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Luanar authorities want to revert to Bunda

Phiri (C) brief MPs, others
Phiri (C) brief MPs, others

Authorities at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) have asked Parliament to change the name, saying, it is confusing and difficult to market to students and donors.

Luanar vice-chancellor Professor George Kanyama-Phiri said this on Thursday when he led members of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Human Resources following a tour to the newly university campus currently under construction.

“People don’t know the name Luanar because they are used to Bunda. In fact, Bunda has been there for decades. Bunda, as a constituent college of the University of Malawi, started in 1965/6. It is not young,” he said.

He, therefore, asked members of the committee to help the college authorities on the matter. He said even when they go outside Malawi, people fail to come to terms with the new name.

Phiri said the proposed change of name does not mean the college wants to rejoin University of Malawi, but rather have a name that people can recognise easily.

“We plan to open other campuses in town and in Mzuzu to cater for the growing numbers,” added Kanyama.

Chairperson for the parliamentary committee Mcsteyn Mkomba expressed satisfaction with the expansion drive. “We will push so that funding to the university does not stop,” he said. The University asked for K3.7 billion (about $9.2m), but Parliament approved K800 million (about $2m).

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6 Comments

  1. Thats a welcome idea. It must be called something like Bunda College of Agriculture, (simple)

  2. timadabwa2 ife kuti kodi KA luana mkachani? will bbe happy c it roll back to BUNDA unima even. nyc move. am happy 4 this move

  3. Let the name LUANAR be dropped. However, what I don’t understand is why they cant jump onto this opportunity to use the name of the capital as a marketing tool. Bunda may be convenient now because of its history, but if they are thinking big, a name like University of Lilongwe would reflect growth physically and in a multidisciplinary sense. There is no reason and nothing to stop this university from becoming the largest in Malawi. If we look around the world, most capital cities have big universities named after them. That should be the case of Bunda in the medium term.

  4. @mwnation.com/section/business/business-news/
    More fire Bunda woyeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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