Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has said government is working towards reviving railway transport in a bid to reduce the cost of goods that is resulting from over dependence on the expensive road transport. He said this in Salima on Friday when he inspected the railway overhauling project for the Nacala to […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango, has said is dissappointed with compromised quality over the Mchesi Bridge in the capital Lilongwe that got washed away by heavy rains two days ago. Mhango, who toured the place on Friday, said the new bridge is very far from reaching its life span. According to Mhango, […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has said government will continue fulfilling its promises to the people of Malawi. Mhango made the remarks when he officially launched Manoro Bridge in the area of Inkosi Munyanjagha Botha, of Senior Chief Mpherembe, in Mzimba West. He said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has built […]
Minister of Transport and Public works, Jappie Mhango says plans to tarmac Chitipa – Mbilima Border Road, which connects Malawi and Tanzania, are at an advanced stage. Mhango said this when he inaugurated Wiwogholo, Kafola and Nkhangwa bridges in Chitipa North Constituency on Saturday. He said President Peter Mutharika will be in Chitipa soon, to […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango says most of road construction projects has delayed because PVHO has run out of construction equipment due to high demand. Mhango said this in parliament on Tuesday during question time as some back benchers wanted to find out why there were delays in the construction of some […]
President Peter Mutharika will, by December this year (2018), officially commission Chapananga Bridge in Chikwawa, according to Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango. The minister disclosed this when he toured the construction works of the bridge over the weekend. Mhango said the K8 billion-180 metre-long bride, is one of the mega projects Mutharika […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has urged people of Rumphi to vote for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the May 21 Tripartite Elections and that legislator Enock Chihana of Aford should forget about returning his seat in Rumphi Central constituency. Mhango, who is also DPP Treasurer General, made the call […]
Public Works and Transport Minister JappieMhango has lashed out at the contractor maintaining the Karonga-Chitipa road for poor workmanship. The government has set aside K1 billion for the maintenance of the road, a donation from the Republic of China which constructed the road just four years ago. “I am not too happy with the maintenance […]
Suddenly there is a flurry of activities. Construction projects to be exact. Bridges and short roads top the list. They are everywhere, especially in the cities. In the rural areas, Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango could be the busiest person. He has been launching one bridge project after another. Each one of […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Treasurer General, Jappie Mhango on Thursday pledged to donate his August salary towards construction of a school block at Kambuyi Full Primary School in Nkhatabay District. Mhango made the pledge after Group Village Head (GVH) Kamoza of Nkhatabay had asked government to […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has commissioned construction Katapasya Bridge in Balaka which among other things would ease mobility of beneficiary communities on each side of the river. Speaking when he officially commissioned the construction of the bridge valued at a half a billion Kwacha, the Minister said the bridge is strategic […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has advised people around Wovwe in the area of senior chief Mwilang’ombe in Karonga district to plant trees along Chimbiriri river banks to check siltation which contributes to the washing away of the bridge during rainy season. The Minister made the remarks when he officially launched the […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Treasurer General Jappie Mhango has urged people of Karonga Nyungwe constituency in Karonga district to register in their large numbers and vote for the party’s candidates in the forth coming general elections if the area is to develop further. The party’s purse keeper said this at a rally he addressed […]
The ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has unveiled its parliamentary candidate for Mzimba South constituency for next year’s Tripartite elections. DPP treasurer general Jappie Mhango, who is also : Minister of Transport and Public Works, unveiled aspiring member of parliament for Mzimba South Constituency, Tikhome Phiri, Sunday at Mselama Primary School in Paramount Chief […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has conceded that the government has failed to curb high levels of corruption in the country which has led to shoddy construction works. Corruption in the construction of public infrastructure has particularly serious implication. Inappropriate project choice, high prices, poor quality, excessive time and cost overruns, inadequate […]
Malawi’s Transport and Public Works Minister Jappie Mhango says he is impressed with a remarkable progress on the Liwonde-Mangochi Road. He was speaking when he toured the project on Wednesday afternoon this week. The 75 kilometre road is part of the Nacala Development Corridor that connects Malawi with its two neighbours Mozambique on the eastern […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango says his Ministry is geared to end congestions in the Capital City Lilongwe. Mhango was responding to calls from the general public asking government to decongest the roads especially in the Lilongwe City. In the past Blantyre used to have more vehicles but now it looks Lilongwe […]
Overwhelmed by demands for bridges in rural areas by Members of Parliament (MPs), the Ministry of Transport and Public Works is implementing a Special Bridges Program aimed at constructing rural bridges to mitigate challenges communities are facing in terms of connectivity of the rural feeder roads. Nyasa Times understands that the construction of rural bridges […]