RFA ALLOCATES K15.5BILLION TO LILONGWE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF CITY ROADS

The Roads Fund Administration has allocated K15.5billion to Lilongwe City Council, for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the city roads for the financial year 2026/27.

This was disclosed by the RFA Chief Executive Officer, Stewart Malata during a meeting with Lilongwe City Council management at RFA head offices on 20 April 2026.

In his remark, RFA CEO Stewart Malata said that, “We have started receiving fuel levy funds which has triggered the need to engage the city councils to kick start road maintenance and rehabilitation. For a start, we are allocating K15.5billion for this financial year and we will keep monitoring progress. This will be reviewed at mid-year depending on circumstances, the RFA may increase funding”.

“Our expectation is that the funds will be used effectively and efficiently and that there will be value for money in the utilisation of the funds. We are looking at road works that will last the rehabilitation life of the road,” reiterated Malata.

The RFA has also made a special allocation of K500million towards pothole patching for selected roads within the city which are in very bad state.

The Chief Executive Officer for Lilongwe City Council Clement Satmbuli, thanked the RFA for the financing. “The funds have come at the right time when we just completed our road works plans, our budget this year is at K27billion. The K15.5billion will be used to finish some of the outstanding road projects which we couldn’t complete due to lack of funds.”

The city plan to use the financing to finish outstanding road projects such as the Area 49 to Shire Road, Area 18 to Senti road, SKC Highway to Kamuzu Barracks. The city plan to construct a new road from Cherub -Area 47 to Area 49 and a bailey bridge across Lingadzi River. The project will be undertaken by the Malawi Defence Force.

The Roads Fund Administration finances the Special City Roads Rehabilitation Programme which it has been financing since 2015. The funds are allocated to the city councils of Blantyre, Zomba, Mzuzu and currently more town councils have been included such as Luchenza, Mangochi, Karonga and Kasungu.