President Peter Mutharika has pointed to a national road reconstruction drive as one of the signature achievements of his first year back in office, telling state broadcaster MBC on Sunday that long-neglected infrastructure was finally being restored after years of disrepair. “The roads which have not been maintained since around 2022, we are now rebuilding […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has officiated the groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation of the M1 Road, a major project spanning from the Bunda Turnoff in Lilongwe to the Kameza Roundabout in Blantyre, with the launch event held at Linthipe 1, off the Lobi Turnoff Road in Dedza district. The ceremony […]
Malawi’s Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango, has told Parliament that government has engaged 81 contractors to rehabilitate roads damaged by floods and other weather-related events in districts across the country. Responding to questions in the National Assembly, Mhango said the rehabilitation programme was already under way, and expressed confidence the works would […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday embarked on an inspection of public projects being undertaken in the northern region as well as tracking first quarter progress of reforms in councils based in the region. The inspection will take Chilima to Karonga, Rumphi and Nkhatabay where various projects are currently under implementation. All along councils have […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has an overstretched schedule and hectic agenda for the next two weeks as he embarks on inspecting some major projects in the Northern, Eastern and Southern regions of the country as well as holding public reforms and civil service task force meetings across the country. A packed programme for the Veep […]
Residents living along the Lirangwe-Chingale-Mchinga Road have today held peaceful protest outside the Malawi Parliament to demonstrate their displeasure with the delay by the government to complete construction of the road. The 61.2 km long road, which the Roads Authority (RA) designated as S139, starts at Lirangwe Trading Centre in Blantyre District and it extends northwards […]
People of Neno have mobilised themselves, risen up to demand a good road in their district. Neno has one of the worst roads in the country. Thursday morning, people of Neno through a grouping called Neno Road Advocacy stormed parliament to demand that upgrades Neno Road to tarmac standard. The grouping presented a petition to […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Friday opened a virtual Malawi Engineering Institution Annual General Meeting (AGM) from his office at the seat of government Capital Hill in Lilongwe with a call to the engineers to up standards in the delivery of services to the nation. Chilima emphasized that the engineering profession is among the pivotal […]
A bridge along the Mangochi-Makanjira road collapsed on Sunday, went down with a heavy duty tipper with its cargo. The Kalanje Bridge collapse rendered the Mangochi-Makanjira road impassible. There were no injuries. This is a fourth bridge to collapse along the road this rainy season alone. Roads Authority spokesperson Portia Kajanga says a contractor has […]
Deputy minister of local government, Halima Daudi has said most roads in the country’s major cities are in bad shape, the development she said is worrisome as it is compromising the country’s city’s standards. Daud said apart from the country’s cities having roads which are in bad shape , they are also few a development which she said has resulted […]
The only reliable, Mzuzu-Karonga M1 road is impassable after culverts at Enukweni between Mzuzu and Bwengu in northern district of Mzimba collapsed due to heavy rains, rendering it impassable to motor vehicles. Roads Authority spokesperson Portia Kajawa, however, said they have already identified a contractor, Chivundo Civil Engineering for rehabilitation. She said, meanwhile, people should […]
Communities around Traditional Authority (TA) Kalumba in Lilongwe will benefit with the newly constructed concrete bridge worth K79.8 million from Roads Authority. The newly constructed bridge in the district connects Lilongwe Central Constituency whose Member of Parliaments is Lobin Lowe and Msozi North constituency of Sosten Gwengwe – both Cabinet ministers. Speaking on Friday during […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said government is losing a lot of money when road projects are not well funded or delayed. Chilima made the remarks on Tuesday when he visited the 97-kilometer Blantyre City By-pass Road to evaluate the progress made so far. He said it was sad to see that people get compensated when […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said the political violence in the run up to the November 10, 2020 by-elections un Karonga Central, perpetrated by some members of his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party of Vice-President Saulos Chilima, was “unacceptable” and “a disgrace” to the Tonse Alliance government. Speaking on Tuesday at Karonga Community Ground […]
Roads Authority (RA) chief executive officer Engineer Emmanuel Matapa has said as suggested by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, they will engage Plem Construction Limited on the need to improve the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road project. Chilima described as substandard works and ordered the redesigning of the first completed 10 kilometres (km) of the 140-km road. The Vice-President, who […]
Road Authority (RA) has said capacitating a government institution in road construction will have positive results in the near future. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emmanuel Matapa made the observation Sunday when the Vive President Saulos Chilima toured the newly constructed Ntcheu–Tsangano-Mwanza road. He said the engagement of Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Engineers Battalion was in […]
A visibly furious Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday deplored and took to task officials from Plem Construction company over what he called ‘poor and substandard works’ on the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza road. Chilima, who is also Minister responsible for Economic Planning and Development and Public Reforms, visited the road project as part of his inspection tour […]
Government has hinted that new projects need to secure 80 percent of total funding before its commencement if implementation time frames are to be achieved. Vice President, Saulos Chilima made the observation Sunday when he toured Ntcheu-Tsangano-Mwanza road to appreciate progress being made by contractors, Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Engineers Battalion. He observed that most […]