By Mary Makhiringa
Balaka Destiny international church has launched a K200 million four storey building which will also be the first tall building in the district.
Speaking during the ground breaking ceremony of the multimillion kwacha project on Saturday, Bishop Hastings Mankhanamba who is also the Principal of the Destiny College of Leadership said the launch of the construction marks the fulfilment of a dream that has been there for ages.
Said Mankhanamba: “The building will have four floors which will have a special room where innovators will sit and repair phones as well as computers, adding value to the soil and crops that we have, until one day we have products written made in Malawi but produced in Balaka,” he said.
Mankhanamba further revealed that the building will also have lecture rooms for the students and hostels for various international guests that the college hosts.
He added that his Destiny college has made corroboration with outside universities like International Christian Youth African, Global University for lifelong learning from America and Springdale College from the United Kingdom who are offering community development and leadership programmes hence the need to have proper structures to meet international standards.
“As a nation we are going towards agriculture commercialisation, urbanisation and industrialisation as we strive to achieve the Malawi 2063 agenda, so the structure will also change the face of our district,” he added.
Mankhanamba then challenged Balaka District Council to partner with him in taking the district to greater heights.
On his part, District Commissioner for Balaka Darwin Mgoli hailed Destiny International church through Bishop Mankhanamba for the initiative saying Malawi needs such people for its social economic development.
“Bishop Mankhanamba has set the standards and has challenged us, as a council we will strive to work hand in hand with him for the best of the district,” he said.
