Ntata ‘too busy’ to come to Malawi for treason charges

Former presidential legal advisor Allan Ntata says he is “too busy” to come to Malawi and join  the dozen people charged with treason over an alleged coup plot in the aftermath of the death of former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika. Ntata currently in the United Kingdom where he went after the death of Mutharika  […]

Why African stories must be told by Africans: Allan Ntata on Malawi treason discourse

Speaking to Global Business Leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos on 23 January 2013, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame told a panel discussion that to change the global perception of Africa as a trouble hotspot, its story “must” start to be narrated by Africans. President Kagame observed that there was a major problem in that the Africa’s […]

Ntata trashes Malawi treason charges: Calls for Chiume’s arrest

Former presidential legal advisor Allan Ntata has has said there is a lot that is missing in the Commission of Inquiry report to support criminal convictions and expressed surprise at his inclusion among the dozen people charged with treason over an alleged coup plot in the aftermath of the death of former Malawi president Bingu […]

No bail for Malawi ‘coup plotters’: Ntata included on treason suspects line-up

Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president, Professor Peter Mutharika and other have been committed for trial to the High Court in Lilongwe on a charge of treason that carries a maximum sentence of death. Mutharika and 10 others, who include Minister of Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe and former chief secretary to Malawi […]

The youths and politics in Malawi: Atupele and Ntata on the scene

 “Same politicians, riding on different parties, have ruled Malawians over and over again, promising the change that never dawns.”-Norman Lincoln There has been an outcry from various corners of the society in Malawi inviting the youths to claim their position in forefront politics and save the nation from the claws of gluttonous recycled politician who […]

The return of the Ngwazi: Malawi Police warning to opposition

The Chief Mourner: How idiotic can an administration be to allow its police service to issue an absurd warning such as the one that has recently been issued by the Malawi Police Service? When Gogo Sinsamala phoned me from a borrowed “Mose wa lero” to inform me of this latest stupidity from Amai’s administration, I […]

Ntata wants to be DPP secretary general

The late Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika’s legal adviser Allan Ntata says he is seriously contemplating running for the position of Secretary General of the  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). DPP has lost its secretary-general Wakuda Kamanga who has dumped the party to join the governing People’s Party. The former ruling party will hold its national convention next […]

Malawi coup: Ntata implicates Chiume

Former presidential  legal counsel, Allan Ntata, has  alleged that Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume was  “an instigator” of the alleged coup d’état to deny President Joyce Banda  from ascending to power when president Bingu wa Mutharika died in April. Chiume served as Justice Minister in the Mutharika administration. Speaking on Capital FM Straight Talk […]

Ntaba, Mungomo, Ntata cleared out of State House

Malawi President Joyce Banda has made a complete reshuffle of presidential aides team at State House purging loyalists of the late leader Bingu wa Mutharika but government will have to pay some of them millions for terminating their contracts . Fired so far include Presidential aides on Religious Affairs Rev, Billy Gama, on Women Affairs […]

Ntata not Bingu’s lawyer, MLS ‘prejudicial’- Ntaba

Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has dismissed assertions that President Bingu wa Mutharika’s application to the Constitutional Court to have Vice-President Joyce Banda removed could fail because Allan Z Ntata who lodged the application has no licence to practice as a lawyer. Malawi Law Society (MLS) honorary secretary Jabbar Alide said the implication of having a […]