The World Bank has expressed its satisfaction with the progress the Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP) has made so far despite the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the implementation process. This was voiced during the project mid-term review (MTR) which took place between April 26 and May 5, 2021. LWSP, a World Bank/IDA funded […]
“Once completed, water production will increase to an assurance level and enough to meet the growing demand.” Finance Minister Felix Mlusu has lauded the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its continued financial support and recommencing commitment in underwriting resources for various development schemes including water projects in the country. The Malawi government purse keeper, Mlusu, […]
“We investigated and confirmed a total of 68 water theft cases.” Malawi’s former Central Bank governor who has been earning a whopping K27 million a month Dr Dalitso Kabambe is among 68 people who have been ‘stealing’ water from Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) through illegal connection. Dr. Kabambe is the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) aspirant […]
One of the country’s utility service providers, the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB), has embarked on an exercise whose aim is to get rid of sanitary structures, such as toilets, that are built close to or on top of feeder pipelines and pose health risks. The statutory corporation, established in 1947 and reconstituted by the Act […]
The Project for Strengthening the Capacity of Non-Revenue Water Reduction for LWB (nicknamed LiSCaP) is making positive strides by capacitating Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) in reducing water losses, officials have revealed. LWB acting Chief Executive Officer, Silli Mbewe, disclosed on Wednesday during the project’s 4th Joint Coordination Committee Meeting held virtually, that the project has registered […]
Lilongwe Water Board on Friday (donated 156 gas cylinders to the Kamuzu Central Hospital’s isolation center at Bingu National Stadium. The donation is worth K10 million. Speaking during the handover of the gas cylinders, LWB Board Chairperson, Engineer George Kajanga said the donation is part of the Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). “We felt duty-bound […]
The Lilongwe Water Board has hailed Stella Gondwe, a customer, for her bravery to stand up and speak about service provision discrepancy at its Area 25 (B) Customer Service Centre. On Saturday morning Gondwe visited the service centre to pay her water bills only to find it not opened on time as indicated on the […]
Multi-billion Salima-Lilongwe mega water project contractors have blamed the government for the five year delay to start the project. Khato Civils says the delay to kickstart the project is due to Ministry of Finance’s delay to sign a loan guarantee with the financiers the company has identified. The South Africa-based Khato Civils chief executive officer, […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it has received reports of abuse of office at Lilongwe Water Board involving former Minister of Water Charles Mchacha. In a letter dated November 6 2020 to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) boss Reyneck Matemba, HRDC chairperson Gif Trapence says they have received reports that Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) procured furniture […]
Khato Civils, a company awarded a multi billion Lilongwe-Salima water project, has clarified that the $7million it got from the Lilongwe Water Board was part payment for the engineering services and designs, which South Zambezi did on the project. The clarification follows a spate of speculations on the social media querying the reasons for the $7million […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) is losing around five percent of the water it produces to illegal connections across the city, equalling K 854 million in the revenue loss, officials have confirmed. Meanwhile, the government, Japan International Cooperation (JICA) and the Board have bemoaned the continued tendency by some unscrupulous customers who connect the water supply […]
European Investment Bank (EIB) which is financing a new water treatment plant for Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has written Ministry of Finance querying the recruitment of Godfrey Itaye as the board’s chief executive officer (CEO) despite his alleged involvement in fraud and corruption. The Lilongwe Drought Resilience programme intends to construct a new water treatment […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has pledged that it will soon be able to meet the high demand for water supply in the Capital City once the World Bank-sponsored Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP) is completed. The Capital City has a population of over 1.2 million people and the LWB currently serves about 85% of […]
Khato Civils, a company awarded a Lilongwe-Salima water project, is geared to execute the much-awaited project to tap water from Salima to Lilongwe with a reduced cost by $102 million (about K73 billion). Lilongwe Water Board awarded Khato a K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima water project but the company has cut the cost of the project from […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has removed the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) out of the Area 18 Water contamination case. However, the court has maintained the case against Lilongwe City Council (LCC) and the Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC). Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda on Monday made the ruling that LWB is off the case, this means that […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) Chief Executive Officer, Godfrey Itaye says the demand of water supply in Lilongwe will be met once renovation of Kamuzu Dam 1 is completed by end of next year (2021). He said this when Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo toured the water supply body’s offices and Kamuzu Dam […]
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) on Thursday officially commissioned its Customer Service Center in Area 25 (B) as one way of bringing services closer to the people. The Minister of Irrigation and Water Development, Charles Mchacha has since hailed the institution for constructing the facility and called for mindset change among water service providers in […]
Khato Civils, a South African-based firm owned by a Malawian business magnet Simbi Phiri, has dismissed claims by Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) that is has failed to find a financier the K400 billion Salima-Lilongwe water supply project, saying LWB acting chief executive officer (CEO) Moses Mwenye is being used by political gurus to “scandalise” the […]