Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party has slammed as “gross” accusations from governing People’s Party operatives that its October 31 convention allegedly received funds from Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, broke ranks with Malawi President Joyce Banda when she threatened […]
Malawi’s deputy minister of finance, Ralph Jooma, MP, has protested over a fake account on social networking website Facebook in his name while also defaming him. On the Facebook page, there were obscene and lewd messages posted against opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) president and presidential candidate for 2014 elections, Atupele Muluzi. “I am deeply […]
Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi, who is presidential candidate for the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has raised alarm over fake Facebook account bearing his names and images. He said the Facebook account of ‘Atupele Muluzi’ is not his and asked the public to ‘ignore and treat it as mischievous.’ The presidential hopeful however said he […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) president and 2014 presidential candidate Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has said that he would offer the people “renewal and regeneration”. Speaking to a mammoth crowd that came to attend Sunday’s UDF rally at Masintha Ground in the capital Lilongwe, Atupele maintained his pledge to practice civilised politics departing from the […]
The once ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has disclosed that it will hold it’s first ever National Policy Conference next year. In a media statement issued by UDF Secretary General Kandi Padambo, the party says the conference, first of its kind in the country, is part of its ‘Change’ agenda. UDF says the purpose of […]
WANTED: a magic wand to clean out the foul toxicity in the political air. Required: a disinfectant to suppress the foul virulence in our political rhetoric. Sought: detergent with which to launder violence out of our way of doing politics. Desired: a metamorphosis of our criminal justice system so that it ceases to be an instrument […]
Malawian number one musician Lucius Banda, the self-styled ‘soldier of the Poor Man’, has publicly welcomed the decision to co-opt him into the United Democratic Front (UDF) national executive committee (NEC), the party’s decision-making body, saying he is keen to serve UDF and help to propel youthful presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi to power 2014 elections. Banda […]
Opposition UDF president and 2014 presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi idea for change has earned him a nickname ‘Malawian Obama’ by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and supporters. Barack Obama, America’s 44th and first black President just won his second term in office a week ago. He has been ardently championing the theory for ‘Change’ which […]
It is hard to know what Dr Bakili Muluzi’s real legacy will be – the man who successfully led Malawi through the immediate post- dictatorship era and masterfully instilled a culture of democracy in the country, or a man who through selfish interests suffocated and killed the once mighty United Democratic Front party. During the […]
Crowds of supporters of Malawi’s youthful presidential candidate Austin Atupele Muluzi gathered on Sunday at the famed Njamba Freedom Park in the commercial city of Blantyre when the United Democratic Front (UDF) leader held his first rally since he was elected at the convention on October 31. The rally also comes on the heels of Atupele, son […]
Malawian number one musician Lucius Banda, the self-styled ‘soldier of the Poor Man’, has been co-opted into the national executive council (NEC) for the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF). UDF NEC meeting Saturday in Blantyre for the first time since the convention on October 31 appointed 16 ordinary members into the NEC. They included musician Banda, […]
Reports from States House reveal that Malawi’s vice president Khumbo Kachali and Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa are under pressure from President Joyce Banda over the remarks they made during their recent Mangochi rally which forced minister of economic planning and development Atupele Muluzi to resign. Impeccable sources say President Banda […]
Drama continues in Malawi parliament as former ruling UDF has asked Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda that they want to relocate to government side a day after they moved to opposition side. It all started soon before tea break when Member of Parliament for Rumphi North Cosby Msiska rose on a point of order […]
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda is expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle in the next 24 hours. President Banda is expected to appoint Goodall Gondwe as Economic Planning and Development following the resignation of Atupele Muluzi on Monday. Muluzi resigned following what he suspects is a political conspiracy against him by senior members of the […]
No spectacle could be sadder. November 10, 2012. A former head of state arrives from medical treatment in South Africa and goes straight from the airport to his ancestral Kapoloma village to mourn his mother who had passed away in his abscence. His son, a cabinet minister in the new government, is with him. Some […]
“It is with enormous regret that I with immediate effect resign from the post of Minister of Economic Planning & Development.” The bottom line is: Hon. Atupele Austin Muluzi, M.P. has now broken free from the Peoples Party (PP) led government, an overdue development that I can imagine, sounds like good music to his many supporters. Saturday, […]
Malawi opposition chief, John Tembo, has said governing People’s Party (PP) officials abused the son of Malawi’s ex-president Bakili Muluzi, Atupele Austin Muluzi, when they hurled insults on him at a rally held in Mangochi last Saturday prompting him to resign as economic planning minister. A popular politician among the youth, Atupele, 34, was on October 31, […]
Analysts have expressed no surprise in the news that the son of Malawi’s former president has resigned his post as a minister in current President Joyce Banda’s administration after announcing his own presidential bid. Austin Atupele (AA) Muluzi had served as Malawi’s Economic Planning and Development minister as part of Banda’s efforts to reach across […]