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Mota Engil manager and Sumbuleta face prosecution over sexual harassment: Malawi police to carry criminal investigations

April 1, 2021 By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked the Inspector General of Police to commence criminal investigations against former Director-General for Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Aubrey Sumbuleta and Joacquim Carvalho, a senior manager at a construction company, Mota Engil, over separate sexual harassment allegations. Sumbuleta is accused of sexual harassment of female employees at the […]

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Malawi court rules against Mota Engil in sex abuse case, sets landmark precedent

March 27, 2021 By Nyasa Times Reporter

The High Court has ruled against Mota Engil Construction Company in a case where Tamara Kabowa sued the company K100 million for damages following sexual abuse by her immediate boss, a Portuguese identified as Joachim Carvallio. Mota Engil claimed Kabowa was not sexually harassed by their male employee as such the company was not liable […]

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Malawi govt terminates K5bn Mota Engil contract for Nyika Road: Portuguese contractor claims K90bn bill

March 22, 2021 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi government has terminated a K5.1 billion contract with contractor Mota Engil to build the Rumphi-Nyika-Nthalire-Chitipa Road as Roads Authority has been given a K90 billion bill by the Portuguese contractor for infrastructure construction. Roads Authority is disputing the figure, saying it is on the higher side and would be engaging the Roads Fund Administration […]

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Fired Vale staff want K4.6bn compensation hearing to proceed with or without lawyer: Matter adjourned

January 20, 2021 By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Industrial Relations Case (IRC) in Blantyre was on Tuesday forced to adjourn a case in which eight employees that were abruptly fired by Vale Logistics of Brazil dragged their employer to the court for alleged unfair dismissals. Lawyer representing the eight, but are now seven after one of them died, did not show up […]

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Mia assures Motal Engil to complete Njakwa-Livingstonia Road within a year: Urges patience on Chitipa road construction

December 3, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Minister of Transport and Public Works Mohammed Sidik Mia visited the Njakwa-Livingstonia Road in Rumphi construction site and has assured the communities that the administration of President Lazarus Chakwera will ensure the long-neglected road should be completed within a year with October 2021 as a deadline after decades of lies and broken promises by past regimes. […]

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MV Ilala back on Lake Malawi: Mota Engil commits to sort out workers demands

September 21, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

The MV Ilala is reportedly back on Lake Malawi after Malawi Shipping Company Workers have accepted to get back to work as the management finalizes their agreement by 30th September 2020. It is said the Mota Engil which runs the Vessel has also written a commitment letter through government that it will sort out on […]

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Chakwera impressed with Area 18 Interchange: Mia says project to ease traffic congestion in Lilongwe

September 2, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday morning toured the the Area 18 Clover leaf Interchange project in Lilongwe and said he is impressed with the progress of work by the project contractor Mota-Engil. “I am very pleased with the progress that has been made,” said Chakwera after Minister of Transport Sidik Mia took the President through […]

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Minister Rashy wants Mota-Engil to construct primary school in Machinjiri

July 29, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Minister of Mining Rashid Gaffar has asked Mota-Engil to construct a primary school in Traditional Authority Machinjiri in Blantyre as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). Speaking when he visited the company’s quarry mining site in the area on Monday, the minister said although he was satisfied with the mining operations, the company needed […]

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Malawi govt questioned for favouring Mota-Engil to ‘level of monopoly’ in road construction

June 1, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Some social commentators are groping for justification behind Malawi government’s glaring favouring of a Portuguese multinational engineering firm, Mota-Engil, when it is awarding contracts in the road construction projects. Stanley Onjezani Kenani observes that Mota-Engil is currently enjoying a combined value of K142 billion in road contracts in Malawi. The second most-favoured company, Zhajoung of […]

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Mota-Engil delays Area 18 Interchange project due to Covid-19

May 18, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Roads Authority (RA) says completion of the Area 18 Clover leaf Interchange initially planned for July may be pushed to August due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has affected work on the site. In an interview, RA spokesperson Portia Kajanga said the contractor, Mota-Engil, is adhering to Covid-19 precautionary measures which has affected […]

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Mota Engil explains water drainage system after protests in Lilongwe

January 4, 2020 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Contractors Mota Engil say they suspended construction of drainage system along the new Area 25 Nsungwi road in Lilongwe because some residents took the company to court over the construction of the road. The clarification comes after some residents blocked the road on Wednesday to force the road construction firm make waterway drainage system as […]

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March deadline for Malawi first overhead traffic interchange

November 4, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Traffic activities will be disrupted in Lilongwe for the next five months following a decision by Roads Authority to close part of M1 road of Area 18 roundabout to pave way for construction works of the country’s first overhead traffic interchange. Speaking to reporters after a tour of the construction site, Road Fund Administration chief engineer Joel […]

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Malawi should not invent its Guptas like Zameer Karim and Mota Engil: Yeremiah on record

September 13, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Opposition legislator Yeremiah Chihana invented himself as new loose cannon among the current cohort of Parliament during the last sitting and will be the MP to watch in general debate of the 2019/20 budget statement. Chihana, who is the only MP for Alliance for Democracy (Aford), is standing to advance transparency and accountability. He is […]

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Muhara must explain K70bn deal as legal expert calls Malawi military hospital project probe

May 10, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is calling for an investigations on claims made by Vice President Saulos Chilima on how a contractor who bid US$105 for the construction of a military hospital has been left out by the government in favour of a bidder of US$206 million. Chilima, who is also UTM Party […]

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Contractor Mota Engil moves equipment to Likoma jetty site

April 4, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Hundreds of enthusiasts stood ashore of the Nkhatabay port to witness onloading of heavy and high valued earth moving equipment destined for Likoma Island. Every step of loading the equipment which included a bulldozer and an excavator onto a pontoon (barge) was carefully done. Across the mainland shores, hundreds of people at the island were […]

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President Mutharika to launch flagship Lilongwe- Kasiya-Santhe road

April 2, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

President Peter Mutharika is scheduled to launch 95 km long Lilongwe Old Airport-Kwanyanda-Santhe road on Wednesday April 3 2019 according to Chief Secretary to Government Lloyd Muhara. The project also includes the Kasiya spur which has been constructed by Portuguese conglomerate Mota-Engil. Multinational engineering firm Mota Engil has demonstrated another top drawer delivery of a quality […]

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Mangochi-Liwonde road construction delays

January 10, 2019 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Construction of Mangochi-Liwonde road, one of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) development signatures, has delayed. The road construction was supposed to finish in August 2018 but contractors, Mota Engil, asked for more time before completion of the construction works. Roads Authority spokesperson Portia Kajanga and Mota Engil spokesperson Thomas Chafunya asked for more time […]

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Minister Jappie pleased with progress on Liwonde-Mangochi Road project

August 3, 2018 By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi’s Transport and Public Works Minister Jappie Mhango says he is impressed with a remarkable progress on the Liwonde-Mangochi Road. He was speaking when he toured the project on Wednesday afternoon this week. The 75 kilometre road is part of the Nacala Development Corridor that connects Malawi with its two neighbours Mozambique on the eastern […]

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