Month: February 2021 Posts

Utility debts cripple operations at Chikwawa District Hospital

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Utility debts amounting to over K60 Million have crippled operations at Chikwawa District Hospital which was built around 1940s and serves 600 thousand people. The District’s Director of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Dr Stalin… ...

Former Speaker calls for review of govt policy on borehole repair

Feb 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Speaker of parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda has called for a review of government policy which entrusts community members with the responsibility of maintaining broken boreholes in their areas saying the arrangement is denying people… ...

Tikumwetsedwa nyasi za madzi

Feb 05, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Tamwapo zithaphwi. Kukakhala Lilongwe kuno, ndiye tinanyambitilapo madzi a manyi khathikhathi anga tikubwira mahewu kapena yogati wa Kombedza. Ku Kabula kuja mbiri ndiye inatifika ndi ija yoti anapeza chitanda. Koma kwa amene amawona ngati izi… ...

200 boreholes repaired in  Lilongwe

Dec 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A borehole rehabilitation project has repaired about 200 boreholes in rural areas of Lilongwe amid increased number of non-working boreholes in the district which force women to walk long distances to search for potable water.… ...

NGO abandons borehole construction in Chikwawa

Dec 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A non-government organisation has abandoned borehole drilling projects in several schools in Chikwawa. This was disclosed recently during a one-day workshop for stakeholders implementing school led sanitation project in Chikwawa   organised by Habitat for Humanity.… ...

Lilongwe Water Board praises water board lady

Nov 30, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Lilongwe Water Board has hailed Stella Gondwe, the customer who scratched off the opening time on a signpost at LWB’s Area 25 (B) Customer Service Center, and the board has apologised to the customer… ...

Water Board lady breaks the internet

Nov 29, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A Lilongwe woman is trending after she scratched off the opening time on a Lilongwe Water Board billboard which she said was misleading the public. The video of the woman has been shared widely on… ...

Parliament approves K2 billion loan for Lilongwe water project

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Members of Parliament on Thursday authorized government to borrow K2 billion for Lilongwe Water Supply and Sanitation project. The parliamentarians passed the loan authorization for European Investment Bank (Additional Financing for Treatment Works III Project)… ...

Parliament approves K57 billion loan for watershed project

Oct 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliament on Tuesday approved the borrowing of K57 billion for the Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project. International Development Association (Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project) Loan (Authorization) bill will allow government through the minister of Finance… ...

Parliament adjourned due to dry taps

Oct 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The August House has adjourned early today due to water challenges at the Parliament Building. Members of Parliament voted to suspend proceedings early after the Deputy Speaker Madalitso Kazombo put the question to them after… ...

Hailstorm displaces 188 people in Balaka

Oct 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Mary Makhiringa - MANA Hailstorm on Saturday night displaced 188 people and injured two in the area of Sub Traditional Authority Kachenga in Balaka. A report compiled Sunday by members of the District Civil… ...

Itaye’s recruitment as LWB boss may cost Malawi K13 billion

Oct 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi may lose K13 billion funding for a water treatment project due to the recruitment of Godfrey Itaye as Chief Executive Officer of Lilongwe Water Board (LWB). The European Investment Bank (EIB) wants to provide… ...

Community gets borehole after decades without potable water

Oct 09, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Karonga Central parliamentary aspirant Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo hashanded over a borehole to people of Chiwondo area in Traditional Authority Kyungu who have been without potable water for years. The communities that will benefit from the… ...

BWB complain over vandalism of water pipes

Sep 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has complained over vandalism in Blantyre after a newly laid water pipe was vandalized at Manyowe in the city. According to the board, it laid out a new water pipe at… ...

Area 18 win case for drinking faeces water

Sep 11, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court has awarded damages to Area 18 residents who drank water contaminated with faeces. Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda delivered the ruling in court on Wednesday. In 2017, the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) supplied contaminated… ...