Roads Archives - Malawi 24

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… ...

Minibus crash kills seven people in Dowa

Sep 13, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Seven people have died in a road accident that occurred at Katengeza along Salima-Lilongwe M14 road in Dowa today. According to Dowa Police Spokesperson Gladson M'bumpha, the accident occurred at Katengeza Trading Centre around 05:30… ...

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… ...

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… ...

HRDC demands Govt to revise toll gate fees

Aug 20, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRCD) has called on the Government to revise the newly gazetted toll gate fees. HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence said this in a statement today. According to a Government Notice, motorists will… ...

SADC Summit: Motorists in Malawi told to pave way for convoys

Aug 15, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Malawi Police Service (MPS) has urged motorists to pave way for convoys and to use alternative roads when accessing City Centre, Kanengo or Old Town in order to decongest the M1 stretch during the SADC… ...

Dedza Police told to safeguard Kalinyeke tollgate

Aug 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Roads Funds Administration has asked police officers in Dedza to provide adequate security at Kalinyeke tollgate to ensure that there is no illegal vending and to protect the tollgate from vandals. The call was made… ...

Deputy Minister walks 9 kilometres to appreciate road network challenges

Jul 29, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Nancy Chaola Mdooko has promised people of Chaone Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chamba in Machinga district that government will find means to solve the road… ...

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… ...

Chakwera blames M1 road for his late arrival in Mzuzu

May 07, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 1 &

President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says he arrived late in Mzuzu this evening because of the poor state of the M1 road. Chakwera was speaking to thousands of people who had gathered for hours waiting to… ...

Pothole on M1 claims 4 lives: Malawian roads neglected

Apr 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A pothole on the neglected M1 road in Malawi has claimed the lives of four innocent people. The accident occurred on April 25 at Kandoje Village along the Chingeni-Zalewa M1 road. According to a police… ...

Karonga washed away bridge: Two people killed

Apr 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two people have died after their vehicle plunged into Kyungu River from a section where Kyungu Bridge has been washed away. Karonga police spokesperson Enock Livason has confirmed the death of the two saying the… ...