Blantyre City to have a new stadium

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Malawi President Peter Mutharika has said his government will construct a new stadium in the commercial city.

Mutharika said this during the official opening of the upgraded Masauko Chipembere Highway in Blantyre on Saturday.

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Hints on new stadium plans in Blantyre.

“Ndimanga stadium ya pamwamba mu mzinda wa Blantyre, (I will build a magnificent stadium in Blantyre),” Mutharika said.

Currently, most Blantyre based teams use Kamuzu Stadium as their home ground and the stadium also hosts Malawi national team games. Construction of a new stadium in Blantyre will therefore ease pressure on Kamuzu Stadium.

In 2009, the Bingu Wa Mutharika administration secured a multi-billion loan from China for construction of a new stadium in Lilongwe which has since been finalized.

Government named it the Bingu Stadium and it is expected to be opened in April this year.

Among other things, Mutharika also said that his government wants to see Blantyre change for the better as he said that he will also construct a five star hotel in the commercial city.

“I want to see a new Blantyre among other things I will also build a five star hotel in Blantyre,” he said.