People with albinism get decent houses
Lilongwe District Council rural housing officer Lusungu Ngwata says government is committed to improving the welfare of people with albinism by constructing decent houses for them to enhance security.
She said this on Friday in Traditional Authority Mazengera in Lilongwe during the handover of two houses worth K90 million to people with albinism.
Ngwata said it was encouraging that since the government started constructing houses for people with albinism, there have been no reported cases of abductions.

She said: “This project is being implemented in all districts except Likoma where there is no person with albinism.
“The beneficiaries are excited as they feel secure and safe. We believe that this project will go a long way in preventing abductions of people with albinism.”
Ngwata asked the beneficiaries to take care of the houses.
One of the beneficiaries Henry Masauso, who is married to Loness Willard, a 38-year-old woman with albinism, and have five children together, all with albinism, thanked government for the decent house.
He said: “It has never been easy to reach this far as our lives were always in constant danger of being abducted at night.
“Sometime back our house was nearly broken into by assailants, thank God they did not succeed as we alerted neighbours on time.”
Hebron Constructions Company team leader Thom Chiphwanya thanked government for entrusting them with the project.
He said although they did not meet the deadline due to other logistical challenges such as fuel scarcity, they tried to maintain specified project standards.
Government is planning to construct 100 houses for people with albinism in five years and it has constructed 67 so far nationwide with 11 of them in Lilongwe District.