Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development who is also Democractic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the northern region, Goodall Gondwe, Saturday challenged the opposition that they do not have what it takes to govern Malawi especially those led by youthful leaders especially the United Democratic Front (UDF) and UTM Party. UDF is led by […]
The Chinese Government Thursday donated medical equipment worth K72.2 million to Kamuzu and Mzuzu central hospitals in Malawi. Speaking when he received the equipment on behalf of Malawi Government, Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi hailed the 11-year diplomatic relations saying Malawi has a fine friend in the People’s Republic of China. He said […]
A visiting delegation of five legislators from Nordic countries has urged the Malawi government to check the population boom, saying this can have a negative impact on social services. The delegation from Iceland, Sweden and Denmark said this on Monday at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe where they met Minister of Health […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has condemned the political violence with opposition members of the UTM party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) being victims as tensions are rising in Malawi ahead of the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Muluzi, who is also Minister of Health, is the only person in the 20-member President Peter […]
United Democrtaic Front (UDF) has rubbished as “fake news” that Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi may not necessarily stand as a candidate for State President on his party’s ticket in the forthcoming Tripartite Elections slated for May 21 this year despite collecting nomination papers from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). There has been fevered speculation on […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology Henry Mussa has demanded Malawi News to retract its sensational story that Malawi is implicated in a recent terror attack that claimed 21 lives in Kenya, which has been widely condemned by Malawians commenting on social media. The story headlined ‘Malawi implicated in Kenyan Terror, cites a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) […]
Minister of Health, Housing and Population Atupele Muluzi on Thursday visited the newly built cancer centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) which is expected to be ready this year and save government about K480 million ($960 000) spent on cancer treatment referrals abroad annually. Speaking after touring the facility, the minister said he was happy with […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said its president Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Mohammed Sidik Mia had to return “a kilometre away” from at Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) headquarters in Chiradzulu, where the Chilembwe Day commemorations were held, following a tip-off from the party’s intelligence team that he would not be safe there. […]
Malawi government, in partnership with WHO and Unicef, has launched national Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine campaign targeting over 240,000 girls aged 9 across the country to protect them against cervical cancer. The launch took place at St. Charles Lwangwa Primary School at Namiyasi in Mangochi on Thursday with calls for chiefs, parents and all […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has ruled out its president Atupele Muluzi from resigning from government where he is serving as minister of Health, saying his collection of presidential nomination form on Wednesday has nothing to do with his job. UDF secretary general Kandi Padambo said Muluzi got into the government to take up the cabinet […]
There are doubts there will be an electoral alliance between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections as both parties have indicated they are fielding a presidential candidate. DPP is fielding incumbent President Peter Mutharika, who is seeking the second and final mandatory five […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Austin Muluzi has finally collected his presidential papers with pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission, puting to rest speculation that he would pair with Peter Mutharika during the high contentious May 21 tripartite polls. The collection of the papers by Muluzi brings to eight aspiring presidential candidates who will battle […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has spoken out on capacity to build the good society – healthier, safer and fairer lauding his own successful contribution in portfolios he has held as Cabinet Minister, saying 2019 is the year that marks another key moment in the country’s democracy. Muluzi, who is also […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi says stigma continues to stand in the country’s way to achieving 100 percent administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on people already diagnosed with HIV. Muluzi was speaking when he popularised the recently introduced HIV self-test kits during the halftime break of a match involving Nyasa Big Bullets (NBB) […]
Atupele Muluzi , who was heading the sponsorship and ownership of Malawi football power house Nyasa Big Bullets when former President Bakili Muluzi sponsored the club, has congratulated Bullets on its TNM Super League success. He congratulated Bullets after he watched the club at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Monday as the champions came from behind […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has stressed that he will run for presidency under his party’s banner and that UDF is not going into an electoral coalition for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. There has been fevered speculation that UDF is going into a coalition with the governing Democratic Progressive […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi has disclosed that currently there are about 1.1 million people are living with HIV in Malawi. Muluzi told Parliament in a ministerial statement that it is important that every individual makes a decision to test for HIV and know their HIV status. “Mr Speaker, please allow me to inform this […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has dismissed speculation that his party is having talks with the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for an electoral alliance in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Muluzi, who is also Minister for Health and Population in President Peter Mutharika’s Cabinet, said when he addressed a rally in […]