Tycoon Simbi Phiri hands over K85mil Police building to Malawi govt: Kamwendo Police Unit in Mchinji
Governnment has commended Mchinji Businessman and Philanthropist SimbiAshan Phiri for personally funding a newly constructed Kamwendo Police Unit in Mchinji at an estimated cost of K85 million.
Speaking when he received the facility on behalf government on Monday, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Grace Chiumia commended the South African based businessman for the donation, saying it would ease challenges faced by the police in the district.
“Simbi Phiri has shown that he has a giving heart hence the donation to the community, We appreciate the good relationship you have with the government, This is a good gesture, and patriotism at its best,” She said.
Besides the Police unit, Phiri also donated furniture, a vehicle (a Ford ranger) and five motorcycles to ease mobility among police officers in their law enforcing duties.
Senior Chief Mkanda commended Phirifor his contribution to development projects in Mchinji.
“What you are doing for the people of Mchinji is of huge significance. Not long ago you also handed over Tembwe Health centre to the people of Mchinji. You are a real son of the land,” said Mkanda in reference to the K200 Milliom health facility which Simbi renovated
Inspector General of Police LexterKachama said the new offices will enable police staff at Kamwendo have a decent place to operate from.
“What we have witnessed today is the best definition of a good working relationship between police and citizens. The battle against crime cannot be won by police alone, it requires community involvement . We at Malawi police Service do not take this gesture by Simbi Phiri for granted,” He said.
Speaking in an interview after the handover ceremony SimbiAshan Phiri who is also chairperson of Khato Holdings, a Civil Engineering Company based in South Africa said he funded the construction of the police Unit after noting the poor state it was in.
Simbi Phiri also rejectedrumours that he gives back to the community because he is eyeing a political seat.
“I do my businesses in South Africa and Botswana and I am successful there, I have heard the rumours that I want to join politics but this is not true,”He said, adding he interacts with all political parties in the country and his donations are non-partisan.
Apart from the construction of the new office block which will be used as Victim support Unit, Phiri also renovated the old Kamwendo Police unit.
The prominent businessman also donated a borehole at Mchinji Police Station worth K6 Million.
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This is the spirit our country lacks but desperately needs.
As someone says, some districts are definitely blessed with rare gems like Mr Simbi. These people are so selfless they use their wealth to better the lives of others without expecting to be worshipped.
A $200m clinic and then an K85m police station, all to help his people? Surely, he’s gotta be an ANGEL!!!
Dowa has another angel, Napoleon Dzombe. He’s done so much for others in so many places. Recently, he’s revived rice farming in Nkhotakota by constructing a milling factory for an entire community.
So, yeah; both Mr Simbi and Mr Dzombe are ANGELS.
what Simbi Phiri has done is something that needs to be put under the microscope. Helping Malawi is not a bad thing, but it depends where the help goes and the motive behind it. I would not have questioned him if his help went to the Ministry of Health or education, but to police it is questionable. Will the police arrest Simbi Phiri if he is involved in a criminal act? My sense is that he is corrupting the police so that he should be left scot-free when he is involved in any dirty business.
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Keep it up mr simbi you are a rare gem. Imagine if we had 10 malawians like simbi. Indeed we should not wait fo government to do something to us let us do something positive fo our countrt. Bravo simbi.
Why is the DPP government giving this guy free political mileage like this? This guy is MCP through to the bone. The recent loss by DPP at the hands of MCP in the Mchinji West by-elections was all engineered by non other than Simbi Phiri. All the 4×4 vehicles used to monitor polling stations and accompany ballot boxes to the counting centres were all funded by none other than Mr Phiri. This included campaign funds for MP Mwale distributed to all the Chiefs in the constituency.
2014 elections, MCP and Rev Dr Chakwera was wholly funded by the likes of Simbi, the Kadzako’s at Zodiac, and the Dzombe’s at Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi who also funded the many MCP MPs who challenged for parliament.
Today the government is said to be giving Mr Phiri multi-billion contracts to tap water from Lake Malawi into Lilongwe is this not falling over your own spear by funding your nemesis? Where is Dausi and your intelligence? Why is Phiri being given so much political mileage by accepting his poisoned chalice? A very quick analysis of costs will tell you that project can never cost the K85ml being touted. The same goes for the purpoted K200ml Tembwe Health Centre. The cost of his projects are just inflated for obvious political reasons.
Lastly, ndalama zomwe mukulandila kwa Simbi boma lidziwe kuti this is dirty money obtained through corrupt tendencies in South Africa. Just google up Simbi Phiri and his companies Khato Civils and South Zambezi and that of his colleague Majola of LTE Consulting in South Africa and read for yourself the sleaze that has made this Phiri guy to claim so much fame. He is awarded state contracts in South Africa which he never performs to fruition. Phiri is not only involved in sleaze in South Africa but he and his company is also subject of investigations by the Botswana Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) which recently froze his bank accounts in that country.
Dzulo it was Vincent Murekezi the Rwandan who bought and corrupted the entire government machinery today its Simbi Phiri laundering his money into Malawi while the government looks the other side.
Bvuto labomali mukuma mana ana anu achipani ma contract aboma kumapeleka ku achina Simbi wa opposition kuti akuchoseni pampando ndi makobidi omwewo mukuwapasawa. Ife ana achipani olo contract ya K100,000 osatipasa. Amwenye enawa mukuwapasaso ma contract chimozi mozi ma donation ndu kuMCP aDausi mungo kanda maliseche kaya intelligence zanu zimenezi amakuphunzisasni kuMYP. Tiyeni nazo tikuwonelani.
Mwangodana naye munthuyu amwene. Ndale zachikale zimenezo Prof APM ndi mzungu sapanga ndale zachimidzi ndipo saona mtundu wa munthu bola iweyo ungokhala dolo basi h the president works with anyone who is smarter regardless of they were before. Simbi is a businessman and has the right to interact with every malawian. If indeed government has given him contract to pump water from salima then i say to APM gpvernment that you have my vote in 2019 because you have proved that you are president for all malawians and not just few members of dpp. Mwatilemekeza dala ochewafe opresident.
Sindinga dane naye Simbi amwene sim’bale wanga. l just say it as it is. DPP as a ruling party cannot fund their nemesis to oil opposition politics kuti adzawachose pampando. Kukhala ku opposition ndikowawa and DPP should be the first to know that. They thus cannot be aiding their political demise by funding this Simbi guy. It’s a very simple strategy you cripple your nemesis so that they do not have the capacity to unseat you. That is how we maintain power in Africa. Government may as well look for somebody to undertake the water pipeline project and not this MCP functionary.
A Zaya Kunkhongo, mudzafa ndi nsanje yako yomweyo. Ngati akumaba kwina ndikumabweretsa ku Malawi I have no problems with that. Zimenezi ndizomwe tikuyenera kumachita amalawi kuti dziko lathu lilemere and it’s nothing new, the Chinese, Jews, Indians, Nigerians, Americans etc have done it. Iwe osalimbana ndi azungu amene amatibera fodya, mafuta, golide ndi zina zambiri ndikumapitisa kwao ukulimbana ndi munthu amene akufuna kutukula dziko lake? Ndiwe munthu omvetsa chisoni, a chained spirit full of envy. Zoona m’malo mogugula ma plan olemerela kuti moyo wako usinthe ukulimbana ndikugugula Simbi, hahahahahaha! Zikuthandiza chani pamoyo wako ngati munthu? You are quite funny. If you have something to offer in life just bring it on instead of watching other people making money and making disparaging comments about them. Amalawi tiyeni tigonjentse njala, nthenda ndi nsanje? Kukakhala ku Joni kuno tikumaphana tokhatokha, it’s bad and sad.
Ine ndine wolemela kale mwene kaya iweyo udaka phunzila kulemela. Komanso ndinalemela from my own sweat sindinabele munthu out of principle. My point remains ndalama zakatangale kuno kuMalawi should be a No! No! No! Palibe zoti ndinga muchitile nsanje Simbi ndalama zakubazo. Ndi ambili aMalawi olemela koma sunandimve olo kamodzi ndikuwanena. Koma Simbi yekhayo let him keep his filthy money. Period! Simbi has cast himself into public limelight and l will scrutinise him not out of envy koma kuti our country deserves better than kumalandila ndalama zakatangale. Me funny? That’s your opinionated rubbish l will not sanitise that with a response. We need Malawians to invest in their motherland koma let it be clean money that remains my point.
Who is a fool here? You, your party or Simbi?
eee mungofapo ndi BP apa,the guy is doing recommendable job for malawians whether he is MCP or not…kapena anakulandani mkazi zokamba mbwee mpaka google koma anthu ena sazathekaso basi,to you mr.simbi continue your good work asanje aphulike,BLESSED
Ndalama zakubazo amwene? Get the gist of my story osati anandilanda mkazi sindinafike pokwatila l am just saying facts as they are. Simbi’s money is dirty period! Just google the internet and see the sleaze Simbi is involved in. Yes times are tough for Malawi but we have to be principled not as to allow any and all dirty money into our hands and country. Our DPP government should remain clean and not taint ourselves with dirty money from this Simbi guy. Anthu mwangolandila kachiphapha ka galimoto kotha itha mwati munthu ndi ameneyu za mkutu za nyooo!
So to some fools DPP is a clean party. “Get the gist of my story ” are you normal in the brain or there is no network. So if Simbi’s money is dirty who should be advised against it. Government or MCP. Can’t you see that all these are dirty people working together. Unity of purpose. Let us accept your argument and believe that the money is dirty. He steals it from tax payers in RSA. What is the difference Peter steals from tax payers in Malawi. And you are also dirty. You want government to give you jobs not on merit but because you are DPP. You expect us to get the gist of your story. No bambo. You are wrong. Peter a Malawian president has given Simbi a Malawian citizen to bring water to a thirsty Malawian capital city based on merit not politics. Get that clean in your dirty brain.
Did i hear you say ” . Our DPP government should remain clean and not taint ourselves with dirty money from this Simbi guy”?. Stop whatever you are smocking and come back to your senses.
NOW WHO ARE YOU TO WARN THE DPP ABOUT MR SIMBI? JUST SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND LEAVE THE MAN DEVELOP HIS DISTRICT, I HAVEN’T READ THE CRAP YOU HAVE WRITTEN COZ THE PREAMBLE ITSELF SHOWED THAT THE ENTIRE BIBLE YOU HAVE WRITTEN IS TRASH……
this is nonsense. Do you want people to suffer at the expense that Simbi Phiri is MCP and his donations should be rejected. If Simbi Phiri had not constructed Kamwendo Police Station do you think DPP government would have done anything taking into consideration the poor state of the office? Please, have the welfare of the people at first rather than subject everything to politics. Udzafa imfa yowawa
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Mchinji is really blessed guys. Go to Fanuel village T/A Mkanda where another rich man Mr Aaron Maluwa who stays in Blantyre has built a state of the Art hospital where people are getting the best medication in Malawi. The hospital has medication from Europe and USA with his support. He has brought electricity to the remotest area. People are trekking to Fanuel Hospital from all the districts in the Center and some coming as far as Zambia and Mozambique but all for free. Wow Mchinji is really blessed. The guy is very humble and bright I tell you. He helps more than 100 orphaned secondary school students with school fees and more support to poor people in the area. How I wish, I was from Mchinji. Lucky to you people of Mchinji.
weldone and God bless you
Its true ndinapiko kwa Tembwe where the guy indeed funding the construction of a tar mark road!!! mmm kaya ndi za ndale kaya ayi koma mseweu ,health center, police unit ndi za amalawi he will go koma zinthuzo zilipo. Ambiri amangogawa zipewa kupha ng’ombe as part of campaign koma mkuluyi or yitakhala campaign aaaa big up.
Kodi anthu ngati awa akupezeka pa Malawi pogomagomapa? Zodabwitsatu. Anzawo akusolora kulisiya boma mmaluzi iwo akuthandiza boma. May the good Lord protect you and your entire household. May you prosper in the whole of your life.
Just good the definition of Philanthropist and you will who this guy is. Bayethe.
Awa ndi anthu amuna! I am told that this guy has bought the whole Chinese village in Area 49, Lilongwe and is constructing a tarmac road to his village. But despite all this, he is extremely humble.
Tangobwerani mudzayimira ku chipani cha agogo anu basi tione zina. Chuma chanucho chigwire kuno. Taonani a ku Israel akutilamulira chifukwa ali ndi ndalama
Blessed is the hand that giveth. You are a true sin of malawi. Onse anaba za cashgate aja akanatele bwezi Malawi ali pena
http://city-press.news24.com/News/how-r502m-grew-to-r27bn-in-a-year-20160423
http://city-press.news24.com/News/r170m-and-still-no-water-20160314
http://mg.co.za/article/2015-02-12-water-wars-expose-a-rotten-system-bleeding-cash
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Iwe nde m’Malawi mmodzi wozindikila. Information is power. Koma wayiwala ma scandal aSimbi ku Botswana upangenso google amenewo uwapeza!
City-Press is just a disgruntled site like you. Did you get to the bottom line of the story published in City-Press? You need some research skills and stop relying on one source of information. The links you have provided are no longer relevant, Find out from People of Giyana if they don’t have water now after the completion of the project.
Disgruntled? They report what is on the ground. If one news item appears in more than one press house then any sensible person including idiots like you is inclined to accept its authenticity. That story is not only carried out by City Press but by the Mail and Guardian South Africa’s oldest media house and one which is widely known, respected and a beacon of investigative journalism in South Africa. What more credentials does one need from such a powerful media house? Mid way through the year the issue of water in Giyani was a hot potato mpakana the ANC government had to appoint ministerial task force to sort out water issues in Giyani. So l am not sure which Giyani you are talking about amene alindi madzi.
I dont mind whether Simbi is aspiring for political gain or not, he is a Malawi who can rise up at any moment and join politics. What pleases me is his spirit of giving and loving his country. Why do you classify politics as sacred or meant for a certain group of people. Anyone can practice politics. So bravo Simbi and if you want to join politics do so plz. Malawians nid people of ur calibre.
A rare philanthropist ever seen in our country
Does Oswald Lutepo’s donation of motor vehicles to the PP ring a bell? yes, this is not to a political party, but soon, we might end up having Khato Civils getting all the contracts from government! Be very worried of another form of cashgate! Don’t say I did not warn you
If the motive be to see his people and their property protected and nothing beside, then this Malawian is a rare gem of blessing in a nation where prosperity entails greed and flaunting of wealth.
Even with something beside vuto ndi chani?