Khato Civils (Pty) Limited executive chairperson Simbi Phiri has spoken to Nyasa Times that he was not arrested and says he has been tipped by a top governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that they have launched a campaign of character assassination on him. The South Africa-based Simbi Phiri parried out reports of his arrest as […]
A celebrated K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project’s future still hangs in the dark as compensation claimants are now pressing for their money. The ambitious project is to pump water from Lake Malawi in Salima to the dryland, the Capital City and other surrounding areas as lasting solution to persistent water shortages in the fast […]
Contractor of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project, Khato Civils, has said it is ready to start with construction activities anytime once Malawi government concludes the loan agreement with the financiers and warned that there are financial consequences if the contract is terminated. The Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project seeks to pump water from Lake […]
Malawi government has been urged to be decisive on the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project project as the contractor Khato Civils of Simbi Phiri is fet ti find a new financier for the project. Lilongwe Water Board (LWB), the client in the project, and the contractor Khato Civil had signed the financing agreement with […]
South Africa-based Malawian businessperson Ashanti Simbi Phiri, who is facing claims that he has been one of the key donors for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for their elections bid in the May 21 Tripartite Elections to the tune of K700 million, has had his public relations office in damage control, playing down that Simbi […]
South Africa-based Malawian businessperson Ashanti Simbi Phiri financially supported the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for their elections bid in the May 21 Tripartite Elections to the tune of K700 million, Nyasa Times understands. Simbi, who runs a construction and engineering firm Khato Holdings Limited, emerged as one of the top financiers of MCP according […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe who dislosed last year that government has signed a deal with a financier of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Project, effectively putting on course the project that faced several hurdles, has said the contractor Khato Civils is negotiating with new financier. Gondwe is on record to have […]
Malawians living in South Africa had a rare get-together last Saturday in Johanseburg when the High Commission office hosted the ‘AMalawi Conference’ to discuss and tackle various issues Malawians face in the rainbow nation. The conference drew more than 40 organisations across the Malawian community including religious and economic groupings with key interests in the […]
Khato Civils a contractor on the multi-billion kwacha Salima-Lilongwe Water Project is demanding K100 million as legal costs from lawyer Bright Theu after the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by civil society organisations (CSOs) to replace Malawi Law Society (MLS) in the case on the project with costs. MLS wanted the High Court […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appea sitting as full bench of seven judges on Thursday threw out an application by Youth and Society (YAS) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) to join the case in which Malawi Law Society tried to curtail progress on the Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply project. The two CSOs wanted […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal comprised of a bench of nine judges will Wednesday October 25 2018 hear an appeal by Youth and Society (YAS) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) to replace Malawi Law Society (MLS) in the Salima- Lilongwe Water Project case. MLS wanted the High Court to review a […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal will on October 25 hear a case by two civil society organisations (CSOs) want to replace Malawi Law Society (MLS) against Khato Civil, stopping the engineering company to proceed with the $500 million (K400 billion) Salima-Lilongwe water project. Supreme Court judge Lovemore Chikopa earlier gave Khato Civils a lifeline […]
Malawi government has said World Bank has not released the K60 billion budget support from the World Bank, which was expected in August, has not be released, as the donors had raised some issues including the decision to proceed with the Salima-Lilongwe water project – whose contract was given to Khato Civils Limited that unveiled the […]
Malawi government says it will engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on the financing of the Salima-Lilongwe Water project. Ministry of Finance Principal Secretary, Ben Botolo in a statement madeavailable to Nyasa Times said the project was still in the offing and that it has not been abandoned. Major questions have […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has responded to calls from opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Budget and Finance Committee in Parliament on why the Salima-Lilongwe water project has no funding proposals in the 2018/19 budget, saying government is yet to identify funds. The Salima-Lilongwe water project – whose contract was given […]
Engineering giants Khato Civils Limited say they are fully set to roll out implementation of Lake Malawi Water Supply Project, which is their flagship undertaking in the country. This dispels a recent newspaper report that hinted of a possible withdrawal from the project after the company’s Executive Chairman, Simbi Phiri, expressed displeasure with some red […]
Simbi Phiri, chairman of Khato Civils, has said he was becoming worried with some Malawi government officials, including Finance minister Goodall Gondwe, who has not signed the K400 billion loan contract that is frustrating a multimillion dollar project to pipe water from Lake Malawi to Lilongwe, the capital city. Khato Civils was awarded a K400 […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says there are no ‘well-substantiated grounds’ to institute investigations on Khato Civils (Pty) Limited, a Malawian owned South African based design and construction company over the Multi Billion Kwacha Salima – Lilongwe Water Supply project. A very high ranking official at the country’s graft-busting body says the complaints that the bureau has […]