By Linda Kwanjana
About Seventy one Chiefs from Lilongwe City Centre Constituency on Wednesday converged at Mkomachi Secondary where they met Member of Parliament (MP) of the area Alfred Jiya.
According to the Spokesperson of the Chiefs, Evance Makowa from Area 49 Dubai, the meeting was called in order to coax Jiya to represent one of the newly demarcated constituency which has been named Lilongwe City Nankhaka.
Lilongwe City Centre to which Jiya is the current representative has been sub divided into five constituencies namely; Dzenza, Lilongwe City Nankhaka, Lumbadzi, Chipala Nafisi and Lilongwe City Centre constituencies.
Meanwhile, Jiya has bowed down to their demand and has promised to stand at Lilongwe City Nankhaka Constituency in the forth coming general elections in 2025.
“Its a tough decision because I didn’t expect this from all these chiefs so will represent this area as requested. As you heard their justification was simple they said I have all my investments here including my house is here so this really gives proper justification,” he said.
“This meeting is very important we need to engage our Chiefs even costituents in many areas because they need to know how difficult it is for one to come up with some development and winning making some legislation at Parliament so it’s a very important that now and again as a member of parliament you have to tell and inform your people what’s going on within your Constitution,” he explained.
In another development, Chiefs have commended President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera for increasing Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to K100 million saying constituencies will register enormous developments.
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