Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) chief executive officer Titus Mtegha says construction works for the much anticipated $26.7 million (about K19 billion) Karonga Water Supply Project is expected to start this October. The project will upgrade the water treatment plant from the current production of 12 million litres to 31 million litres per day and […]
Chikande Health Centre in Ntcheu Bwanje South Constituency has been operating for 10 years without running water after unknown people vandalized pipes in 2010. Officer In-Charge for the Health Centre, Mphatso Dzenza said the development was posing a healthy risk at the facility due to poor hygiene. He said it was very challenging to conduct […]
Water Services Association of Malawi (Wasam) executive secretary Dokani Ngwira has said the country’s water boards are failing to perform to their optimum standards due to failure by government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to settle bills. He was speaking at a media briefing in Lilongwe on Friday held to address the threat of coronavirus […]
Malawi High Commissioner to India, George Mkondiwa on Friday, June 12 signed a US$215.68 million Line of Credit (LoC) for drinking water supply projects for Blantyre and Southern Region Water Boards. A statement from the Malawi High Commission in New Delhi says Mkondiwa signed the LoC with the Chief General Manager of Exim Bank in India, Sudatta […]
People from Kamphandira Village 2 and four other villages in Traditional Authority (TA) Mazengera in Lilongwe rural, are delighted because they now have safe and clean water through a mechanisation initiative by World Vision Malawi with financial support from World Vision New Zealand. The water, which is treated accordingly by relevant personnel, is taken from […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa says the major challenge that the water sector is facing in Malawi is climate change and its associated effects, noting that floods, drought and water pollution have now become part of life. He was speaking at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Tuesday, December 4, 2019, when […]
A non-governmental organisation Habitat for Humanity says it is ready to roll out a school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kabudula in Lilongwe. Briefing Lilongwe District Executive Committee (DEC), the organisations WASH Officer, Annie Maduka said the aim of the project is to improve health, school attendance […]
Chiefs in Area 18 in Lilongwe have asked their law-maker Alfred Jiya to help push for justice after residents were supplied with water mixed with sewage in 2017. Senior Block Leader Zimba said the Area 18 residents are still traumatized and they deserve to be compensated. “We are waiting on you honourable Alfred Jiya to […]
Only hours after media reports that Thyolo District Hospital is operating on dry taps, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has intervened, providing a temporary solution that has rectified the problem. The Daily Times newspaper reported that water has been disconnected at the health facility due to non-payment of outstanding bills by […]
Farmers in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Chakhaza in Dowa district have expressed concern over lack of reliable water supply for irrigation farming. The farmers who belong to Malipa irrigation scheme said the river they rely for water supply does not run throughout the year. Chairperson for the Scheme, Kondwani Bintoni said they fail […]
Residents around Mlare Health Centre have asked Karonga District Health Office to end water crisis at the facility saying it is affecting health service delivery. The call was made on Saturday when National Initiative for Civic Education Trust (NICE) introduced formulation of a Health Service Charter with financial support from Tilitonse Foundation, in the area. […]
Traditional leaders and the community of Nathenje in Lilongwe have applauded UTM Party president Saulos Chilima for responding swiftly to fix a broken water system in the area. The Nathenje community, through their traditional leaders and the Nathenje Water Users Association (WUA), pleaded with Chilima when he visited the area recently to fix five water […]
Government is said to be pushing the contractor working on the K17 billion Mulanje water project, which seeks to provide water to Bantyre, to fast track the project so that President Peter Mutharika opens it before the May 21 elections. Project officials from SMS Infrastructure and Plem Construction said Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water […]
Germany has provided €125 000 (approximately K102 500 000) to Habitat for Humanity Malawi (HFHM) for improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in low income areas of Mtsiriza and Mtandile in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The project aims at improving access to safe water and hygiene through the construction boreholes, water tanks, girl-friendly latrines, rehabilitation […]
The water providers in the country are owed in excess of K20 billion in unpaid bills by Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Police Services, government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) thereby denying the five water boards the opportunity for total financial independence, according to Water Boards Management Report seen by Nyasa Times . The five public […]
Malawi Homeless People’s Federation (MHPF) – a grassroots network of Malawians whose incomes are below the national poverty level – has lashed out at government and water boards, accusing them of violating their right to water. MHPF executive member Modester Chihana complained that the government is doing little to promote and enhance the right to water of […]
Ntcheu prison has been hit by water problems, as the correctional institutional has no running water for a month now. This has prompted some health officials to raise an alarm that the prison risks skin and waterborne diseases. Prison spokesperson Jordan Mang’anda asked for more time to find out why there has been no water […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Peoples Party (PP) have authorized the OPEC Fund for International Development Nkhatabay Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project Loan Bill. The Bill number 25 of 2018 Opec Fun for International Development (Ofid) was read for the first time by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe on Tuesday […]