Karonga District Council Archives

Karonga Council owed K200 million in unpaid ground rates

Sep 13, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Karonga District Council (KDC) has expressed concern over the continued tendency of not paying ground rates by residents, saying the council is owed K200 million in unpaid rates. Chairperson for the financial committee at the… ...

Communities bemoan uncompleted projects in Karonga

Mar 15, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Communities in Karonga has bemoaned the continued delays by the Karonga District Council to complete projects which have stalled in the district. The District Development Fund (DDF) and the Local Development Fund (LDF) projects include… ...

JP drills Councillors in gender responsive budget

Jun 19, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

As one way of ensuring that women are considered in budgets at council level, Justice and Peace (JP) of Karonga Diocese on Tuesday engaged newly elected Ward Councillors for Karonga Central and South constituencies in… ...

Uliwa market operates without toilets, shadow Councilor promises change

Apr 02, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

An aspiring for Uliwa Ward in Karonga Gloria Singini has expressed concern over poor sanitation and deteriorating hygienic conditions at Uliwa market which is operating without toilets. Singini expressed the concern at a meeting Justice… ...

Council warns politicians against politicizing government projects

Mar 30, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Karonga District Council has fired a warning shot to politicians against using the community managed social economic (CMSE) funded projects the council has implemented in the district for campaign in the run up to May… ...

Karonga DHO engages ADCs in budget consultative meetings

Feb 26, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

As one way of improving health service delivery in its 21 health facilities, Karonga district health office (DHO) recently carried out budget consultative meetings in the five area development committee (ADCs) to engage community leaders.… ...

Karonga Council urged to embrace gender responsive budget

Jan 15, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Karonga District Council and civil society organizations (CSOs) have been challenged to economically empower women through formulation of budgets that are gender responsive. Justice and Peace (JP) of Karonga Diocese made the call Friday at… ...