High Court Assistant Registrar Anthony Kapaswiche has ordered Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) and Lilongwe City Council to pay K1.3 billion as compensation to Area 18A residents translating into K4.2 million to each affected individual.
In 2017, the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) supplied contaminated water to residents of Area 18A after the boardβs supply pipes burst underground near a broken sewer system, allowing the sewer water to go into the supply pipe.
Kapaswiche said the judgment is accordingly entered in favour of the claimants and that each claimant will get a sum of K4.2 million.
The lawyer for the complainants, Gift Katundu, said he was happy that the case has been concluded.
He said 325 people are the ones that are supposed to benefit from the compensation.