Following the Government’s decision to bar motor cyclist taxis from using unregistered motorcycles, the motorcyclists staged a demonstration on the streets of Lilongwe.

The taxi operators say that the government’s call is unfair, considering that driving school, obtaining a license and registering is a pricey process altogether. Offering a resolve, the cyclists have petitioned for lower fines for unregistered taxis. Meanwhile, the Malawi Police Service (MPS) traffic officers have recently been impounding unregistered motorcycles, fining drivers without licences and stopping them from operating in the central business district.

The Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda was quoted telling Zodiak Broadcasting Station that during an earlier discussion, the government gave the operators a three-month grace period to register their machines and get their licences.