By Wongani Mkandawire

Nkhotakota, July 18, Mana: Parliamentary Committee on Local Authority and Rural Development has expressed satisfaction with Nkhotakota District Council's plans to turn Sitima Inn into a hotel as one way of generating income for the district.

Speaking in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Tuesday when the committee visited the project under the Governance to Enable Service Delivery GESD in the area of Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota, Chairperson of the committee, Horace Chipuwa said the plans are crucial, observing this will increase locally generated income to boost service delivery for people in the district.

"Our committee will continue to support the council because they have well-packaged development projects like Sitima Inn that will assist people in the district as well as the country since the local council will generate income," he said.

Senior Planning Officer for the National Local Government Finance Committee-NLGFC, Charity Kaunda said the committee is committed to continue providing financial support so that the council should finish its outlined projects within the given timeframe.

District Commissioner for Nkhotakota, Ben Tonho, expressed gratitude to the committee for visiting the district and described the gesture as a motivating factor for the council.

"We have a philosophy aimed at developing he district because the council's priority is to improve people's social economic livelihoods and infrastructure development," said Tonho.

Nkhotakota District Council will use over K328 million from the World Bank through Governance to Enable Service Delivery GESD to turn the place into a hotel.

The Parliamentary committee was in Nkhotakota district to appreciate progress being made by the council on various performance-based grant projects being implemented.