Month: October 2020 Posts

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… ...

Chilima tells Blantyre Water Board to end erratic water supply by Oct 2

Sep 02, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has given Blantyre Water Board (BWB) 30 days to improve water supply in the commercial city. Chilima issued the ultimatum today when he met management of the board. "It is completely… ...

Communities in Chitipa complain over contaminated water: ‘We drink with animals’

Sep 02, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Joseph Mbughi People at Kasisi in Chitipa district have complained about unprotected water, saying they drink together with animals and clean water is found 10 kilometres away from the area. This was disclosed when… ...

Blantyre Water Board’s K8.9b loss disappoints Chilima

Aug 28, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has expressed disappointment over the K8.9 billion loss incurred by Blantyre Water Board (BWB) in the 2019/20 financial year. Chilima on Thursday met with management of Blantyre Water Board where he… ...

BWB cuts illegal water connection at Kaliya’s house

Aug 21, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Politician Hadwick Kaliya, who contested in the 2019 Presidential Elections, was using an illegal water connection at his house, according to Blantyre Water Board (BWB). The board’s workers on Friday went to Kaliya’s house and… ...

Organisation drills borehole at Rumphi Prison

Aug 06, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

An Islamic faith based organization has drilled a borehole at Rumphi Prison to assist the correctional facility in terms of water supply. NOOR Publications Coordinator Omar Swalleh said the organisation has assisted the prison so… ...

Lilongwe Water Board blames algae for water odour

Apr 11, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) says algae which has grown in its raw water reservoirs is causing odour in the water the board supplies to residents. The board said this in a statement on Friday… ...

BWB denies selling contaminated water after man found dead in chamber

Mar 30, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has denied that it is offering to some of it's customers contaminated water following an incident where a man was found dead in water chamber 79 in Ndirande – Malabada.… ...