Construction Archives

EGENCO cancels tender process for construction of three houses worth K707 million

Dec 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has withdrawn a notice to award contracts which would have seen the electricity company spending K707 million for construction of three houses. The government owned company issued a notice last week… ...

Chilima says Tonse will not abandon DPP projects

Dec 16, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 1 &

Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has assured people in Thyolo that the Tonse Alliance administration will complete projects which were initiated during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. Chilima said this on 16 December, 2020… ...

Chilima orders Plem to redesign Chikwawa-Chapananga road

Dec 14, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has ordered Plem Construction to redesign and reconstruct part of Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza road saying the current works are substandard. Chilima inspected the road on Monday morning and he deplored the poor and… ...

EGENCO to construct three houses worth K707 million

Dec 12, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) plans to construct three houses worth over K707 million, with the cheapest house costing about K223 million. This is revealed in a notification of intention to award contract procurement which the… ...

Malawians ask authorities to investigate Plem over Chapananga

Dec 08, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawians have demanded government and regulators in the construction sector to investigate Plem construction company over Chapananga Bridge. The demands follow the circulation of pictures on social media showing significant damage to the road and… ...

Malawi roads in bad state due to shoddy work – Chilima

Dec 07, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima says many roads in the country are in poor shape because of poor workmanship. Chilima made the observation on Monday when he inspected progress of the K4.3 billion and 33… ...

NGO says incompetent contractors costing Malawi taxpayers millions

Dec 07, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) under the Karonga Diocese has expressed concern that the country will continue to spend millions of kwacha on repairing or replacing substandard infrastructure if it continues to hire… ...

Nsanje chief blasts contractor over K16.5 million school block

Oct 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Martin Chiwanda -MANA Senior Chief Mlolo of Nsanje has taken a contractor to task for failing to complete a school block despite receiving almost 90 percent of the total contractual payment. The chief… ...

Contractor worried over theft of construction material

Oct 14, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Daniel Sankhulani - MANA The contractor of the first phase of the Shire Valley Transformation Program (SVTP) canal construction has expressed worry over increased theft of materials and fuel at the construction site. Conduril… ...

Legislator orders demolition of K28m bridges over substandard work

Aug 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Member of Parliament for Nsanje South West Eurita Ntiza has ordered that two bridges built in her constituency should be demolished following concerns that the bridges are death traps. The bridges which cost K14 million… ...

K0.5b bridge shocks Malawi: ACB opens corruption docket

Aug 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is investigating how a substandard bridge constructed in April in the commercial city of Blantyre cost the taxpayer close to half a billion Kwacha. Whistle-blower and Journalist Idriss Ali Nassah… ...

Mutharika wants stadium construction completed in September

Mar 03, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

President Peter Mutharika has demanded the contractor constructing the K4.6 billion Ntcheu Stadium to finish the works in September this year. Mutharika made demand when he visited the site of the 20,000 capacity Ntcheu stadium… ...

Demolish Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre City advised

Oct 08, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 61 &

Some of concerned Malawians have advised government to demolish Kamuzu Stadium as part of the Red Star campaign being undertaken by the Blantyre City Council (BCC) to destroy all dilapidated buildings in the commercial city.… ...