Month: February 2022 Posts

Bad roads deny people of Hewe access to AIP fertilizer

Feb 13, 2022 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Hewe road during rainy season in 2020 It has emerged that people of Hewe in Rumphi are yet to access fertiliser and other farm inputs due to bad roads that have been rendered impassable by… ...

Floods wash away newly constructed road

Jan 08, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Floods have washed away part of the K11 billion Nsanje-Marka road recently constructed by China Railway-20, a Chinese Contractor. The flash floods have caused havoc in some parts of the district mainly in Senior Chief… ...

Motorists evading toll gate payments

Nov 23, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Motorists are evading toll gate fees at Chingeni Toll Plaza by using by using alternative routes where they are required to pay a small amount to pass through roadblocks erected by communities. Government started collecting… ...

Tollgates to squeeze ministers too – Kazako

Nov 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

We might be together in this. Information Minister Gospel Kazako has announced that cabinet ministers will also be paying at the tollgates being rolled out in the country. Kazako has been quoted in the media… ...

Motorcyclist arrested for using road temporarily reserved for Malawi President

Nov 21, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 25-year-old motorcyclist in Kasungu has been arrested for riding on a road which was temporarily reserved for the presidential convoy. The motorcyclist, Biziwiki Chigaru, has been charged with reckless and negligent act. Kasungu Police… ...

Roads Authority fined K6.3 million for felling trees along Kenyatta Drive

Oct 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

The Roads Authority (RA) has been fined K6.3 million following the cutting down of over 1000 trees along the Kenyatta Drive in Lilongwe. The Kenyatta Drive is being expanded to six lanes and this has… ...

Environmentalists want Kenyatta road project stopped

Oct 13, 2021 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Environmentalists say the Kenyatta Drive expansion project, which has led to the felling of over 1000 trees, should be stopped to pave way for an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). Malawi Parliamentary Conversation Caucus… ...