Coin Security Services fetes its 102 guards, commits to improve their welfare

Coin Security Services, one of the security service providers in Malawi, on Sunday night hosted its 102 guards to a sumptuous dinner and dance party at the company’s offices in Area 18 in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The party was followed by presentation of Christmas packs to theguards. Each pack, which contained two bottles of cooking […]

JB body guards still have security objects: Malawi ex-president goes abroad

Spokesman of former President Joyce Banda has said her security is intact dismissing a newspaper report that government has disarmed her security personnel. Andekuche Chanthunya denies telling The Nation newspaper which reported the story that Banda’s security is compromised ahead of the 2019 Tripartite Elections. Chanthunya denies confirming to the paper that the body guards […]

Malawi ex-president name not yet on Interpol list: Andekuche queries Malawi Police on existence of the warrant of arrest for Joyce Banda

Spokesman for former president Joyce Banda has said they have failed to obtain the warrant of arrest which Police disclosed it has been issued, saying there is no information of which court issued it, but Police have maintained they have the authority to arrest Banda as  they have secured a warrant of arrest from the court […]

Joyce Banda to hand herself in to Malawi Police – Spokesman

Former president Joyce Banda would surrender to police once a warrant of arrest is served on her, her spokesperson has said following disclosure by Malawi police of  an arrest warrant over alleged abuse of office and money laundering offences over a two-year period when she was in office. Andekuche Chamthuya, Banda’s spokesperson, said his office is […]

Joyce Banda argues sister’s arrest ‘part of witch-hunt and harassment’: Dausi says nope

Malawi’s former president, Joyce Banda, has criticised the arrest of her sister Cecilia Kumpukwe  by police on Tuesday as politically motivated. Kumpukwe was arrested at her home in Chigumula, Blantyre in connection to a fake resignation letter allegedly written by Vice President Saulos Chilima. Former president’s spokesperson AndekucheChanthunya, said JB has described her sister’s arrest […]

Joyce Banda not coming to Malawi anytime soon – Spokesman

As Malawians are still wondering if, and when, they will see their former president Joyce Banda back on home soil, her spokesman Andekuche Chanthunya has said she is not coming anytime soon. Chanthunya said in a statement clarifying that Banda is not expected to return this month as alleged by an announcement which he has […]

Malawi govt dismiss JB fears as unfounded: Jappie says ‘let her come home’

Malawi government has swiftly responded to claims by former president Joyce Banda that her much anticipated return to Malawi has been delayed due to serious security concerns as she was not provided with an official house and security detail, among other things. Banda was scheduled to arrive in Malawi on Tuesday 2nd November, 2015 through Chileka […]

ACB denies knowledge of CCTV footage: JB aide says its ‘DPP game plan’

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB)  has denied knowing anything about the purported Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage which Minister of Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa said government has submitted to the graft-busting body showing former president Joyce Banda meetings with cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba said on Thursday the bureau is not aware of the […]

JB dismisses Kaliati’s ‘hallucinations’: ‘I do not follow Mutharika’

Gender Minister Patricia Kaliati is grossly misguided in her “hallucinations” to suggest that former President Joyce Banda “has a liking for following President Peter Mutharika wherever he goes”, Banda’s office has said. Kaliati reportedly addressed a news conference in New York to “react to reports” that the former President is also scheduled to travel to […]

Political tongue twisting on JB’s forgotten personal effects ‘ unnecessary’

A household Manager at Kamuzu Palace during the reign of former President Joyce Banda has laughed off insinuations by Presidential Spokesperson, Frederick Ndala,who suggests the former Head of State wants “to search for personal effects” left behind at State House She says whether it is serving a heinous agenda or plain thickness in reasoning, it […]

JB trashes Malawi govt claims, ‘avoid vengeance politics’

Former president Joyce Banda has categorically denied allegations by the Malawi Government that since she left the country for overseas on June 29, 2014, had been meeting various people and attending several “fora” where she has made claims that President Peter Mutharika had barred her from attending state functions. Banda through her Public Relations Officer, […]

Andekuche concedes defeat, congratulates Kwame: Councillor Lilongwe Chimutu ward

One of the contestants as a councillor in the capital city, Andekuche Chanthunya of People’s Party (PP)  said early Wednesday that he just his rival Kwame  Bandawe  to concede defeat and congratulate him on his election. “I have just finished talking to Councillor-elect Kwame Bandawe and I congratulated him over his victory. It was a […]