The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) is embarking on ambitious multi-billion Kwacha project to address water supply and sanitation challenges in the capital city. LWB has initiated Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP) which aims at increasing access to improved water services and safely managed sanitation in the city of Lilongwe and surrounding areas. One of […]
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 […]
An influential weekly newspaper has expressed worry over “wanton disregards of public procurement laws” and questions the integrity of the internal procurement committee members of the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) over the controversial payment the contract a whopping K239million in the project that is shrouded in controversy. The water supplier has confirmed K239million to Sawa […]
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has procured a state-of-the-art mobile water treatment plant which will complement its efforts during water supply emergency situations, and can be used to produce bottled water. According to the Board, the plant has been supplied by Paramount Holdings Limited. LWB is expecting to use the plant at the time of […]
As controversies over the Lake Malawi Water Project continue, Lilongwe Water Board has set its eyes on reviving the abandoned Diamphwe Dam Project, a development which analysts have said it shows how indecisiveness is the utility company which recently has been touting the Salima project as the best option to solve the water problems in […]
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has adopted innovative pre-paid water metering system to improve its service delivery. The metering system is an upgrade from post-paid metering system which the Board has been using since its establishment in 1947. According to the Board’s acting Public Relations Officer, Trevor Phoya, the pre-paid metering system is one of […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has rebuffed one of the families in Area 18 affected by the sewage polluted water when they demanded compensation of K95 million. Lawyer GD Liwimbi and Partners wrote the board seeking compensation of K95 million for a family of Khama Matupa, Elinat Matupa, Thandiwe Longwe, Beatrice Njiragoma and two minors who […]
The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) has called on residents of Area 18 in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, who recently were subject to drinking piped water mixed with sewer, to disregard the task force appointed by the country’s president. HRCC has described the task force appointed by President Peter Mutharika as a waste of time and […]
Area 18 households in the capital Lilongwe affected by the sewage polluted water are demanding K4 billion each from Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) and Lilongwe City Council (LCC) as compesation. Chairperson of the housholed, Leonard Phiri, confirmed that they want the K4 million for each 263 households that are affected which will translate to K4 […]
President Peter Mutharika has instituted a six-member task-force to investigate the water contamination incident that occurred in Area 18 in Lilongwe in July when some residents had sewage-filled water flowing from their taps. Mutharika has appointed Chief Director in the Office of President and Cabinet, Rexie Chiluzi to chair the task-force with deputy Director of […]
Lawyers’ Forum for Human Rights has asked Lilongwe Water Board and Lilongwe City Council (LCC) to give K2 million compensation to each of the Area 18 residential estate household as compensation as they made to consume water contaminated with sewage. Some residents of Area 18 had sewage-filled water flowing from their taps, a development which was […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has been given a four day ultimatum to repair the broken sewer lines in Lilongwe’s Area 18 residential estate. The residents in Area 18 and Malawians at large are drinking dirty water infested with face all matter, according to published reports. MHC has been warned to face unspecified drastic action by […]
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. […]
Malawi Parliament’s committee on environment and natural resources say it has summoned Lilongwe Water Board and Lilongwe City Council over the horror which residents in the capital especially those in Area 18 faced by consuming water contaminated with sewage . Committee chair Welani Chilenga said all preparations for the meeting has now been completed. […]
Residents of Area 18 in Lilongwe city are living dangerously on a ticking bomb as sewer spillage in the area is rampant raising fears of possible more water contamination incidents as both Malawi Housing Corporation a(MHC) and Lilongwe City Council (LCC) are failing to swiftly rectify the situation. MHC and LCC are the ones who […]
Area 18 residents and those in other parts of Lilongwe who were made to consume water contaminated with sewage on Tuesday took to the streets as they marched to Lilongwe City Council and presented a petition demanding clean water in the area. Last week, some residents of Area 18 had sewage-filled water flowing from their […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has bemoaned the continued overflowing of sewage in Area 18A which poses threats of another water contamination incident. LWB since Tuesday last week when the area was affected by water contamination due to sewer overflow that sipped into the water pipes, has been working on rectifying the problem by, among other […]
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Irrigation Development Joseph Mwanamvekha has said a government inquiry on who is to blame for the contaminated water in Area 18 in Lilongwe is over. Mwanamvekha, however refused to give details as to who is to blame for the mess between Lilongwe Water Board, the supplier of water, Lilongwe City […]