People’s Party (PP) director of political affairs, Anita Kalinde MP, has said there are many members of parliament who will be joining the party led by Malawi’s first female Vice President Joyce Banda. Kalinde, who is Thyolo North parliamentarian, said PP will be parading more MPs defecting from ruling DPP of President Bingu wa Mutharika. […]
Malawi’s former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha has formally joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) and notified the Speaker of Parliament that he will be representing his Nkhotakota South constituency as a UDF member. Chilumpha, the reticent law scholar, was elected as an independent legislator. But in a letter date November 14 which Nyasa Timeshas obtained, the […]
Former Speaker of Parliament who is UDF first vice president, Sam Mpasu, says there is no benchmark for followers of presidential aspirant, Atupele Muluzi, to compare him with United States President Barack Obama. Atupele, former president Bakili Muluzi’s 33-year-old son, is seeking UDF nomination to stand as presidential candidate in 2014 general elections. But the […]
Blantyre Rural East Member of Parliament, Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) says he will consider entering the 2014 presidential race. Phoya speaking to Nyasa Times in a telephone interview however said he does not harbour presidential ambitions. The 45-year-old lawmaker said those asking him to run for presidentwere simply exercising their freedom of expression. Fix-factor Phoya […]
Presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi, son of former president Bakili Muluzi, told a mass rally he held in the lakeshore district of Salima in the central region on Saturday that he has “a vision” to turn Malawi into prosperous nation. Atupele, franked by his team of UDF parliamentarians, stormed Salima with his ‘agenda for change’ campaign […]
The People’s Party (PP) has scolded the hitherto much-touted ‘economic engineering’ of President Bingu wa Mutharika, observing the country is currently experiencing the worst ever socio-economic turbulence and Malawians will ‘smoke out’ their ruler. “Muluzi (former president) told us that he (Mutharika) was the economic engineer and that he would turn around the Malawi economy; […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Chris Daza has said he has rolled up his sleeves to campaign and become the party’s president and slide veteran politician John Tembo out of the hot seat. Daza – Tembo’s favourite henchman until he fell victim to vicious political in-fighting – said he is ready to win the MCP […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) continues losing its ground because of its autocratic and intolerant leadership that has turned the country into a regretful place to live in. Latest to lose confidence with President Bingu wa Mutharika’s party is a group of over 150 members who include senior committee members of Bangwe Constituency in […]
Unelected DPP flag bearer for the 2014 general polls Peter Arthur Mutharika has stirred a hornet nest over remarks he made during his impromptu maiden rally in Mzuzu when he suggested that DPP will field young men and women in all the 33 constituencies in the north. According to some DPP officials who spoke to […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) loyalists say they will rally their support on Atupele Muluzi’s bid to contest for president in 2014 general elections, despite what they call cheap propaganda by some disgruntled party’s national executive members against him. The party’s interim president Friday Jumbe, secretary general Kennedy Makwangwala and director of research Humphreys Mvula among […]
A fresh wave of leadership Tsunami has hit the United Democratic Front (UDF) further threatening to tear the former ruling party into pieces. The bone of contention now is the son to former Head of State , Atupele Muluzi, with senior party official saying the lamaker is too young to contest for the presidency at […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 2014 torch bearer Professor Arthur-Peter Mutharika says his election campaign strategy will focus on issues and not mud slinging, attacking DPP officials who uttered slanderous remarks against opposition figures.. “This country has many problems and development challenges and it will not make sense if we spend our time attacking […]
Zomba Nsondole Member of Parliament (MP) Jennifer Chirunga on Saturday announced her defection from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of President Bingu wa Mutharika and that she had joined the People’s Party (PP) of State Vice President Joyce Banda. The 27-year-old becomes the third DPP parliamentarian to join the PP after Anita Kalinde, MP […]
Secretary General for the United Democratic Front UDF Kennedy Makwangwala was Tuesday morning assaulted by party members who are not happy with how he runs the party’s affairs. Makwangwala has been accused of orchestrating divisions that have rocked the former ruling party. An eye witness told Nyasa Timesthat the incident happened at the party’s Head […]
A prominent governance body, Centre for Multiparty Democracy’s (CDM), survey report which took place between November last year and August this year, has revealed Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) and Maravi People’s Party (MPP) have no traceable structures. The survey results, […]
Presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi, son of former president Bakili Muluzi, says he would like to purse his national agenda for change but highlighted that Malawi political parties must change the way politics is being practised to embrace the essence of democracy in its full meaning. “Those of us holding positions, whether in the area, branch, […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing will hold a Christmas party for Malawians in the UK, other African natives and other nationalities across the globe to celebrate the festive season as well as raise money to help the party in Malawi. Organising committee chairperson Elizabeth Makossah, who is also the Wing’s deputy treasure said the […]
People’s Party of vice president Joyce Banda is set to form the next government in Malawi, the party’s national director of economic affairs, Dr. Jerry Jana has said. Jana an accomplished economist and former diplomat says he thinks that PP is ready to form the next government and that it will have a different approach […]