Vice President Saulous Chilima recently met officials from Kasungu Municipal, Kasungu District Council, Nkhotakota District Council, Salima District Council and Mchinji District Council, an effort to reform local councils to improve service delivery.

Chilima, as Minister of Economic Planning and Development, stated that reforming local councils involves empowering them to carry out their mandates that include making decisions on local governance and development at district level.

“We expect the councils to identify areas that will drive their financial sustainability and improve service delivery with the aim of improving livelihoods of Malawians.” said Chilima on his Facebook platform, “These reform areas touch on promotion of tourism, innovations in revenue collection systems and expanding revenue base,”.