There have been fevered speculation that the root of the oil and gas exploration messes that is causing Lilongwe serious headaches can be traced to corruption and the licensed investors are behaving larger-than-life with latest published reports indicating they snubbed officials at Capital Hill who had called for a meeting with them. According to Ministry […]
The government of Malawi lifted the oil ban on Lake Malawi in February, 2016. Ever since then the government of Malawi has not explained to the citizenry on why it decided to lift the suspensions. It is noted that the government of Malawi in November, 2014 put a ban on oil exploration in Malawi pending […]
Malawi government has invited Rak Gas, one of the firms searching for oil and gas in Malawi, for talks scheduled in March on the mist over suspected links with Hamra Oil before clearing them for exploration on blocks Four and Five on the Lake Malawi. Minister of Energy and Mining Minister Bright Msaka has said […]
People of Karonga and Chitipa districts have joined forces in asking their district councils to formulate by-laws that can make it easier for communities to collect revenue from mining companies ahead of the exploration of oil and gas on Lake Malawi expected to commence this month. Karonga Forum for Oil and Gas Secretary General Wavisanga […]
A ban on the oil and gas exploration exercise on Lake Malawi which has been in place since 2015, has effectively been lifted by President Peter Mutharika, , Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda disclosed at a news conference in Lilongwe. Mutharika suspended oil and gas exploration on the lake in 2014 because of allegations […]
Environmental Activist Godfrey Mfiti is leading a campaign that is persuading Malawi Government to withdraw Oil exploration and drilling Plans on Lake Malawi. He has been having a series of public lecturers and currently mobilizing the local chiefs along the Lakeshore to resist oil drilling in Lake Malawi. Nyasa Times engaged Mfiti for an exclusive […]
Environmental Activist Godfrey Mfiti who is trying to persuade Malawi goverment to shelve its plans for oil drilling in Lake Malawi has been consulting local people along the Lake. Over the end of last December the environmental activist has been meeting local business owners and residents along the Lake Malawi shores. He has been seeking […]
On 9th December, 2015 the daily Nation newspaper reported that Malawi government is still undecided on whether to explore oil or not in Lake Malawi. The media report quotes the official communication from Malawi Government to World Heritage center offices in Paris, France. The official Communication originated from the Secretary of Sports and Culture .The […]
Oil and gas exploration activities on Lake Malawi will begin in the next two months, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines has said. Principal Secretary in the Ministry Ben Botolo told Nyasa Times on Sunday after demands from some concerned residents of Karonga that government should release the full sensor gravity gradiometer on oil and gas […]
Communities in Karonga have asked government to expedite and finalize all due processes that are a precursor for oil exploration along the Lake Malawi stretch within the boundaries of the district. Studies and tests carried out some years ago established that there are huge deposits of oil and natural gas under Lake Malawi, a situation […]
A local environmental activist Godfrey Mfiti is persuading government to cancel oil exploration in Lake Malawi, saying it is categorised as a World Heritage site which could seriously dent the country’s image in environmental conservation. “Oil exploration in Lake Malawi must be differred. It must be stopped. We need tools such as rules and regulations, […]
Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has defied request by the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to investigate and provide information to the nation on what happened to the royalties earned from Nigerian crude oil deal and the proceeds from Presidential jet sale. Malawi in 2013 earned US$1,256.081.70 as royalties from crude oil deal […]
President Peter Mutharika has conceded that Malawi has not benefitted from minerals due to poor bargaining at the initial stage, saying government is reviewing six licences issued to prospective investors to explore the availability of oil on Lake Malawi following concerns of irregularities during their award. Mutharika said in the event that there is oil […]
Malawi government is set to cancel, then, renegotiate production sharing agreements (PSAs) with companies licensed to explore oil and gas in the country, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has confirmed. According to published reports on Sunday, government has completed reviewing the matter and that a final announcement will be made soon, after […]
Malawi risks being blacklisted for failure to comply International Conventions, according to an environmental activist in Southern Africa, Godfrey Mfiti who is also the Director of Institute of Sustainable Development in Malawi. Malawi being a state party to the 1972 world heritage convention has breached the convention by embarking on oil exploration on World Heritage […]
The three companies controlling five of the six oil and gas exploration blocks – Rak Gas, Pacific Oil and Hamra Oil Holdings Limited -are controlled by one group designed to get a Lions share of the oil blocks by using any trick in or outside the book, Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has noted in […]
Malawi government announced recently it had suspended all oil exploration licenses pending a review of some sort. Just to put you in the loop, the Malawi Government issued some exploration licenses to a number of International companies to explore the shores of Lake Malawi to find out if there are enough oil reserves to be […]
The root of the oil exploration mess that is causing Lilongwe serious headaches can be traced to corruption and incompetence displayed by two Malawians and a certain UAE Arab, we can reveal. Few months after Peter Mutharika ascended to the Malawi Presidency, his government issued a moratorium which is basically a delay or a suspension […]