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  • 2019-03-12 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this meme does not show Malawi’s President Mutharika inaugurating a single water tap (en)
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  • A meme shared on social media appears to show Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika inaugurating a single water tap. But the images have been taken out of context: they actually show the recent launch of a bigger project aimed at bringing clean water and sanitation to a region in northern Malawi. The meme shows two pictures: in the first, President Mutharika is cutting a ceremonial ribbon tied to a tap, and the second shows him with his hands clasped while an open tap fills a transparent bucket. The misleading meme saved on March 11, 2019 from a Facebook post In one misleading Facebook post archived by AFP Fact Check, the meme is captioned: President Peter Mutharika's official commissioning of a Water tap in Mzimba. Commenters on the post poked fun at the idea of a ceremony being held for a single tap. The Mzimba Integrated Urban Water and Sanitation Project was launched on March 5, according to a post on the Malawian government’s Facebook page from the same day. The post included a series of photos credited to Lisa Kadango of the Malawi News Agency. A screenshot taken on March 7, 2019 of a Facebook post by the Official Malawi Government Online page The Mzimba project, costing a total 16.7 billion Malawian Kwacha (US$22.85 million), was approved in 2015 and financed by the Opec Fund for International Development (OFID), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Malawi's government. According to this report on the project uploaded to the AfDB's website, the new sanitation infrastructure is intended to provide clean water for between 31,000 and 48,000 people. It includes new water facilities in schools and market places. The photos posted on the Malawi government's Facebook page also show that Mutharika inaugurated more than a single tap on the day of the ceremony. Here he is unveiling a plaque commemorating the launch: A screenshot taken on March 8, 2019 of an image posted on Facebook by the Official Malawi Government Online As well as cutting a ribbon next to a gazebo which reads potable water for all. A photo of President Mutharika at the Mzimba project commissioning saved from the Malawi Government Online Facebook page on March 8, 2019 According to the charity WaterAid , one in three Malawians still don't have access to clean water. In 2018 AFP reported on a cholera outbreak which affected hundreds of people, killing nine, as a result of unsafe water in the country. Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima and former president Joyce Banda are both challenging Mutharika for the presidency as the country gears up for national elections on May 21. (en)
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