Khato Civils wishes to express its total disgust at an article that appeared in the Nation Newspaper of Thursday, March 22, 2018, in which unfortunate insinuations were made regarding the award of the Lilongwe-Salima water project and purported investigations of the same, by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Ever since the award of this contract, there […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said it will open a probe into a $500 million (K400 billion) Lilongwe-Salima water project to improve water supply in the capital city, after receiving a complaint on the contract. Khato Civils, a construction and engineering company headquartered in South Africa and owned by a Malawian billionaire Simbi Phiri, is appearing […]
Khato Civils is a black-owned African values driven design and construction company committed to contributing towards infrastructure development in the African continent. With its headquarters in Johannesburg Khato Civils has extended its operations beyond the South African borders into countries including Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Namibia. The company’s long-term vision is to have 80% […]
In a gesture of remembering his roots, Khato Civils owner, Simbi Phiri has constructed and furnished a primary school in his home village of Chembe, T/A Mazengera in Lilongwe Rural East. Simbi was born and grew up in Chembe before he left for Botswana as a young boy with his father. The new facility which […]
Two civil society organisations – Youth and Society (YAS) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) – whose application to replace Malawi Law Society (MLS) in the Salima- Lilongwe Water Project case has been dismissed by Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal will have to cough out an approximately of over K80 million as […]
South African-based construction company Khato Civils has vowed to sustain its clean-record of building high quality infrastructure within stipulated time as it expands its operations to many African countries. Khato Civils Executive Chairman Simbi Phiri made the pledge on Friday during the official opening of its multi-million dollar headquarters located at Samrand in South Africa’s […]
Forum for National Development (FND) has accused lawyer Bright Theu of personalizing issues to do with the Lake Malawi Water Supply project. Weeks ago, Theu-as lawyer for Malawi Law Society (MLS)- lost a case at Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal in which his client sought to stop the project on the basis that it by-passed […]
Malawi boasts a number of billionaires and two of the super-rich persons are South-Africa based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and Simbi Phiri and the former has commended the later for being part of the solution to end the water problems in the country through the development of the Salima- Lilongwe Water Supply Project to pump water from […]
Malawi Law Society, a professional grouping of trained legal practitioners, should have done their homework exhaustively when they sought leave for a judicial review on the Lake Malawi Water Supply Project. The arguments that informed their actions to go the High Court in Zomba were that Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) who is the client had […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday October 20 threw out an injunction obtained by Malawi Law Society stopping Khato Civils Ltd from proceeding with the Lake Malawi Water Supply project on the basis that there was no Environmental Impact Assessment. The determination delivered by Justice Lovemore Chikopa faulted both the process through which MLS […]
Khato Holdings Executive Chairman, Simbi Phiri, says his company is set to transform communities along Lilongwe-Salima Road which is coincidentally the designation of the Lake Malawi -Lilongwe Water Supply Project. Khato Civils was contracted by Lilongwe Water Board to implement the K500 Billion project that upon completion will address the perennial water shortages in the […]
Justice Lovemore Chikopa of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday granted a stay order to Khato Civils (Pty) Limited pending an appeal against Malawi Law Society (MLS) order of the injunction by High Court registry in Zomba stopping all groundwork activities for government’s $500 million (K400 billion) Salima-Lilongwe water project. MLS obtained an […]
Khato Holdings has announced plans to expand its construction business to Africa with Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Ghana and South Sudan among the countries the conglomerate wants to claim huge stakes. Simbi Phiri, Executive Chairman of the Khato Holdings, which comprises Khato Civils and South Zambezi firms, said this at the company’s Annual General Meeting in […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has been granted an injunction by High Court registry in Zomba effectively stopping all groundwork activities for government’s $500 million (K400 billion) Salima-Lilongwe water project by Khato Civils (Pty) Limited. According to published report, the injunction granted meant that Khatho, which was contracted by the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) for the multi-billion […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera has thrown his full weight behind the controversial US$400 million Lake Malawi water project which government is initiating to end water woes in the Capital City. In a media interview, Chakwera said the water project is the only lasting solution to the persistent water problems in Lilongwe and surrounding areas. […]
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative Mia Seppo has warned the government against employing shortcuts in the $453 million Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project awarded to Khato Civils Limited. Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project, which seeks to pump water from Lake Malawi to the capital city, was a government initiative to ensure that the people of Lilongwe have […]
Two civil society organisations (CSOs) have criticised President Peter Mutharika’s remarks on the $453 million Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project when he hit at development partners for interfering in its implementation. Speaking at Biwi Triangle in Lilongwe last week, Mutharika said the Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project awarded to Khato Civils Limited of Simbi Phiri, which seeks […]
President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday told development partners to stop interfering on the implementation of the $500million Salima – Lilongwe water supply project to be carried by Khato Civils Limited , saying Malawi is a sovereign state. Mutharika was speaking during a stopover rally at Biwi Triangle in Lilongwe on his way from Blantyre where […]