SOURCE: WEEKEND NATION
PHOKOSO: Our client’s position in and out of court is that their land was wrongfully expropriated and their constitutional right to property was violated
As exposure of wastage, disrespect for rule of law and undue decisions during the erstwhile governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration keep unfolding, Weekend Nation can reveal that 65 houses belonging to Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) risk being demolished for being built on a private land.
MHC is alleged to have constructed two-bedroom semi-detached houses at Ngumbe in Blantyre on a freehold farming land belonging to the family of Costas and Samantha Scordis trading under Chitseko Estate Limited.
April 10, 2021 Nyasa Times Reporter 1 Comment
About 65 houses belonging to the Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) risk being demolished for being built on a private land, it has been reported.
Lawyer Kuleza Phokoso: Our clients own the land
The MHC houses at Ngumbe in Blantyre that risk demolition
According to published reports, MHC is alleged to have constructed two-bedroom semi-detached houses at Ngumbe in Blantyre on a freehold farming land.
In a story carried by
Weekend Nation newspaper, the land belongs to the family of Costas and Samantha Scordis trading under Chitseko Estate Limited.
It is reported that in 2016 MHC obtained a bank loan amounting to about K3.5 billion for construction of the housing units, but ignored a professional advice not to proceed with the project on the land due to ownership issue.