Now that all the mayors have now been selected and are in place let the cities be transformed. It is sad to note that a lot of services in these cities leaves a lot to be desired. The road network in towns like Lilongwe needs improvements. Public toilets are almost not there the ones that are there are few and they are not public anymore for they are run by private owners.
Ofcourse how it came to that arrangement I am not sure. But I bet one the reasons for turning the toilets into private was lack of care. We have to come to a point where we love our country that we should work our butts off to make sure we have decent services.
Even the markets people are being charged for selling things in the markets yet the city officials can barely clean and tidy the markets. the have been reports of vendors refusing to pay market fees noting that their environment is not habitable.
Even if you go around the city of Lilongwe the street lights are barely working in most areas. Obviously someone knows something in the councils. Hopefully now with the mayors in place we may have to see what they will do to change this situations.
In Lilongwe there is the council rest house which is very close to the bus depot and an ideal place for commuters to rest and now several years gone still not in operation. For a city council that is cash strapped it amazes me how they are just sitting on a thing that could be bringing money. Even town hall itself needs massive renovations.
To the new mayors I hope you will look into some of these issues and to those whom I have not mentioned problems in your cities or towns look around and you will see. Let us make Malawi a good and clean nation.
Let the changes being made in the civil service also take place in the towns and cities.
