Minister of Sports assures world class stadium construction in Mwanza

By: Our reporter

Minister of Youths and Sports, Uchizi Mkandawire on Thursday, ensured residents of Mwanza that government will construct world class stadium in the district.

Speaking in the August House after Mwanza Central legislator, Nicholas Dausi wanted to know its progress, Mkandawire said his ministry in conjunction with the Ministry of Local government will which is implementing the project understand the important of the infrastructure to the people of the district.

“Mr First deputy Speaker Sir, I would like to assure the senior member of this house who is also MP for Mwanza central that Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s administration will construct a world class stadium in his area,” said Mkandawire.

According to him, the Mwanza Stadium will constructed in a design that will allow it to carry intern games.

Dausi said such infrastructures are very important to the people of Mwanza.

“It is almost 100 kilometers from Mwanza to Blantyre where there is a stadium and where government is in process of implementing other new modern stadiums. It will be good if government construct the same in Mwanza,” he pleaded.

Apart from the stadium, Dausi also asked Ministry of Labour to construct a Technical College in the district saying Mwanza is the only district without such infrastructure in the country.

On Wednesday and Thursday, President Chakwera was busy inspecting stadiums in Chitipa and Mzimba districts respectively.