By Eranivey Temani and Mwai Kumanda

Lilongwe, July 11, Mana; Lilongwe District Council has revealed that it was targeting to collect K884 million from Locally Generated Revenue in the 2024-2025 financial year.

Speaking on Wednesday during the citizen engagement meeting, Lilongwe District Council Chief Planning Officer, Dumisani Chiwala said among other things the Council would equip revenue tax collectors with more knowledge and skills in collecting the market revenues.

He said the Council intends to introduce e-ticketing very soon which would enable clients to pay direct to Council’s accounts.

“In the 2024-25 budget, there are several projects we want to implement as a Council, so for us to achieve that, we need to collect more revenue from market establishments fees, licenses and permits, services charges as well as income from commercial ventures,” Chiwala said.

Apart from the locally generated Revenue, he said the Council anticipates receiving a total of K10.7 billion from the government funding windows such as the Constituency Development Fund, District Development Fund, Water Fund, and World Bank through the Government to Enable Service Delivery programme among others.

Chairperson for Lilongwe Civil Society Network, Gibozi Mphanzi thanked the Council for engaging members of the Civil Society Organizations on their intention to improve the livelihood of the people in the district through various developments.

He urged the Council to make sure that the projects being implemented in the district must reflect the needs of the citizenry adding that monitoring and evaluation must be strengthened to enhance transparency and accountability. 

Lilongwe District Council needs about K26.9 billion for its 2024/2025 financial year.