Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) kiosks’ water users have hailed the newly launched e-Madzi project, a pre-paid electronic payment system which allows consumers to buy water from kiosks at anytime using smart cards. On Friday 9th June, 2017 LWB launched an innovative e-Madzi initiative targeting customers in low-income areas who buy water from kiosks. The project […]
Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has condemned Lilongwe City Council for contaminating water with its sewer system, demanding compesation to the residents who were affected. In a statement jointly signed by its board chair Edward Chileka Banda and MEHN Executive Director George Jobe, the health rights body is calling for proper investigation on the issue […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has managed to contain water contamination situation that occurred in one section of Area 18A in the capital city of Lilongwe after a sewer overflow sipped into its supply pipe. On Tuesday morning LWB customers in Area 18A particularly those that reside along Salima Street experienced water contamination emergency and LWB […]
Malawians have been gripped with depressing headlines that dominates newspapers and online publications on Thursday. ‘New MHC rentals effective September 1,’ ‘Escom announces more blackouts’, ‘Water crisis looms in Lilongwe’. Needless to say, these are depressing headlines. Water Crisis On water crisis, Lilongwe Water Board chief executive office Alfonso Chikuni has told a joint parliamentary committee […]
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 […]
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 […]
Malawi’s Ombudsman Martha Chimuza-Mwagonde has described the way the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) treats its retired employees as fraudulent saying it uses its own maladministration as a defense against claims of legitimate payments. Chimuza-Mwagonde said this in her determination when she ordered LWB to pay its former employee severance allowance by May 22nd, 2017, after […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) project to tap water from Lake Malawi in Salima and supply to the capital city is being backed by movers and shakers of the economy sector including opposition spokesperson on finance due to the current water crisis being experienced in Lilongwe. The proposed project is to pump water out of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LLB) has suspended two officers, including its public relations officer, on suspicion they are behind the leaking of information that the organisation funded Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region blue night event. The two, revenue accountant Kelvin Lichapa and Public Relations Officer Bright Sonani, were suspended on February 1, 2017 following a […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said the government has no money to effect a salary increase for civil servants, telling those seeking the pay rise to resign and seek a job elsewhere. Gonndwe said this on Tuesday when he presided over the opening of Managing for Development Results workshop in Lilongwe. “Those […]
Consumers Association of Malawi executive director, John Kapito, has blasted water utility body Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) following newspaper report that despite residents of Lilongwe City suffering persistent dry taps, it is funding the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) through the Southern region ‘Blue Night ‘event held in November 2016. Accoridng to a story published […]