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Malawi’s Dedza border facility 90% complete

Maravi Post Reporter

By Fatsani Gunya

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Travelers and traders alike should anticipate improved efficiency when transacting at Dedza Border Post as construction of the new one- stop-border facility is just a month away from completion.

Dedza border facility 90% complete

Touring the works on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Minister of Transport Jacob Hara said he was impressed with the construction of the MK9.6 billion-facility, which is said to now be at 89 per cent completion.

The Minister said the border facility is one vital element in revitalising the country’s socio-economic sector.

“Yes, it is key to economic growth. I mean once done, which should be this July, the facility will improve the processing of imports and exports at the border; creating employment and boosting bussiness in the process,” Hara said.

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Dedza Border Post Station Manager Moses Masina has since concurred with the Minister that the new facility will help improve efficiency.

Masina also disclosed that the centre currently attends to over 70 trucks per day; raking in about MK2.6 billion a month which he says can improve once the one-stop facility becomes operational.

In a related development, construction of a simlar facility at Mwanza Border Post is said to be within schedule.

The World Bank-funded facility, to a tune of MK3 billion, is also slated to be completed by July 3, 2022.

Lifestyle, Malawi, Obituaries

Malawi’s Dedza MRA Station Manager Alinafe Bonongwe brutally murdered

Maravi Post Reporter

By Chisomo Phiri

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Regulatory Authority ( MRA) Station Manager for Dedza district Alinafe Bonongwe has been found dead in his house’s bathroom at Dedza Airfield in the district.

According to information Maravi Post has in possession, for the past few weeks, there has been a social media campaign by unknown people trying to damage his reputation.

The move was calculated that he should be transferred from Dedza Border Post as he was seen to be an obstacle to many tax evaders.

.The late Bonongwe

Some of the evaders were caught in the line of duty at the border post under his leadership when smuggling goods and they vowed to deal with him as a pay back in order to protect their market .

On Friday, February 4, 2022, he went to work as usual and knocked off in time.

The late Bonongwe came back home around 7:00 PM before being found dead in his house’s bathroom an hour later with blood stains spotted on his car.

He was found with a swelling face and things were found scattered in his bedroom according to eye witnesses as they were looking for some documents.

Until his death, Bonongwe was known to be standing firm against smuggling at Dedza Border Post.

Currently, police are investigating to establish the cause of his death.