Political commentators have lauded President Peter Mutharika for setting the tone to garner the 50-percent-plus-one majority to win the fresh presidential elections which Parliament has set to take place on May 19 2020 subject to presidential assent. Mutharika and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Tuesday swiftly moved to announce its electoral alliance with […]
President Peter Mutharika said his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) have formed an alliance to unite Malawians and develop the country. Mutharika promised to work together to halt the country’s descent into the abyss following a divisive 2019 elections with some violent activities by some opposition groups calculated to turn […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has said he has set aside personal ambition of aspiring to be the country’s leader under his party’s banner in favour of serving Malawians which has seen his party entering into an alliance with ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of the fresh elections. Muluzi will not run […]
President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and president of United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi on Tuesday jointly announced that they have formed a political alliance which Mutharka said will evolve into a coalition. The alliance was unveiled at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when the two parties signed a pact which entail […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi’s running mate in the now annulled presidential election says he fully supports the UDF leader’s decision to partner with a political party in an electoral alliance for the forthcoming fresh elections. The maverick Alliance for Democracy (Aford) politician Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo said he was still in touch with […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has launched a blistering attack on its political distractors for suggesting that the party was joining forces with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to frustrate the 50+1 electoral law for majority vote. Party spokesperson Ken Ndanga said those propagating the allegation are ignorant of the law. “The propaganda that UDF has […]
The United Democrat Front (UDF) held its National Executive Committee (NEC) extraordinary meeting on Sunday, February 16 2020 in Blantyre where it endorsed plans to enter into an electoral alliance for the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. According to UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga, the meeting discussed the constitutional court judgement and its implications on the politics […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has not ruled out talks with the ruling party to be running mate to President Peter Mutharika in the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh presidential election in July. Muluzi, however, said the party has not yet sealed a political deal with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the renewal […]
Late Mrs Alefa Julius Chimulirenji, mother to Everton Chimulirenji who is Minister responsible for the Department of Disaster and Management Affairs (DODMA) was on Friday laid to rest at Likumbo Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Njolomole in Ntcheu district. Hundreds of hundred people attended the burial ceremony including the First Lady Gertrude […]
In a classic you-fooled-me-once-now-you-want-to-fool-me-again outplay, United Democratic Front (UDF) President, Atupele Muluzi, has met President Peter Mutharika at the New State House in Lilongwe where the two agreed to strategise on the 50+1 majority vote law ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh elections due in five months time. According g to a source privy […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi meeting on Friday continue to hit headlines and attract mixed reactions as Muluzi has denied claims that his party would join an alliance with MCP should there be a presidential election re-run. Ordinary Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to react with […]
Malawi Congress Party ( MCP) and presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera met opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Austin Muluzi for the first time since last year’s disputed elections, with the pair promising to heal the country’s divisions. Both Chakwera and Muluzi confirmed the meeting took place on Thursday in Lilongwe. “I held fruitful discussions […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi on Saturday returned to the country from China where he spent three months as visiting scholar at Peking University, promising to occupy the centre ground in politics and rebuild the party. Muluzi was welcomed by hundreds of UDF supporters on arrival at the airport including veteran legislator and […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has reacted angrily to reports that party president Atupele Muluzi might have been involved in the sale of land of Livimbo primary school in Lilongwe. UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga says there is no evidence to substantiate the allegations other than minister of Lands Symon Vuwa Kaunda’s simple radio interview. “We believe […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Symon Vuwa Kaunda has exonerated former minister Atupele Muluzi over the Livimbo government school land saga, saying he was never apportioned blame to him, insisting the plot has not been sold. Vuwa Kaunda said the school in Lilongwe has not bee sold as widely speculated and that in […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has hinted that United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi could also face probe over the role he might have taken in the dubious sale of patches of government land, including Livimbo Schools in Lilongwe. Muluzi was briefly the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in 2017 when a […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has appointed its veteran politician and party leader in parliament Lilian Patel as its acting president after its president Atupele Muluzi left for China where he will spend three months as visiting scholar at Peking University. UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga confirmed evelopment in an interview with Nyasa Times on Saturday. He said […]
The atmosphere at Chaka Ground, Malundani Headquarters in Machinga North East constituency was pregnant with ecstasy and jubilation on Sunday after the area’s law-maker, Ajilu Kalitendere who floored United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi during May elections as an independent candidate announced that he has joined governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Clad in a […]