Govt Yet to Construct Houses For PWA

Ian Simbota - APAM President Ian Simbota - APAM President

The Association of Person's with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) says government is yet to start construction of the houses for their members as stipulated in the 2019/2020 budget with only three months to go before the close of the financial year.

In the national budget, 600 Million Kwacha was allocated to the Decent and Affordable Housing for the project.

APAM President, Ian Simbota told Zodiak Online Monday that while government expressed commitment to protect them by constructing 100 houses in the first phase across the country, there is no progress on the ground.

"Government is yet to honour its promise as in the current national budget which is expect to end by June this year there is nothing tangible regarding the matter," he said.

He said the delay continue to put lives of its members in danger and subjected to human rights violations.

However, Ministry of Lands, Assistant Public Relations Officer, Thom Ali is still optimistic the project will be completed within this financial year.

"The ministry is working on other formalities with the Public Procurement Disposal for Assets Authority (PPDA) hence waiting for a no objection on the matter," he said.

Ali said site assessment and verification exercise has already been completed for all sites in all the 193 constituencies.

Since November 2014, the country has recorded over 160 cases against people with albinism and over 20 people were murdered.

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Last modified on Tuesday, 07/04/2020

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