Month: September 2021 Posts

Rights group wants RA board reconstituted

Sep 21, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Mindset Change (CMC) has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to reconstitute the board of Roads Authority (RA) and change the authority’s top management saying the RA is failing to handle some incompetent contractors… ...

Mota draws in another corruption controversy

Sep 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mota Engil is at the centre of another corruption controversy as a rights group has asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate the company and Roads Authority (RA) over the cost of the Area 18… ...

PLEM construction Indian worker attempts to rape Malawian lady in Mangochi

Sep 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

An Indian working for PLEM construction is alleged to have attempted to rape a woman in Mangochi and the company is concealing the issue by having the man flee Malawi for India. According to a… ...

ACB suspends contract for  Marka-Bangula railway 

Sep 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has  stopped the Ministry of Transport and Public Works from awarding a contract for the upgrading of Marka-Bangula railway over corruption allegations. The bureau's spokesperson Egrita Ndala has confirmed in a… ...

Police tells tollgate employees to wear masks at construction site

Sep 01, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Officer In-Charge for Dedza Police Station, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mwizamose Nyoni, has urged workers at Kalinyeke tollgate construction site to always wear masks at the site in order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.… ...

Pagalaundi pakusintha – Chakwera   

Aug 31, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the beginning of the Kenyatta road expansion project in Lilongwe is clear evidence that “pagalaundi pakusintha”. He made the remarks at BICC in Lilongwe this morning during the groundbreaking ceremony for… ...

Chakwera to launch upgrading works on Kenyatta Drive

Aug 30, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera will tomorrow preside over the ground breaking ceremony for the upgrading works on Kenyatta Drive and Mzimba Street in Lilongwe. Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi has announced this in… ...

Upgrading works on Kenyatta Road to start soon – RA

Aug 25, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Roads Authority (RA) says it will soon start works to upgrade Kenyatta Road and Sharrar street in Lilongwe from two lanes to six lanes. Kenyatta Roads starts from Parliament Roundabout through Bisnowaty past Tsoka… ...

MHC houses worth over K3.5 billion at risk of demolition

Aug 20, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Scordis family has obtained an order to evict Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) tenants at Ngumbe in Blantyre where the MHC built 65 houses after obtaining a K3.5 billion loan. Police and the family’s lawyers… ...

Cairo to Cape road will not pass through Malawi

Jul 15, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The 10,288-kilometre pan-African Highway whfrom Cairo to Capetown will not cross through Malawi. Egypt is currently leading efforts to construct the highway which will begin in the coastal city of Alexandria and go through Cairo,… ...

Phase 2 of Jenda-Edingeni road begins

Jul 07, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

The Tonse Alliance Government has started phase two of the 53km Jenda-Edingeni road which links Jenda Trading Centre and Edingeni Trading Centre in Mzimba district. The project was stopped some years ago at Chindoka. On… ...

Four companies renovate pharmacy at Nkhotakota Hospital

Jun 06, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Four companies raised K8 million for renovation of Nkhotakota Hospital's Pharmacy which was damaged by fire in October, 2020. Ethco, Illovo Sugar Malawi, Garda World and Unitrans made contributions to rebuild the pharmacy. Speaking durin… ...

Chakwera to relaunch 250-school US-funded project

May 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera is in the Northern Region to relaunch the 250-school United States funded project which former President Peter Mutharika launched on 8 October 2019. Chakwera has arrived in Mzuzu today and he will… ...

CDEDI wants swimming pool project suspended

May 04, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Rights group, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has demanded the Malawi government to reverse its decision to construct a MK9.4 billion swimming pool. In a press statement, CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa… ...

Pay to cross: Villagers around Chakazi demand money from travellers

May 02, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

Travellers and motorists passing by Chakazi in Mzimba are demanded to pay money to cross the Mzimba river where construction of Chakazi Bridge has stalled. According to a post on Mzimba District Malawi page, villagers… ...