Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) have condemned fellow activists who have fallen for subtle charm or enticement to vociferously back the controversial South African based billionaire Simbi Phiri $500-million Malawi government water scheme. Some activists – Rodgers Newa, Billy Mayaya and Macdonald Sembereka – for the […]
Lilongwe Water Board general manager Alfonso Chikuni has told parliament that former Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s expert legal advise to halt any activities surrounding the mega water project, the Lake Malawi Water Project still stands. Chikuni said this on Wednesday when he faced a joint parliamentary committee on Public Accounts Committee; Agriculture, Irrigation and Water […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are vulnerable when they have no solid structure, little independent funding and key activist in Malawi have fallen for subtle charm or enticement to vociferously back the controversial South African based billionaire Simbi Phiri $500-million Malawi government water scheme. Major questions have also been raised about whether the project – to pump […]
As preparations for commencement of the historical Lake Malawi Water Supply Project are at an advanced stage, the contractor of the project Khato Civils is mobilising heavy duty equipment in readiness for the multi-million dollar project, Nyasa Times can reveal. Latest to arrive in Malawi are two heavy duty tesmec trenchers 1675, commonly known as […]
The European Union (EU) has pointed out the controversies surrounding the Salima-Lilongwe Water Project as examples of bad procurements around large-scale purchases where rules and regulations designed to oversee such processes are either not implemented or just flouted. Speaking during the National Anti Corruption Conference in Lilongwe, the EU Ambassador Marchel Gerrmann said donors strongly believe […]
The High Court in Zomba has rejected granting of an injunction to halt the Lake Malawi water supply project being done by Khato Civils on behalf of the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB). The application was done by Malawi Law Society (MLS) after showing signs of discontent with the way the $500 million contract was awarded […]
Center for Development of People (CEDEP) has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to rise above party politics on Salima-Lilongwe water project following ‘personal and party interests’ displayed by the legislatures. The proposed project to pump water from Lake Malawi to the capital city, which is 125 kilometres away, has drawn mixed reactions due to, […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale stopped the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) from proceeding with the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) in the project of tapping water from Lake Malawi in Salima to the capital, the water utility told the Budget and Finance parliamentary committee on Wednesday. The proposed project to pump water from Lake […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said government might reconsider the $500 million Lake Malawi water project following the citizens concerns. Khatho Civils—South Zambezi Joint Venture of South Africa is the company that was contracted by Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) and Malawi Government to install the water pipeline project t which entails pumping […]
Concerned with irregularities dodging the USD500 million water project from Salima to Lilongwe in a bid to end the water woes that have rocked the city and surrounding areas for some time now, Center for Development of People, (CEDEP) has called for the cancellation of the project. Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) awarded a contract to […]
Legislators have told Finance and Economic Development Goodall Gondwe to bring back the issue of Lake Malawi water project to parliament for further scrutiny. Chairperson of parliamentary committee on Agriculture, Water Development and Irrigation Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the size of the project and the tax payer money involved needed further scrutiny. “Lilongwe needs water […]
Civil society leaders are clashing in Malawi over the US$500 million hair raising water project awarded to Khato Civil Contractors just as its chairman Ashani Simbi Phiri has been a polarizing figure in the media. Journalists were on Monday night surprised to see CSO leaders; Macdonald Sembereka and Rogers News, who have a reputation of […]
Water supply projects have mushroomed all across the country for the past five years under all city and regional water boards. Some of these projects have been established in Chitipa, Karonga, Salima, Dowa, Dedza and Kasungu among others. One common factor with most of these projects is that they have been undertaken by foreign engineering […]
There has been no feasibility study yet for the construction of water pipeline from Salima to Lilongwe to tap water from Lake Malawi, Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) who owns the contract has confirmed. LWB chief executive officer (CEO) Alfonso Chikuni said they agreed with the contractor Khato Holdings that the feasibility study should be undertaken […]
Billionaire South Africa-based Malawian businessperson Ashanti Simbi Phiri is the man-of-the-moment and continues to dominate the news agenda in Malawi. Simbi has been featured in national newspapers, radios, online and television. The smooth-talking billionaire with a very good flare of English has been explaining on Zodiak TV, Times TV, Nyasa Times and Times Radio on the project […]
It in appreciated by everyone with full knowledge of, and love for, Malawi that the project involving tapping water from Lake Malawi to Lilongwe is extremely important and remarkable response to needs. Lilongwe is fast expanding so is the statistics of consumers of such services like water and electricity. According to recent NSO statistical projections, […]
Khato Holdings Limited, a South African-based firm owned by a Malawian Ashani Simbi Phiri has given constructive justification for the cost and timeline of the $500 million project to pipe water from Lake Malawi to Lilongwe, the capital city. Simbi, Khato’s founder and chairperson, told a group of journalists from Malawi at the firm’s headquarters […]
Conglomerate construction and engineering giant, Khato Holdings, says it plans to construct a modern office and shop complex at City Centre in Lilongwe which upon completion the structure will tower the rest as Malawi’s tallest building. Group Executive Chairman, Simbi Phiri, told Nyasa Times at his Midrand offices in Johannesburg that Malawi needs modern infrastructure […]