Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has admitted that some road projects are sub-standard but has warned construction companies against poor work in projects funded by taxpayers’ money. Mhango spoke in Parliament in Lilongwe during question time where United Democratic Front (UDF) member of Parliment (MP) for Machingwa-Likwenu Muhamud Lally complained that although many […]
Government through the Ministry of Transport and Public Works on Thursday assured Malawians to re-build roads which are in bad shape, saying this will be done in chunks as it requires huge amounts of money. During parliament sitting in Lilongwe, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kasungu East Madalitso Kazombo asked government to consider upgrading roads which are in bad […]
Malawi government has succumbed to pressure from motorist and other road users not to affect its newly adjusted fees and fines for road traffic services and offenses. The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) recently adjusted by over 200 % t fees and fines for road traffic services and offenses in an […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango has justified that the K6.6 billion to be spent on the Area 49-Area 18 to Parliament Roundabout road is a result of a scope of work that will be carried out. Speaking at at Bingu National stadium open ground on Tuesday during the ground breaking ceremony for the upgrading […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango has warned developers on road reserves would be punished from now and charged of encroachment. Mhango issued the warning Tuesday during a ground breaking ceremony of the upgrading of the parliament roundabout to Bingu National Stadium road which will cost K6.6 billion. He said government has been […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Director of Campaign, has exonerated himself from terror attacks which took place at Gonapamhanya Traditional ceremony in Bolero, Rumphi after he was accused to be among the organisers of the terror. Last Saturday, panga-wielding and stone-throwing youths clad in DPP […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappies Mhango has issued a stern warning to contractors in the country against indulging in sub – standard work to avoid having their licences revoked. The Minister issued the warning on Thursday in Blantyre when he launched the construction of Mlombozi and Nasundu Bridges in the area of Traditional […]
Northern region district of Rumphi has produced two top positions in the President Peter Mutharika’s new Cabinet. Rumphi North Constituency MP, Jappie Mahngo has been maintained as Transport and Public Works in the Cabinet shake up released by the office of the Secretary to the Government Monday afternoon. Mhango is also ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
Transport and Public Works minister Jappie Mhango has angrily told journalists to stop asking for interviews on Sundays. “This is a day I go to church, this is day I rest. Why do you always call on Sundays,?” said Mhango. This journalist then explained that he was calling the minister in his capacity as influential […]
Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has launched Africa’s first air corridor to test the use of drones in humanitarian missions. The government has launched the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in partnership with the UN children agency, Unicef. Kasungu aerodrone will be used as a test site for aerial scouting in crisis situations, […]
Government has said it will impose a curfew on all buses and trucks travelling at night, saying all passenger and goods vehicles should stop when time strikes 10pm. Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango said this in parliament on Tuesday when he answered a question from Kasungu south east MP Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General, Greselder Jeffrey and Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango, have assured people of Mzimba that funds for construction of the remaining kilometres of Jenda-Edingeni Road are available and that work will resume soon. Jeffrey and Mhango gave the assurance on Friday during a public meeting […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango, has reassured people of Rumphi that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government is committed to implement various development projects to enhance socio-economic life of people in the area and not Alliance for Democracy (Aford) led by Enock Chihana. Mhango, who is Member of Parliament for Rumphi North, […]
Campaign director for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Jappie Mhango, has launched a bitter attack against district governors in the northern region accusing them of orchestrating a plot to remove Regional Governor Kenneth Sanga, saying they should back him or quit the party. Mhango, who is also Minister of Transport and Public Works, said on the […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango, who is als national campaign director of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is sticking to his guns that northern region cannot produce a President, saying even Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe can not rule Malawi despite his credentials, saying it is not possible for the country to […]
Minister of Transport andf Public Infrastructure, Jappie Mhango who is also member of parliament for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for Rumphi North, has said he will not join the ‘Northern Block’ grouping formed to push fir share share of national cake. The ‘Northern Block’ has been formed after the MPs noted that North Malawi […]
Opposition members of parliament on Tuesday took the government head on over substandard road construction and maintenance. The back benchers singled out the Area 18/Gulliver stretch of road that leads to the newly built Bingu International Stadium. They faulted government officials for picking contractors with substandard works background. They said it was sad the government […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has made changes to his cabinet in what is billed as a cabinet reorganization to ensure service delivery and has created a new ministry of civic education, culture and community development, naming Patricia Kaliati as portfolio holder. Mutharika has also re-allocated some ministers. Kaliati was previously Ministers of Information Minister, Civic Education and ICT developmen. […]