The Mzuzu City Council has warned block leaders and chiefs in Masasa and Msongwe Wards to desist from corruptly including beneficiaries into the Local Development Fund allocations. Director of Planning and Development at Mzuzu City Council, Alexander Chirambo sounded the warning at Masasa Primary School during a fact-finding meeting organized by the Council, LDF Officials […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of Parliament (MP) for Mzimba Hola , Reverend Christopher Mzomera Ngwira for allegedly stealing money amounting to K650,000.00 meant for a developmental project under the Local Development Fund (LDF). According to Ndala, ACB conducted investigations into the matter and established that Ngwira advised the […]
Scores of community members from Pensulo Village in Chigwaja Ward in Blantyre on Tuesday gathered at the Blantyre District Council Offices (New Govt. Building) to push for their delayed public works wages. The aggrieved people worked in a galley maintenance project that was a component under the Malawi Flood Emergency Recovery Project (MFERP). The move […]
The 2016 Local Government Amendment (No.2) Bill, which is at the Cabinet level, has proposed to amend various provisions of the Act and also to change titles of the “District Commissioner” and “Chief Executive Officer” of a City and Town Council to “Clerk of Council” and “Town Clerk”, respectively. The Bill further proposes that the […]
The Local Development Fund under the Malawi Social Action Fund 4 has provided Mangochi Town Council K26, 160, 423 to undertake public works programme. The funds sourced from the World Bank will support such projects like environmental management, feeder roads rehabilitation and grading, upgrading of the town’s drainage system and waste management among others. Speaking […]
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Dr. Goodall Gondwe, Wednesday said Government will increase funds located to rural development to improve socio-economic stand of the people to change Malawi’s position on world human development index. The 2104 Human Development report (HDI) has revealed that Malawi is not doing well in almost all the concentrated areas […]
Pan-African Civic Educators Network (Pacenet) has urged community leaders and the citizenry to start demanding for improved service delivery by local government authorities if the country’s municipalities are to develop. Pacenet through Zotheka project funded by Tilitonse Fund is currently engaging and orienting Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and non-state Actors on advocacy and good governance to ensure there […]
Local Development Fund (LDF) on Thursday disclosed that it will spend $32 million (close to K 12 billion) in 2014/2015 Public Works Programme. The Public Works Programme (PWP) component of the Malawi Social Action Fund (Masaf) is a safety net scheme targeting poor households and communities. The targeted households get employed to work in construction, […]
In Malawi, one thing for certain is the rhetoric, from all corners, about the excruciatingly difficult circumstances of the rural masses. And I have a great appreciation of all that because I grew up in a rural setting and all my primary schooling was in a rural setting. And, of course, I seem to fully […]
Local Development Fund (LDF) projects on teachers houses in Chikhwawa are shrouded in controversy with about 71 percent incomplete due to irregularities that point some district council officials and the committees which were left with the mantle to handle the projects of corrupt practices. This was revealed during a Kalondolondo program by Blantyre Synod on Thursday, August […]
Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Blantyre Rural East, Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) says Malawi teachers should be well renumurated and deserve pay hike . The former minister called on government to give teachers good working conditions, that’s including providing accommodation for rural teachers. Phoya when hesaid this during the launch of three teacher’s house projects […]