December 15, 2020 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 2 Comments
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda on Monday engaged the leadership of Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Lilongwe and Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators in a discussion to find a lasting solution to the proliferation of illegal immigrants plying their businesses in Malawi.
Chimwendo Banda: We will flush out illegal lags
The meeting comes barely a few days after CDEDI and the business operators threatened that they would be taking to the streets from December 16, 2020, to force President Lazarus Chakwera to take action on illegal immigrants who are being blamed for depriving the locals of their economic opportunities.
Dates Announced For Nationwide Demos Against Chakwera
Watipaso Mzungu The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Lilongwe and Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators are set to take to the streets beginning December 16, 2020, to protest the decision by President Lazarus Chakwera to ignore their call to take action on illegal immigrants who are plying trade in the country’s strategic cities and towns.
CDEDI and the business operators recently wrote Chakwera demanding that his government should flush out illegal immigrants from China, Nigeria, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia who are conducting businesses in the country and have allegedly taken up the last available economic opportunities for the locals.