Month: June 2021 Posts

Four Ministry of Lands officials arrested over K1.8 million illegal land sale

Jun 25, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday and Thursday arrested four Ministry of Lands officials in Mzuzu for illegally selling a piece of land at Area 4 in Mzuzu. On 23rd June, 2021, the Anti-Corruption Bureau… ...

Msukwa says Ministry of Lands committed to addressing land problems

Mar 22, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa has disclosed that multiple plot allocations in urban centres and the lakeshore areas, idle estates, rampant encroachment on public and private land and lack of transparency in land administration are… ...

Deputy Minister Mia wants security features included on land certificates

Nov 25, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Tione Andsen Deputy Minister of Lands has suggested that security features should be included on land certificates so that the documents should be tamper-proof. Mia made the suggestion Tuesday at Golden Peacock in… ...

Communities seek justice over sale of Chirimba land

Oct 16, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Communities around Chirimba industrial site have asked authorities to intervene on alleged illegal sale of land on which the communities have been cultivating on for over 40 years. This is according to several community members… ...

Minister Msukwa says laws will help Malawians benefit from land

Sep 29, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa says the land laws enacted in 2016 are designed to help Malawians maximize economic benefits from their land. Msukwa was speaking in Mzuzu on Monday during an Inclusive Sensitisation Workshop… ...

Local councils urged to embrace land reforms

Sep 24, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Local councils in the country have been urged to embrace land reforms programs being implemented by Ministry of Lands in conjunction with Ministry of Local Government in order to enhance infrastructure development. Deputy Minister of… ...

Mia says Malawians will have access to land

Sep 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia says the Tonse Alliance Government will ensure that citizens of this country have access to land and that a lot of land is not concentrated in the hands of… ...

MEC official managing Chitipa lands office

Aug 25, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

 By Joseph Mbughi Chitipa Civil Society Network (CSN) has expressed concern over the appointment and retention of a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) clerk as acting district lands officer for Chitipa. In a letter dated 20th… ...

Ministry of Lands officials involved in illegal land sales – Minister

Aug 01, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa says there is a need to clean up the ministry and dismantle corruption syndicates involved in dubious sale of land. Msukwa said this during a meeting with Vice President Saulos… ...

Government to fully operationalise land laws in 2021

Jul 24, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi Government through the Ministry of Lands says the land laws which were passed in 2016 will be fully implemented in 2021. This was revealed by the Minister of Land Kezzie Msukwa at a long… ...

Seven arrested for stealing computer hard drives at Ministry of Lands

Jul 03, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police have arrested seven people for stealing computer hard drives at Ministry of Lands offices in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station spokesperson Joseph Kachikho has confirmed the arrest of the suspects. Kachikho said the seven people… ...

“Mache*** ako!”: Deputy Minister Mchacha hurls obscenities at Journalist

Feb 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

… Says Asians have bought Limbe depot Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Charles Mchacha hurled various obscenities at a journalist investigating the politician's purchase of public land in Blantyre. In a recorded audio… ...

Minister Vuwa orders Lilongwe council to reclaim graveyard sold to businessperson

Dec 19, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Minister of Lands Symon Vuwa Kaunda has ordered the demolition of a fence built around a graveyard in Lilongwe by a businessman who bought the cemetery. Kaunda on Thursday went to the graveyard at Kauma… ...

Parliamentary Committee refuses to meet Livimbo land owner’s nephew

Dec 13, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Joint Committee on Legal Affairs and Transport and Public Infrastructure on Thursday sent back a representative of the original buyer of the land where the Livimbo warehouses were built. On the day, the committee… ...

Lilongwe Council demolishes warehouse built on Livimbo School land

Dec 07, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Lilongwe City Council has today demolished a warehouse which was built on land belonging to Livimbo Community Day Secondary School. According to the council, it did not authorize construction of the building owned by… ...