By Yamikani Yapuwa
Blantyre, Mana: The country’s Vice-President, Dr. Saulos Chilima has ordered the contractor for the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road to redesign the road to a better quality and more durable one.
Chilima gave the order on Monday during an inspection tour of Nsanje-Marka Road as well as the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road and bridge where he observed that the quality of the road was poor.
“We have travelled on the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road; three things to say: the bridge looks quite solid but the road is substandard by my own assessment because they are saying this is not the same grade as what we saw in Tsangano (Ntcheu) and what we have also seen in Nsanje.
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December 14, 2020 Kondwani Magombo- Mana 1 Comment
Mangochi district commissioner (DC) Dr. Raphael Piringu has appealed for more humanitarian support for hundreds of households whose houses and property have been damaged by stormy rains in the district.
Distribution of relieve items in TA Bwananyambi area Pic. courtesy of MH disaster office
Some of the damaged houses in TA Namavi Pic. Courtesy of MH Disaster Office
The DC made the appeal on Saturday following an assessment report on a recent disaster in Traditional Authority (TA) Namavi where 183 households were affected due to stormy rains that poured between Wednesday and Thursday.
Piringu said the affected households, among them female-headed households, need immediate relief items such as food and shelter while awaiting implementation of long term measures.
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More than 200,000 refugees were displaced by violence ravaging the states in the North-west.
Zulum made the call for the return of the refugees on Thursday at a stakeholders’ implementation meeting on the Global Compact of Refugees in Abuja.
The event was organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Mr Zulum said his government was keen on supporting the over 200,000 refugees from Borno in neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Republic of Niger and Chad be brought back home.
“We need to follow up commitment with action, which is very important. One of the importance of this Global Compact of Refugees is to support citizens of countries of origin for the return of refugees back to their home country,