A parliamentary watchdog has questioned the government’s decision to divert nearly US$13.9 million from Blantyre Water Board towards the purchase of maize from Zambia, arguing the money could have been used to tackle the city’s persistent water shortages instead. The concerns were raised by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Steve Malondera after the committee met […]
Blantyre Water Board has stunned residents by hiring a brand new chief executive just hours after sensationally firing embattled former CEO Yeremiah Chihana — only for it to emerge the utility’s dramatic new boss comes with his own murky past. New CEO Henry Bakuwa, from Mangunda in Thyolo, is far from a stranger to controversy […]
It truly never rains but pours for Yeremiah Chihana. In an astonishing twist of fate, the embattled former water board chief was dealt a brutal one-two punch on Tuesday — losing his Supreme Court battle and his job in the space of a single, catastrophic day. The former legislator had rushed to the Supreme Court […]
The beleaguered chief executive of Blantyre Water Board has been sacked for the third time in just six months, in an astonishing saga that has seen him bounce between the courtroom and the boardroom since the day he took the job. Yeremia Chihana was summarily dismissed by BWB on Monday, just as he was simultaneously […]
A consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs), led by MaBLEM and the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), says there is growing commitment within the energy sector to address Malawi’s electricity supply challenges. The consortium says it is engaging authorities to identify and address challenges contributing to the country’s power deficit, which currently stands at about […]
Blantyre Water Board was quietly handed a K24 billion bailout last year, wiping out most of its debt to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi and slashing annual losses by more than 70%. The rescue package converted K19.2 billion of government debt into equity and introduced a special energy tariff, cutting power costs by K5.8 […]
The High Court of Malawi’s Commercial Division has stopped enforcement of an earlier judgment ordering Blantyre Water Board (BWB) to pay K2.5 billion to a supplier who had pushed for payment. Information and communications technology supplier Madalitso Chika wrote to the court seeking an order to intercept money belonging to BWB held by several financial […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has threatened to disconnect power to Blantyre Water Board (BWB) over an unpaid K1.6 billion commitment. In a letter dated 1 September 2026, ESCOM chief executive Eng. William Kaipa told BWB it had paid only K400 million of the K2 billion it had committed to settle for August, leaving […]
Blantyre Water Board, the utility responsible for keeping taps running across Malawi’s commercial city, finds itself embroiled in a High Court battle that could see its bank and mobile-money accounts raided to settle a debt approaching K3 billion. Court papers lodged at the Commercial Division of the High Court in Lilongwe reveal that Madalitso Chika, […]
A Malawian law firm has denied allegations of impropriety over a payment of more than MK62 million it received from Blantyre Water Board (BWB), insisting the money was for legitimate legal services. Mlauzi Legal Solutions said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times that it has acted as external legal counsel for BWB since […]
The suspended chief executive of Blantyre Water Board has suffered a fresh legal blow after the High Court stripped him of the injunction that had been keeping him in his job. Judge Allan Muhome ruled against Yeremia Chihana this morning, granting an urgent application by Attorney General Frank Mbeta to discharge the stay and injunction […]
Blantyre Water Board paid Mlauzi Legal Solutions a staggering MK62,034,168.75 Firm was allegedly introduced to BWB by board chairman Stain Chirwa A Malawian water utility handed over more than K62 million to a private law firm that appears to have done absolutely nothing to earn it — and the payment was mysteriously logged as a […]
Employees at Blantyre Water Board have asked President Peter Mutharika to sack both the utility’s chief executive, Yeremiah Chihana, and its board chairman, Stanley Chirwa, in a bid to end a leadership standoff that staff say is crippling operations. Under the banner of the BWB Employees Trade Union, workers passed the resolution at a meeting […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has been plunged into extraordinary chaos after workers reportedly declared that both the Chief Executive Officer, Yeremia Chihana, and Board Chairperson, Stanley Chirwa, should be removed from office — a dramatic escalation that could trigger a major legal and governance battle. In what would mark an unprecedented development in Malawi’s parastatal […]
Blantyre Water Board Chief Executive Officer Yeremia Chihana has been reinstated to his post, just days after being suspended on Friday, following a High Court of Malawi ruling delivered on August 30, 2026. The reinstatement was confirmed in an internal memorandum dated August 31, 2026, issued by BWB Acting Director of Human Resource and Administration […]
Suspended Blantyre Water Board boss Yeremia Chihana has blasted the Board’s decision to send him home for the second time in five months, claiming he is being targeted for refusing to “dance to the tune” of powerful interests and for insisting on proper procedures in a multimillion‑dollar World Bank project. Chihana says the latest suspension, […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) Chief Executive Officer Yeremia Chihana has been suspended with immediate effect, pending an inquiry into allegations of misconduct, in a dramatic shake-up at the top of the utility. The suspension follows a resolution passed by the BWB Board on Thursday, 28 August 2026, according to a memorandum issued to all staff […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) Board Chairperson Stanley Chirwa is facing calls for an independent investigation amid allegations that he has overstepped the boundaries of his role, intervening directly in procurement decisions and day-to-day management functions typically reserved for executive staff at the public utility. The allegations centre on the prolonged suspension of five senior […]