The Nanyumbu Second Grade Magistrate Court in Machinga district has ordered four minibus drivers to pay a fine of K120,000 each.
The four are Andrew Daudi, 33, Felix Ofesi, 25, Rajab Tambala aged 33 and Rabson Nyalugwe 35.
According to Traffic Sub Inspector Martha Chigeda who is the In-charge Traffic Police at Ntaja Police Post, the four drivers were on Monday 30th October, 2017 found on the wrong side of the law after they were found driving minibuses that exceeded seating capacity.
This happened along the Bakili Muluzi Highway according to Chigeda.
She said, instead of taking the recommended 16 passengers, the drivers carried 19 passengers and some even carried 21 passengers. This made the officers to impound the minibuses and take the drivers to court considering that they have on previous occasions paid spot fines for the same offence but they never wanted to change.
All the drivers pleaded guilty to the charge of endangering safety of passengers which is contrary to section 237 of the Penal Code.
In his submission before sentence, State Prosecutor Sub Inspector Cliss Kalawa asked the court to impose a heavy penalty considering that what these drivers did is what is contributing to the increase of road accidents in the country.
He said the country is losing a lot of people due to road accidents just because of the conduct of drivers like these hence the need to give them stiff punishment so that it should be a lesson to them and would be offenders.
In mitigation, the drivers asked for forgiveness saying that they have families to look after.
Passing the sentence, Second Grade Magistrate Maxwell Boaz conquered with the state that the conduct of the drivers is what is contributing to the increase of road accidents in the country.
He therefore ordered each one of them to pay a fine of K120,000.00. He said he has given them such a sentence so that it should be a lesson to them and would be offenders.
In a related development, the same Nanyumbu Second Grade Magistrate Court has also ordered two drivers to pay a fine of K100,000.00 each for endangering safety of passengers.
The two Kenneth Frank aged 29 and Pichesi Phiri aged 28 were driving motor vehicles Toyota Sienta registration number MC 6907 and KK 512 respectively when they met the officers who were on traffic checks.
After inspecting the vehicles, police found that the two had exceeded seating capacity and were taken to court where they were ordered to pay a fine of K100,000.00 each.
All the six have paid the fine
Thus good anthu amenewa amakula mtima heavy
and life in prison kwa escom members
Ndagwirizana bazo
Let government stand on dere world’s, if dere take dat steep, nice one
Bad lack, it’s a problem of their own making the rules are there but they deliberately ignore them so what, but there are alot of drivers who are breaking the rules but our corruption police officers let them free
Do you remember what Archbishop Ziyaye in his homily on 6 July 2017 said about selective justice?
Quantam imanyamla four 4 azandimanga?
nde bwino iyaaa umapeza mwakhalapo anayi awriwo ma duntu iwe ngt kachinyalala
Give private sector job to collect road traffic fines.
apvt sector ayidziwa ntchito ya road traffic aliyense ali ndi ntchito yake amwene kkkkk
Zopusa bas driver anyamule 4 kandalama kanu kakungogwako walakwa chan driver osakoza magets anuwo kaye bwanj
Bola Kumachingako, M18 From Kamwendo to chinkhoma Kuli Mataxi Ambiri, Ndipo Timakwela Anthu 6 Per Seat, Ndiye Mukugwila Otenga Anthu 4, #nyasi Kumalawi#
This is a good case for appeal
iye amapanga ndalama zingati mbava inu agalu
Hahaha
The Laws have not yet been approved by Parliament,so applying these laws now thats violating the constitution of Malawi.
ife tinazolowela za 4-4 zo coz zimatchipa. Ama minibus akangoti 3-3 the prices amakwela ngati ukukhala wekha pa mpando.
Zaziii.
I think this is the great idea achita bwino kukwimisa malanulo coz it will change the roads safety from 20% to 50% & ngoz zchepa
zosatheka Ama min-bus simungawathe.
Good one
it will increase corruption for sure
Shaaaa koma nde azizikololaditu
Zausilu
Ndiye mudzabwere msewu wa ku Mitundu LLz eish!
Malamulo sakuwadziwa driver yo? Akhoza amaonjeza
good
Kkkkkkkkk nawonso ma driver kulephera kumpatsa wa traffic ndi K5000 yomwe kuti nkhani ithe? Ife tikuwaonatu mmisewumu akumalandira ngakhale pin…..
Come to Chinsapo and see for yourselves, even many minibuses operating on this road are not worthy it.
Check up apangenso ku Lilongwe kuno ama Minibus away akutionjezi kwabasi.Zoona kukunyamulani 4_4 kupita ku area 25 chonsecho mwalipira ma MK600.00 Shame on minibus drivers.
With this country’s economy its better we seat 4-4 and paying less than 3 on high prices which is not fair for us passengers, look at Mozambique, Zimbabwe they are better countries than us and u think of doing better in stopping minibuses to take 4people when u can’t deal with the electricity and water like really are your brains functioning!!!wonders shall never ends
sindikumvesesa wat bwanj za mozambiquizo kuno timakwela anthu 32 in each minbus ngat ukususa 4ne no yanga nd 00258860108850 ukabwelanso uzandiimbile ndzakuuze bhobho ndimakhala ku tete
Martha akamaletsa 4-4 it’s not about the money it’s about the capacity of the Minibus the bus was meant to carry 3-3 if it carries 4-4 control ya minibus imavuta so it’s very easy kupanga ngozi
Hehehe a Evance Mkanda ndakusekani!!!Only in Malawi a minibus can be involved in an accident bcz of its 4-4 not other technical problems like tyres, brakes and other services.The minibus drivers they don’t have a problem with it they just hike their prices and who is gonna suffer the people and tell me how much are the people paid I mean an average person just stop thinking about yourself u have to think about others not u and your family if u are well to do buy your family car and nobody will bother you but if its public transport sit 4-4 zamatama basi
Kuno Ku SA…Capetown ena amachita kuimilira…Quantum for that matter…heey ..kaya
Msabere anthu nanga inu zanu mwaiwala
Amangen akupanga 5,000 note aja ..muwafuse economy ilipat ??
Anzeluwo
And where ar those moneys going?
Mwachita Bwino ndalama zimenezo mugulile mafuta mukamugwileno chaponda!
chaponda now z free ndiye mukvi wina akuzisaka apeleke ndalama? why my mother Malawi ur behaving like u dont fear God. dziko kukondera
Go and arrest him, omagokamba zopanda mutu
muli gulu limodzi koma idzakwana nthawi muzazisiya
Akutengelanji anthu ambiri?mesa adakweza kale mitengo chifukwa chazimenezi
Mmuuu, ai, mdziko ili kunzunzana amalawi 120. 000 suiziwa iwe ukamaweluka uweluka ndi 2000 kwacha ndrama za abwanaonso zosakwana iiiii amakhotinu kodi kukhala kwake tizitele? ai, oweluza azaweluzidwanso pakuti tili mdziko la tsoka poti oipayo wa sikila komweko basi alipo oweluza wa chililungamo yemwe azaweluze moyenerera malingana ndi mlanduo
Ine ndye ndizinyamula 5 per seat kkk
Maize gate ilipati?
Tiwonetsana mu mseu mu
Its a lier
Malawi Home ground mpeeee vuvuzera
This govt will kill us all.
No mita,misuzi pang’ono
No way this country will develop kupezelera minibus drivers ndi azimai omenya Hule kusiya mbava zikuluzikulu. #Shame
Zoona achina maudindo mbuzi zenizeni
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
A Mmalawi kubelana basi, munthu osauka kale amubeleso k120,000 nde asala ndi chani? Azidya chani? Kaya Only God knws
Poverty that’s made them do tHat .they need money to put food on the table
zilibwino amationjeza mwinamkumatakasukako tikakwela.komasozimatipatsamanyaz tikakwelandi alendo a maikoena zimaonetsa umbuli.
Selective justice, possibly these drivers failed to give a bribe to those that were aprehending them, just come to Salima sengabay road you will understand what im talking about Taxis load passenges like saddines in a tin the front seat accomodates 3 passengers and you wonder how the driver operates, they pass past checks and they are left scot free, you wonder if we have standards, Shame.
Muuzeni Pitala amubweretse chaponda mu kachipindamo; jijirijijiri kuweruza wa minibus mutalephera kuweruza bobo wa cashgate, bread pa nyerere eti kkkkkkk
Mwachita bwino kwambili mwatiganizila amaonjeza kwambili komanso ma conductor achoke amayambitsa ndi iwowa
zoona.chitsanzo johansburg ilibe ma conductor driver amangodziwa kale za capacity anthu kugwirizana ndi kumpatsa driver iye ali phee
Alipire basi kaziputa limbaanazo mpwanga
Yachepa anthu awa akuonjeza heavy akumachita kuika ma poster mu minbus ati; muno ndi folo folo ngati ndinu Ophunzira kaguleni vits anzanu a sukulu amayendera zawo;
viva traffic police may be there can be sanity on the roads of malawi,but avoid corruption
Yarakwiranthu
Basi?
Kulakwatu
Why can’t they just put it at k150,000, ka 30 komweko nanga
According to the povert their are innocent
yachepa these minibus drivers and their conductors takes us customers for granted knowing that we cant do without them
koma Chaponda anaba chimanga osamangidwai
Kodi George kaloswe akumuopa kapena anawavumatitsa Chibanzi????
Kkkk koma nkhan ya chaponda izatha?
zimandiwawa nsaname …..
Kkkkkkk
Nanga bwabji ku Blantyre kuno timakwera ma minibus 4/4 samagwira. Even nseu wa limbe thyolo samagwira. Pa No. 1 pali road block, a police samagwira chifukwa chani. Do they mean that the rules apply to outskits mini drivers instead of other routse. Plse investigate and advise