MWANZA-(MaraviPost)-In an effort to minimise cases of illegal migration whilst at the same time safeguarding jobs of the natives, Mwanza Immigration office have gone a step further in the implementation of Integrated Border Control System (I.B.C.S) on Friday November 22nd, 2019.
According to the mwanza public relations officer for Mwanza Pasqually Zulu said that the integrated border control system (I.B.C.S) project which started in 2012 at Kamuzu International Airport and Chileka Airport will help the department in reducing the burden that we used have in processing and clearance of the travelling community whilst on the same time collection of data will also be much easier considering the backlog we used to have during the manual border formalities
Both Malawi and foreign nationals who were cleared at the formation (Mwanza) using the new system hailed the government of Malawi for initiative in which they indicated that it’s timely, they further commended the immigration top management in its efforts on flexibility to the services being offered to the general public which truly shows its true adaptation to changes in the environment being operated through fulfillment of clients needs and demand.
During the inspection of the project implementation the National Border Affairs officer Andrew Mughogho (Supretendant of Immigration) indicated that the project is still under the pilot phase to see how the system is going to perform, but he was quick to say that in less a month he expect the system to be fully operational.
However an appeal was made for the officers to be responsible enough in handling the equipment
The project which is being done by Techno Brain started Tubing and other technical surveying of the Mwanza border IBCS project in the year 2013 but it was on a snails pace.
However, the department quest being online with its cores values on innovativeness opted to push the project quicker.