United Democratic Front (UDF) officials say party gurus will be meeting shortly to make a common stand on whether the former ruling party should go into a political alliance with another party or not. UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga has confirmed the meeting, saying the party needed to make a decision on the alliance issue. “The […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika and his running mate now Vice-President-elect Everton Chimulirenji are being flooded with congratulation messages for being bestowed the mandate to lead the country for the next five years following the pair’s triumph in the presidential race held last week and have been tipped to get to work the nation’s good. The […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi and two running mates for leading parties have tumbled in parliamentary elections. Muluzi has since conceded defeat and congratulated the winning independent candidate. This is the first time that Muluzi has lost a parliamentary seat in his home area of Machinga north east. Some people on social […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi and his wife Angela cast their votes at Nainunje Primary School polling centre in Machinga North East Constituency in front of a large group of fellow local voters and supporters. As he exited the polling station, Atupele who is the youthful presidential hopeful amongst the other six […]
She may have looked as a reticent political spouse but Angella Muluzi, wife to United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi, has been one of the most formidable voices of the campaign in the run up to May 21 Tripartite Elections, engaging the electorate on the ground in mostly rural areas. Angella, who once […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has bemoaned that the current resting place for the country’s pro-democracy hero late Chakufwa Tom Chihana at Katoto in Mzuzu is a bush and promises to build a mausoleum for the departed president of Alliance for Democracy (Aford) if he is elected President during the May 21 […]
Former Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi, who is also the presidential torchbearer for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Tuesday May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections has bid farewell to colleagues at the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the rest of the Malawians after serving as Minister for five years in the President Peter Mutharika’s […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has said that politics is a service to the people politicians serve. Speaking at a whistle-stop campaign tour at Nkhata-bay boma , Atupele said others do not understand the what politics is, they only see the bad not the good. “When another party is in government it doesn’t mean […]
Thousands of people in the northern region have been trooping to listen to United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi and his running mate Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo who have been holding a series of whistle-stop campaign meetings as they unpacked their vision for Malawi. Muluzi, who is Minister of Health in the Democratic Progressive […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi on Thursday interacted with leaders of Youth Decide, a four-member civil society advocacy organisation, and endorsed the Youth Manifesto in Mzuzu, saying it forms part of his ‘New Beginning’ agenda. Atupele, 40, the youngest among the seven presidential candidates in the May 21 polls, said he was convinced that […]
Former main opposition in parliament, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will not take part in peace prayers which have been organized by pro ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) clergy at Kamuzu Palace on Thursday ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. MCP presidential candidate Lazurus Chakwera, United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi on Wednesday went flat out in the central region district of Ntchisi with a claim he won the May 2014 tripartite elections but that the results were fraudulent. Atupele, 40, the youthful presidential hopeful among the six contesting in the May 21 presidential race, said during a […]
With 20 days left before Malawians go to the polls in a closely fought presidential campaign, United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi is pushing to inspire enthusiasm from the electorate to go en masse and vote on May 21 – for the ‘new beginning’, saying the election is the choice between an “inclusive […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential running mate Frank Mwenifumbo says, if voted into office on May 21 2019, they will ban tobacco buyers from producing the leaf, arguing the practice disadvantages smallholder farmers in the country. Mwenifumbo feared that maintaining the existing policies where tobacco buying companies are at liberty to also produce will have […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) torchbearer in the May 21 Tripartite Elections Atupele Muluzi took his meet-the-people campaign tour to Balaka on Sunday where he pledged transformation agenda that will guarantee a free, equitable, stable, inclusive and prosperous Malawi. Atupele, 40, the youngest presidential candidate in the forthcoming polls, promised to focus on irrigation farming as […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has said he was approached by the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as well as Malawi Congress Party ( MCP) and UTM Party for an electoral alliance in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. However, Atupele has not indicated if the parties hasd offered him the running mate […]
As Atupele Muluzi takes the stage in Chingale, a constituency in the eastern district of Zomba, he grasps a microphone with one hand and waves with the other. “Malawi-moto, Malawi-moto!” he starts sloganeering. The 40-year-old leader of the United Democratic Front (UDF) who was written off by some, is proving he is gaining ground wooing […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has promised that he will raise the minimum wage to K70 000 while the tax free band will move to K150 000 if voted into power in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Muluzi was speaking at Nyambadwe school ground in Blantyre at the end of his whistle […]