By Linda Kwanjana
Minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda has disclosed that Malawi Government has signed financial agreements aimed at funding the long awaited Mponela Water project which in turn will boost irrigation and improve sanitation.
Chithyola Banda said this at Mlengwe community ground Mndolera constituency in Dowa during a political rally.
He disclosed in front of multitudes of people who gathered at the rally that last week while he was in Ivory Coast he has signed the Mponela water project with Africa Development Bank with the other project called Dambo water project.
Chithyola Banda also assured people of Mponela that there will be sufficient food as another support from World Bank is on board.
“In the parliament the budget was passed that 60 billion kwacha should go to Admarc to assist in buying maize as well as 90 billion kwacha for irrigation,” he said.
He has since encouraged people to vote for Dr. Lazarus Chakwera in the coming September 16 elections sighting that he has transformed the country in several sectors including road infrastructure development as well as electricity access as during the past administration, the Mndorela constituency used to have no electricity.
