‘I have delivered’: Mutharika commissions Chapananga Bridge

May 17, 2019 Steve Chirombo- Mana 24 Comments

President Peter Mutharika on Thursday officially commissioned the much awaited Chapananga Bridge in Chikwawa.

Chapananga Bridge will ease people’s transport challenges.
K8 billion Chapananga Bridge project across Mwanza River in Chikwawa
The longest bridge in the country (180 metres) constructed by Plem Construction Limited with funding from the Malawi Government.

Mutharika said the bridge which connects two areas of Chimwanjale and Chibisa wards in the district will now ease transport challenges communities of the two areas faced.

The Malawian leader said the bridge was a necessary infrastructure which the previous regimes failed to prioritize.

“We had the colonial government, under the Malawi Congress Party and other past governments that you know which failed to construct such a magnificent facility.

“This is the bridge I promised to give you here. This longest bridge will facilitate people’s easy access to either side of this area on top of accessing various social services,” said Mutharika.

Mutharika, therefore, called on people in the district to seriously safeguard the bridge by not vandalizing it.

He also called on communities in the area to vote for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) come next week’s general elections.

“DPP has finally made it and will need you to vote for the party in next Tuesday’s elections,” he advised.

“Tick where you will see four maize cobs to give your vote to the DPP to continue leading and providing you with various development projects,” he added.

Earlier, Roads Authority (RA) Board Chairperson, Brown Mpinganjira thanked the President for commissioning the bridge.

Mpinganjira said the bridge was one of the most important developmental projects Chikwawa district and the country has ever had.

Government pumped in about K8 billion to construct Chapananga Bridge which is 180 meters long  across Mwanza River which contractor PLEM Construction Company Limited has given it 80 years life span.

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24 replies on “‘I have delivered’: Mutharika commissions Chapananga Bridge”

  1. Malawians, not you Mr. President, have delivered. The rhetoric is as though DPP funded the bridge.

  3. Very high quality new 45 km Nktabay – Mzuzu road and probably the best in Malawi done by ADB at a total cost of K6 billion.

    7 km of poor dual carriage way from Lilongwe City Centre to Bingu Stadium at a whopping cost of K10 billion and being done by Malawi Government.

    180 meters of Chapananga bridge realized at a whopping cost of K8 billion and done by Malawi Government. This is to say for every 18 meters of the bridge Malawi Tax Payers have coughed up K800 million …… wow APM!! This is astronomical and cannot be justified by sane and loving Malawians except some looting Lhomwes.

    Malawians can you see how our own Government steals from us? Question is, who pockets this money?

    I know some zealots from DPP will argue that the dual carriage way and the bridge require sophisticated engineering and cost more but the same can be argued for the NkhataBay Bay – Mzuzu Road given the much longer and demanding terrain of high hills and complicated bends followed by the reject. In addition the quality of finished work can not be compared. The quality of the Government work is far inferior.

    If Malawi Goverment was responsible to fund NkhataBay-Mzuzu Riad and going by the evidence of its bad habits of cooking finances, it would have costed the Malawi Tax Payers not less than K35 billion.

    DPP leaders do not love Malawi, which they would like to keep not developed to continue stealing. This they manage to do by revisiting the same works every year through their fake contractors who share the money with them!! Very shameful lot.

    DPP outttt please!

  4. Great peace of development, the people around these areas have suffered a lot, loosing their relations, some recovered , some not . They have been crying all these years and no one heard their voice. But through APM and DPP government has heard the cries of these people, and he has comforted them. Oh what a leader, who looks at the needs of the local people so that they can have peace of mind. They will be able to trade their produce without any problems. God bless APM & DPP. Can’t wait to give him another five more years so the country can develop. Viva APM, Viva DPP.

  5. APM takes us for fools. He is the fool, if he thinks people will vote for him because he has spent their hard earned money, not his own, to build bridges and roads. Bye, bye. Kafikeni bwino kwanuko ku mudzi, kapena ku America!

  6. Malawians, not APM/DPP, have delivered. He brags as though DPP funded the bridge. Msonkho wathu uwu.

  9. Its not right to talk bad about the colonial regime. They built Donna Anna bridge which is one of the longest bridge in Africa so that trains from Malawi can be moving through Mozambique, Zambabwe and reaching South Africa. Just imagine that innovation in the 1950’s But with a bridge connecting two wards APM is making too much noise.

  13. The Government of Malawi has done a commendable job with tax payers money.its not DPP government.therefore it should not be a campaign tool.

  14. Whether you like it or not, we are getting you out on Tuesday next week through the ballot. You have stolen a lot of our money. We want to do away with the business-as-usual attitude which you have planted in Malawians. We are voting in DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA – the only visionary leader we have in Malawi.

    DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA PA 21 MAY PANO – BOMA!! UTM – BOMA!!

  16. Oh yes you have delivered NTCHONA. Massive theft, constant blackouts, food scarcity, nepotism, murdering albinos, quota, etc, etc. Yes you have my vote gogo Pitala.

  19. Wamva iwe kachilima? Leave our Prof. Delivery alone!!!

    Arafat Hamdan the professional ghost worker you better get lost with your insatiable appetite for power. Shaamee on you kachilima!

    DPP booooooomaaaaaa!

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