Malawi government through the ministry of local government and rural development has expressed dismay over the delay by Lilongwe City Council to put out the fire that gutted the city’s main market in the wee hours of Friday.
The council is reported to have sent firefighters at the market sometime after the fire had started, a development that is said to have worsened the damage of property.
The firefighters were also seen to have lacked fuel that was supposed to be used for travelling to refill water tanks in firefighting vehicles.
Vendors at the market later turned violent towards the firefighting team as they began stoning the vehicle the firefighters were using to extinguish the fire.
Reacting on the matter, minister of local government and rural development Kondwani Nankhumwa said the council has ‘insulted’ the vendors who have lost millions worth of property due to the negligence.
Nankhumwa has since confirmed that government is to fire top officials at the council for not being serious with duties of protecting vendors’ property.
Over four thousand vendors have lost property in the fire that gutted the market. Meanwhile authorities are yet to disclose the cause of the fire.
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Pepani ma vendor azanga mulungu akumva kulila kwanu sangakusiyeni choncho achitapo kathu chachikulu limbikilani kupephela
Eya Tibwerekeni achalamandawo
This is serious issue lets talk zithu zimene abale zingawathandize chifukwa azathu awononga chuma chawo mabanja awo apezamavuto chifukwa malo ndi katundu wawo zaonongeka.
Poor planning of our structure in our town,no fire laws in nyasaland,only civil aviation contain fire fighting school,city fire brigade only contain pump with 1500lrs as a maximum water capacity,no pressurise source waters,kumangotola odula matikiti musika,old pump and only wait for donations,wake up Malawi!!
Koma a city. Apange plan ina. Msika wa Lilongwe. Unali wa umve heav. Chabwino panalibe. Ku fish kuja. Nyasi zokha zokha. We want new plan and new market.
Amazolowela zomachedwachedwa yawa kukachitika ngozi zogwa mwazizi.
Mbuyomo munali miseu misika muja pezani malo wokwanira kuti wogulitsa asamathinane nanga utayambira pakati mwamsika moto galimoto ingafike?apezereni malo wochuluka kuti izi zisazachitikenso
Sorry for the lost of property but i think this is the iportunity for the government to construct a new market because this market we have is not good to be inside the city and a capital city for that matter. The market is so dirty and no plan no toilets what kind of a market is that ?
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