […]
Frustrated residents of Area 25 in Lilongwe have mobilised to hold what is expected to be first grand residents demonstrations on October 1 2018 against lack of development. The resident have threatened to close the Nsungwi-Dzenza-Area 49 junction road which they say is dusty, bumpy and has remained unattended for years. A letter of notice […]
Three men were discovered dead on Sunday and dumped on Kaunda Road in Lilongwe, a week after a former enumerator Blessings Ng’ambi in the ongoing Population and Housing Census was found dead along the same road, Malawi Police have confirmed. Lilongwe Police Station spokesman Kingsley Dandaula said two of the deceased were from Chinsapo. According […]
Malawi government has temporarily suspended markets for all livestock and banned all slaughters of animals in Lilongwe following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which has sharply reduced meet supply in the capital city. Minisry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development official Gray Nyandule Phiri says in a statement released on Tuesday that the disease has […]
Almost half of the councilors at Lilongwe district council are demanding the removal of the council director of Planning whom they are accusing of being a self centred person who has failed to develop the district. The councilors allege that Douglas Moffat also lacks transparency in all what he does. Speaking on behalf of the […]
About 100 mayors are expected in Malawi’s administrative capital Lilongwe from May 16 to 18 where they will attend the international Mayors’ forum, Lilongwe City Mayor, Desmond Bikoko, has announced. The three-day meeting is aimed at enhancing participants’ understanding of the interlinkages between SDG 11 and other SDGs, and other international agenda, such as the […]
Malawi Police is looking for a woman who dumped a three-day old baby at Chinsapo 11 Nsewa cemetery in the capital, Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Spokesperson, Kingsley Dandaula said police received a report on March 11 that a baby had been dumped in a nearby graveyard by an unknown mother. “The informant was going to church […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president,touched the hearts many in Lilongwe when he braved rains , winds and chilly weather to visit displaced families after floods terror hit parts of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, on Saturday evening. Chakwera’s tour to the affected areas in the Capital came just hours […]
Authorities have confirmed that six people have died after being washed away by flood waters along Mchesi Stream ub the capital Lilongwe following rains of terror on Saturday afternoon. Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) director for response and recovery Paul Kalilombe said there could be others who are missing and feared dead. About five church […]
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has ordered Mayor of the Capital City Lilongwe, Counsellor Desmond Bikiko to immediate dissolve the advisory board he has established, saying it is against Local Government Act Cap 22 : 01 of Laws of Malawi. Ministry Public Relations Officer Muhlabase Mughogho confirmed to Nyasa Times about the order. […]