By Chisomo Phiri
The Ministry of Lands and Ministry of Local Government, Unity and Culture on Monday signed a landmark agreement to implement the Increased Land Productivity Project under the Millennium Challenge Account -Malawi II.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Lilongwe, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Davie Chilonga said the initiative will improve revenue collections from Land parcels the government is leasing out.
“With this project we hope to collect revenue that will contribute to other developments in the country .
“We expect that we will improve in terms of efficiency and effectiveness as we serve Malawians better,” he said.
On his part, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government , Unity and Culture, Richard Hara said the initiative will enhance revenue as the cities will digitalise their property rates and will easily locate and identify the properties.
“Through the digitalised information, we will be able to identify properties and link them to payments thereby eradicating the problems that came with using manual processes such as skipping properties,”said Hara .
In his remarks,Director of the Increased Land Productivity Project, under Millennium Challenge Account – Malawi II Compact Themba Chirwa said the project will support the improvement of revenue reforms and digitalisation of the ministries records to ease processes.
He said the project will run for five years with funding to the tune of US$44.1 million from the Millennium Challenge Account- Malawi II and will commence on 20th January 2025.
