In Lilongwe’s crowded neighbourhoods, some families see tap water just once a month – and only in the dead of night. These scenes of scarcity underscore a water crisis the government hopes to end with a mega-infrastructure initiative: the Salima–Lilongwe Water Supply Project. In a nation grappling with droughts, cholera outbreaks and economic strain, 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, […]
State Residences director of communications and executive assistant to President Lazarus Chakwera has said there is nothing to hide that South Africa-based business mogul Simbi Phiri of Khato Civils is connected to the Malawi leader and supported his election campaign but that he will not get preferential treatment in doing business with government. Simbi Phiri […]
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 […]
Government says it is opening discussions with Khato civils to re-engage it on the resumption of the K400 billion Salima-Lilongwe water supply project. Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources Nancy Tembo said this Wednesday when she visited Lilongwe Water Board offices. “We will initiate the discussions between the Lilongwe Water Board and Khato Civils. We […]
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 […]
The decision by the High Court of Malawi to grant South Africa-based business tycoon Simbi Phiri and his Khato Civils stay order is victory against fake news propaganda orchestrated by the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to tarnish his image and reputation. The DPP social media propaganda machinery has been working on orders to fabricate […]
Khato Civils (Pty) Limited executive chairperson Simbi Phiri has spoken to Nyasa Times that he was not arrested and says he has been tipped by a top governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that they have launched a campaign of character assassination on him. The South Africa-based Simbi Phiri parried out reports of his arrest as […]
The construction industry mogul Ashan Simbi Phiri has reacted to moves by governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which during its demonstrations last wek carried placards that he allegedly financed the opposition to bribe High Court judges to rule in favour of the petitioners in the presidential nullification petition case, warning that if the DPP officials want […]
It seems it doesn’t pour but rain for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which after an appeal loss took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate against the five Constitutional Court judges calling them names and branding them corrupt – now faces law suits for the party’s actions. Information reaching Nyasa Times indicates that […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has petitioned Anti Corruption Bueau (ACB) to investigate the five judges of the High Court who annulled the results of last year’s presidential election, alleging that South Africa-based Malawian construction industry mogul Ashan Simbi Phiri could have bribed them to cancel President Peter Mutharika’s re-election. President Mutharika of DPP was narrowly re-elected in the […]
Contractor of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project, Khato Civils, has said it is ready to start with construction activities anytime once Malawi government concludes the loan agreement with the financiers and warned that there are financial consequences if the contract is terminated. The Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project seeks to pump water from Lake […]
South Africa’s firebrand politician and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has been trending in a YouTube video in which he is with South Africa-based Malawian construction industry mogul Ashan Simbi Phiri captured enjoying local alcoholic beverage, Malawi Gin. In their conversation, Phiri is heard dictating to Malema on what they have to say in declaring […]
South Africa-based Malawian businessperson Ashanti Simbi Phiri, who is facing claims that he has been one of the key donors for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for their elections bid in the May 21 Tripartite Elections to the tune of K700 million, has had his public relations office in damage control, playing down that Simbi […]
South Africa-based Malawian businessperson Ashanti Simbi Phiri financially supported the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for their elections bid in the May 21 Tripartite Elections to the tune of K700 million, Nyasa Times understands. Simbi, who runs a construction and engineering firm Khato Holdings Limited, emerged as one of the top financiers of MCP according […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe who dislosed last year that government has signed a deal with a financier of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Project, effectively putting on course the project that faced several hurdles, has said the contractor Khato Civils is negotiating with new financier. Gondwe is on record to have […]
South African based Malawian billionaire Simbi Phiri never gave opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera cash amounting to R1 million as per rumours circulating in various social media platforms, Nyasa Times has established. Social media has for the past days been awash with reports contending that Chakwera went to South Africa where he […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appea sitting as full bench of seven judges on Thursday threw out an application by Youth and Society (YAS) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) to join the case in which Malawi Law Society tried to curtail progress on the Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply project. The two CSOs wanted […]