Khato Civils awards local partner P230 million
Friday, October 09, 2020

Phiri
Khato has as part of the Water Utilities Corporation’s (WUC) P781 million Masama 100km tender ensured that P230 million is awarded to its citizen partner, Evolution Engineering as per the dictates of citizen economic empowerment.
Phiri said at the WUC’s Masama 100km infrastructure project ground breaking ceremony this week that he was deliberately spelling out his company’s contribution to real citizen economic empowerment.
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