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Human Rights, Malawi

Irritated Rumphi-Chitipa residents storm Malawi Parliament over stalled Nyika road project

Maravi Post Reporter

By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE (MaraviPost)-Angry people from Chitipa stormed Parliament in demand of the construction of 129 kilometer Rumphi-Chitipa via Nyika road.

Leader of the grouping,Precious Gondwe said the road has been a campaign strategy for all the past regimes.

Gondwe said government by all means should start constructing the road failure which they will come up with a serious action.

Angry Chitipa resident and Nyika road

He said due to the condition of the road young man lost his life as he was hit by a car whilst they fail to divert properly due to the condition of the road.

Receiving the petition Member of Parliament (MP) for Chitipa South, Welani Chilenga said it is very sad that government only promised to construct 20 kilometers from the 129.

Chilenga promised the grouping to take the petition the August house to pursue the issue the road.

At first the grouping refused to give the petition to Chilenga claiming that he has been refusing to help them how to write a petition as well as he abandoned his constituency.

It took the intervention of the Speaker Gotani Hara and other lawmakers to reason with the angry people to consider Chilenga as the best receiver for the petition.