Our comments on the Salima-Lilongwe water project

Judging by the Attorney General's warning this week See,  there is apparently some dilly-dallying by the government over the Salima-Lilongwe water project. The AG’s concern is about contractual obligations which could turn out to be costly should they not be honoured. But there is another more significant argument: The sheer urgency of getting the project moving if Malawi’s development is not to be strangled by lack of water. Our three major cities are all faced with serious threats if we do not embark on new investment in water immediately See. One can hope that we have learned something from the electricity debacle following the dilly-dallying over the Caborra Bassa interconnection.

AG cautions on Khato deal – The Nation Online

AG cautions on Khato deal – The Nation Online: Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has urged caution on the Lilongwe-Salima Water Project and advised the Secretary to Treasury (ST) and Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) to immediately engage the contractor, Khato Civils, on financing.

In a legal opinion dated October 3 2019 on the matter which we have seen, the AG stresses that government should engage Khato Civils in a bid to expedite the identification of a financier to reach financial closure of the project.

Dry towns sitting on water vaults – The Nation Online

Dry towns sitting on water vaults – The Nation Online: A rush to the rivers below the country’s drying towns bares new promising groundwater levels, our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA writes.

When taps in Balaka town run dry a year ago, residents endured lengthy queues for trickles from water bowsers and boreholes where lofty stacks of buckets became familiar sigh

#Simbi Phiris struggles :: Evil cooks good pasta -The construction mafia and corrupt politicians seized our Parliament

Mmegi Blogs :: Evil cooks good pasta -The construction mafia and corrupt politicians seized our Parliament: Evil cooks good pasta -The construction mafia and corrupt politicians seized our Parliament

I was reading former FBI Director, James Comey’s Book, “A Higher Loyalty”, the other day. He makes reference to an encounter with one of the most dangerous mafia he had gone to interview at a safe house in Italy and how ordinary the man looked

Salima-Water Project in Limbo

Prospects of finding a solution to the anticipated water woes of Lilongwe City are looking dim after a contract government signed with a financier of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Waterway Project fell off.

Government, according to Finance and Economic Planning Minister Goodall Gondwe, did not agree with some terms in the signed contract and had to withdraw.

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Malawi Supreme court favours Khato on Salima-Lilongwe Water Project - The Maravi Post

Malawi Supreme court favours Khato on Salima-Lilongwe Water Project - The Maravi Post: BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal judges on Thursday throw away an objection application in which two civil society organisations (CSOs) want� to replace the Malawi Law Society (MLS) in the Salima-Lilongwe Water Project case

The two CSOs—Youth and Society (YAS) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) wanted the case to back to the High Court of Malawi to determine the legality of the project in respect of awarding of the contract to Khato Civils Limited as well as commencement of work without an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report.

Capital Hill Plans To Start Financing Salima-Lilongwe Water Project

Capital Hill Plans To Start Financing Salima-Lilongwe Water Project: The government plans to soon start discussions with the IMF and the World Bank on the financing of the Salima-Lilongwe Water project.

The project intends to tap water from Lake Malawi from the Salima point into Lilongwe with an aim of easing sporadic water supply in the capital city.

In a statement made available to capital FM, the Ministry of Finance explains that the project was still in the offing and that it has not been abandoned.

Capital Hill estimates the project at $500 million.

Lilongwe Water Board in K75bn water project - The Nation Online

Lilongwe Water Board in K75bn water project - The Nation Online:



Lilongwe Water Board in K75bn water

project

Staff Writer O February 26, 2018 o Comments

Poor sanitation and intermittent water supply in Lilongwe and surrounding areas will be

history within five years as the World Bank subsidiary International Development Association

(IDA) will pump in Sloo million (about K75 billion) to improve water and sanitation services.

On December 20 last year, the World Bank Board approved the Lilongwe Water and Sanitation

Project (LWSP) amounting toS102 million, out of which $2 million will be a Malawi

Government contribution.





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Khato Holdings – growing Africa on time and within budget

Khato Holdings – growing Africa on time and within budget: "With plans to expand further in Africa, South African black emerging design and construction company Khato Civils expects that, in three to five years, 20% of its workload will be attributable to South Africa, while 80% will be based across the rest of the continent."



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New $62m Lilongwe dam project being given urgent attention

2nd April 2010 

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Malawi’s Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) is preparing to embark on a $62-million project to construct a new dam on the Diampwe river, in the central region of the country, in order to boost its water supply capacity and meet increasing demand in the capital city.

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