Engineer Alfonso Chikuni who has been removed as Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) chief executive officer (CEO) and seconded to Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development as chief director responsible for irrigation and water development, has decided not to take up the post as he has resigned, Nyasa Times understands. Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) Director of Corporate Services, Moses Mwenye has replaced chief executive officer Alfonso Chikuni in an acting capacity as the former boss has been removed from the parastatal. Government has moved Chikuni to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development where he will serve as chief director responsible for irrigation and […]
Government has shaken up Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) by removing theparastatal chief executive officer (CEO) Alfonso Chikuni amidst concerns of alleged corrupt pracises in procurement of services including the way the board intends to award contract to Sawa Group including huge debts it cannot pay. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times dated December 9 […]
The African Water Association (AfWA) has elected the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) Chief Executive Officer, engineer Alfonso Chikuni as its vice-president for Southern Africa region. AfWA elected Chikuni, who is one of its board members, during its executive board meeting held in Kampala, Uganda on Saturday (16th November, 2019). The continental body has four regions […]
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has bemoaned the increase of non-revenue water losses which is coming due to theft of water supplying equipment, illegal water connections and other related issues. In an interview, LWB Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Alfonso Chikuni said the board is worried with the development. “We are very concerned with the losses […]
Lilongwe Water Board Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alfonso Chikuni has asked customers to stop calling him and other officials whenever they have water issues but, instead, utilise the board’s call centre by dialing 253. Chikuni made the plea Wednesday when the board in partnership with Nitel, a technological solutions company, briefed journalists about the newly […]
The Lilongwe Water Board and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Engineer Alfonso Chikuni have been nominated for the sixth edition of African Utility Week Industry Awards to take place on Wednesday 15th May, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Lilongwe Water Board has been nominated and shortlisted for the Water Service Provider of the Year […]
Half a million residents of Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe have all the reasons to smile this festive season and beyond following the approval of a $100 million (about K73 billion at current exchange rate) Lilongwe Water and sanitation Project the World Bank, which will improve water services and sanitation in the city. The World Bank […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has bemoaned the continued overflowing of sewage in Area 18A which poses threats of another water contamination incident. LWB since Tuesday last week when the area was affected by water contamination due to sewer overflow that sipped into the water pipes, has been working on rectifying the problem by, among other […]
Lilongwe Water Board general manager Alfonso Chikuni has told parliament that former Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s expert legal advise to halt any activities surrounding the mega water project, the Lake Malawi Water Project still stands. Chikuni said this on Wednesday when he faced a joint parliamentary committee on Public Accounts Committee; Agriculture, Irrigation and Water […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale stopped the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) from proceeding with the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) in the project of tapping water from Lake Malawi in Salima to the capital, the water utility told the Budget and Finance parliamentary committee on Wednesday. The proposed project to pump water from Lake […]
There has been no feasibility study yet for the construction of water pipeline from Salima to Lilongwe to tap water from Lake Malawi, Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) who owns the contract has confirmed. LWB chief executive officer (CEO) Alfonso Chikuni said they agreed with the contractor Khato Holdings that the feasibility study should be undertaken […]
Consumers Association of Malawi executive director, John Kapito, has blasted water utility body Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) following newspaper report that despite residents of Lilongwe City suffering persistent dry taps, it is funding the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) through the Southern region ‘Blue Night ‘event held in November 2016. Accoridng to a story published […]
Lilongwe Water Board has named water wastage culprits which include the Malawi Army and the police who top the list and say they consume 10 per cent of the water board’s supply when they can reduce their consumption much lower. Lilongwe Water Board chief executive officer Alfonso Chikuni said officials from his office have time […]