The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal will on October 25 hear a case by two civil society organisations (CSOs) want to replace Malawi Law Society (MLS) against Khato Civil, stopping the engineering company to proceed with the $500 million (K400 billion) Salima-Lilongwe water project. Supreme Court judge Lovemore Chikopa earlier gave Khato Civils a lifeline […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha said Karonga Water Supply Project to be implemented soon would assist many people in the district to have access to clean and potable water. He was speaking Wednesday in Karonga after touring some of the sites where the project will be implemented. The Minister observed that […]
In just three years, Karonga District has lost about 10 people to waterborne diseases, particularly cholera and registered over 500 cases. There are several factors attached to this vulnerability, but at the core is lack of potable water. Intermittent power supply, small diameter pipes, old leaky pipes and tanks are some of the challenges that […]
In a bid to boost food security, a policy oriented research project, named Building Research Capacity for Sustainable Water and Food Security In Drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA ) has been formed, to strengthen research capacity and capabilities in institutions in three countries; Malawi, Kenya and Ghana. Professor Sosten Chiotha, Regional Director for Leadership for Environment and Development, Southern and […]
Government has developed targets for water boards aimed at improving their performance in the provision of water to their consumers. Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha disclosed this on Monday when he toured a water intake point for Central Region Water Board in Mchinji. He said the targets will encourage water boards […]
Amref Health Africa in Malawi is constructing sanitary facilities in Machinga District targeting over 40 000 women to address Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) challenges so that we may contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal deaths. According to WASH Programme Manager for Amref Health Africa in Malawi Young Samanyika the facilities are being […]
The Government of Malawi has, for so many years, ignored Luwazi and Luzi dams in Mzimba North to deteriorate, literally halting water supply and crop irrigation among communities there. Perhaps, for the umpteenth time, Mzimba North Member of Parliament (MP) Agnes Lonje (People’s Party) has asked Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Joseph Mwanamvekha […]
Simbi Phiri, chairman of Khato Civils, has said he was becoming worried with some Malawi government officials, including Finance minister Goodall Gondwe, who has not signed the K400 billion loan contract that is frustrating a multimillion dollar project to pipe water from Lake Malawi to Lilongwe, the capital city. Khato Civils was awarded a K400 […]
The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court has convicted and fined two people for stealing water through illegal connections. The convicts, Stephano Kambale and Billy Matchado were arrested in February this year along three others Hanna Sitima, Helmes Chiwanda and Moses Jambo in a joint operation by the Lilongwe Water Board and Malawi Police Service. Kambale […]
Ugandan national Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Principal Legal officer, Aloysious Kaijuka has said illegal water connections are theft and culprits should be given stiff punishment. He said this during a presentation to member of Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) benchmarking visit to Kampala, Uganda to appreciate the initiative being carried out by NWSC. Kaijuka said […]
Malawi and Japan on Wednesday signed a grant aid agreement of 362 million Japanese Yen (about MK2.4 billion) for the improvement of water supply and revenue generation in Lilongwe through reduction of water loss. The grant aid will finance a project for the improvement of equipment for non-revenue water reduction to be implemented by Lilongwe […]
Member of Parliament for Salima North West Constituency, Dr Jessie Kabwila on Monday expressed concern that water crisis remains a big challenge in most constituencies in Malawi. Kabwila said this during government business in Parliament Monday when she was reacting to the mid-year Budget Review Motion of the performance budget for 2017/18 financial year. She […]
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) has set to expand coverage of water supply in Karonga in order to widen access to safe and portable water to communities in the district. The project dubbed Karonga Water Supply Project has been earmarked to commence this August 2018 beginning from Pusi and Kapolo in the north as well […]
Assemblies of God (AG) Care has ended two decades of lack of water and modern latrines at Chigolo Primary School in Traditional Authority Bibi Kuluunda in Salima by sinking a borehole and two pit latrines. The borehole and two latrines with change rooms for girls have been constructed with funds from International Federation of Environmental […]
For the first time in 41 years, communities of Eliza Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlonyeni in Mchinji have accessed tap water, thanks to Zachie Mwale’s invention. The invention, a “black wing windmill”, pumps water from the ground into a 1 000ml water tank connected to a tap that is now serving the community. “I […]
Mzuzu City residents have expressed fear that they could be hit by water borne diseases following dry taps since Tuesday as Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) failed to supply the precious commodity due to electricity blackout. The water problem reached third day on Thursday following stormy rains that hit the city on Tuesday and damaged […]
Central Regional Water Board (CRWB) has disclosed that it will install prepaid meters at selected institutional and commercial buildings in the region. The disclosure was made by the boards Public Relations Officer, Zephaniah Mitumba at an interface meeting in Salima which was held on Monday. He explained that CRWB has acquired 410 meters at a […]
Residents of Mbweza and Chazuka Villages in Chief Chimombo in Nsanje say they are not comfortable drawing water from a borehole which is less than 25 meters away from a graveyard. In an interview on Monday, concerned communities expressed their concern saying the borehole which saves almost 200 households was not sunk at an appropriate […]