Zambia Deepens Bilateral Ties With Malawi
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Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malawi Salome Mwananshiku says it is necessary for the local authorities in the two countries to strengthen ties and enhance exchange of information on service delivery to the people, according to a report by ZANIS.
Mrs. Mwananshiku says Zambia and Malawi share warm and cordial relations which should be harnessed further at various sectors in society for the benefit of the masses.
The Envoy said this today in Lilongwe at a meeting with the town’s Mayor Willie Chapondera on the occasion of twinning Lilongwe City Council and the Lusaka City Council aimed at drawing best practices on the management of local authorities.
This is contained in a press statement Issued by First Secretary Press, Chansa Kabwela.
The initiative will collaborate the idea of increased exchange of information as a timely move because it would help Zambia and Malawi to draw lessons and find solutions to the common challenges faced in delivering services to the people.
She said increased cooperation with Malawi was crucial not only at local authority level but in various sectors to help contribute to national development and ultimately address the need for greater integration in the region.
And Mr. Chapondera, who recently in Zambia, said the Lilongwe City Council was keen to draw lessons from the Lusaka City Council on the management of solid waste, collection of taxes and levies and the licensing of businesses, among other issues.
He said Malawi had no civic leaders for eight years until May 2014 when the new office bearers were elected hence the need for them to study the current trends in the management of city and municipal councils in Africa and beyond.
The Lilongwe Mayor said the exchange programmes would help the new Councillors to function effectively and play a meaningful role in Malawi.
Malawi enacted its Local Government Elections Act in 1996, finalized the framework on local government authorities in 1998 and held its first local government elections in November 2000.
After the local assemblies’ five year tenure in 2005, they were dissolved and the country had no councillors for eight years.
In the May last year, the Malawians elected their Council / Councillors following a constitutional amendment in 2012 which provided for the holding of tripartite elections.
