Over K500m Needed To Maintain Karonga District Council

District Commissioner for Karonga, Emmanuel Bulukutu has said the Council would need over K500 million for maintenance of its offices and purchase of new office equipment that got damaged by fire last week during anti Jane Ansah demonstrations.

The DC who is now operating from Karonga District Fisheries Office told journalists that most of Public Servants have been heavily affected by the incident saying some have no offices to operate from.

Bulukutu said “though some officers have been allocated space in Council’s old offices it would take time for each and every department to get settled and operate properly.”

He urged well-wishers to assist the Council with office equipment so that it should continue providing services to the citizenry.

Karonga Civil Society Organisations Network have distanced themselves from the demonstrations saying people were at liberty to support the demonstrations if they saw it fit to do so.

Interim Secretary for the Network, Christobel Munthali said in a separate interview that as network they entirely supported the idea of conducting peaceful demonstrations as a way of letting people express their feelings.

She was quick to condemn the violent acts which marred the so called peaceful demonstrations.