Chilima Kick-starts Monitoring Tour, Cracks Whip On Project Deadlines

Picture him in his boots, black work suit, sleeves rolled up and in a heated debate with officials why the Salima Solar project is taking long to complete or why the construction of three Teacher Training Colleges is moving at snail’s pace in Chikwawa.

He then gives them a deadlines, saying Malawians have waited for too long. This was exactly the mood of Vice President Saulos Chilima today when he was launching a nationwide tour to track down progress of various public projects in his capacity as Minister of Economic Planning & Development and Public Sector Reforms.

During the visits, Chilima is appreciating the state of implementation and progress made against planned implementation as well as hold discussions with authorities to understand the challenges being encountered.

Chilima’s first visit was today in Nkhota-kota where he followed up on the progress of the Msulira-Nkhotakota Road before proceeding to Salima for Salima Solar project that can free up the district from the national grid.

On Tuesday he will be at LUANAR where a number projects are taking place aimed at achieving financial stability for the University.

Later in the afternoon the same day, Chilima will check progress of the Cancer Centre.

The Vice President is also expected to track progress of Mponela Community Hospital and Ntcheu-tsangano-Mwanza road before proceeding to the southern region to check progress on the construction of Marka-Nsanje road, Shire Valley Transformation programme in Chikwawa where he will also check progress on the construction of three Teacher Training Colleges.

In Thyolo, Chilima will track progress on the construction of an Industrial Park at MUST as well as the progress on the construction of District Commissioner’s offices.

In Chiradzulu he will monitor the construction of Thumbwe Secondary School as well as construction of a lecture theatre at Magomero college.

The progress tracking campaign will also take Chilima to Blantyre where he will appreciate progress on the Blantyre Bypass road, expansion and rehabilitation of the Polytechnic and construction of new Blantyre police station.