Most people hated him passionately – Bakili Muluzi – the former President of the Republic of Malawi. And most people adored him, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika – except for a few voices who expressed skepticism from the start like the doubting “Toms” Likambale and Chiumia in particular of this world who urged people to wait […]
Malawi Foreign Affairs minister Peter Mutharika, brother to President Bingu wa Mutharika, has rejected a proposal by some members of the ruling DPP to introduce a new currency note bearing president Mutharika’s face, Nyasa Times can exclusively reveal. The young Mutharika who is being bulldozed to take over the leadership mantle from his elder brother […]
I am a proponent of leadership renewal. Some young and fresh ideas will go a long way in solving the myriad problems inflicting Malawi today. I however do not buy into this idea of thrusting a 33 or even 35 year into an elective office like the presidency. I am not Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
Zambia President Micheal Chilufya Sata has shunned Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika at his country’s 47th independence celebrations but extended his invitation to vice president Joyce Banda and former president Bakili Muluzi. The 47th independence celebrations for Zambia will be held on Monday October 24 in Lusaka and will be Sata’s maiden investiture ceremony as head of […]
Atupele Austin Muluzi, the 33 year-old son of former President Bakili Muluzi who is also Member of Parliament and deputy leader of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in parliament, says he wants to run for president. That, at any rate, is good news. The nation has a shortage of brilliant young minds eager to step […]
Ex-president Bakili Muluzi’s Joy TV which was stopped by Malawi authorities on its inception has been permitted to establish their station in Zambia’s Eastern Province, according to President Micheal Sata. Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) denied Joy television broadcasts in 2007, when it had already started beaming. But son to former president Muluzi, Atupele, requested […]
Without doubt most Malawians must be wondering as to how the Mutharika government has landed this country into such unprecedented economic mess. The majority of the problems the country is facing were not to be. After all, in 2004 election campaign, President Bingu wa Mutharika campaigned on the premise that he is an economic engineer. […]
Lawmaker Austin Atupele Muluzi, former president Bakili Muluzi’s 33-year-old son, has said this suspension from the UDF party will not derail the ‘agenda for change’ campaign he is advancing for a better Malawi. UDF suspended Atupele after he announced he will seek nomination to stand as presidential candidate for 2014 general elections. “I will not relent […]
Acting president of former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) Friday Jumbe has criticised lawmaker Austin Atupele Muluzi, former president Bakili Muluzi’s 33-year-old son, for announcing that he will seek nomination to stand as presidential candidate for 2014 general elections, saying it is a destructive agenda. Jumbe speaking on Capital FM Straight Talk programme aired on […]
Deputy publicity secretary for the former governing United Democratic Front (UDF), Ken Msonda, has reacted with anger to assertions that some of the party’s national executive committee (NEC) members are convicts and as such they cannot hold any executive office. One of the UDF NEC members, Gerald Mponda, is quoted in the Thursday’s edition of […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) members of parliament have condemned plans by some party gurus to expel Machinga North East MP Atupele Muluzi because of his alleged interest to contest for the party’s presidency. Atupele, son to UDF founding president and former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi, was summoned to a hearing at Grace Bandawe […]
The recent reunion between the two United Democratic Front (UDF) ‘warring’ factions that had agreed to ‘burry the hatchet’ and work together “for the good of the larger party”, has more to it than hears the ear or than sees the eye, a senior politburo member has revealed. One of the issues behind it is […]
Shanil Muluzi, former First Lady and ex-wife to the former president Bakili Muluzi has returned to her original Catholic Church after parting ways with her husband. She now prays at Balaka Catholic Parish and is the patroness for Radio Maria at the parish and entire Balaka. On Saturday, she attended a day long workshop organized […]
Malawi’ former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) says its rival factions have buried their hatches and decided to be a united front following mediation by facilitated by Father Michael Mtambo of the Anglican Upper Shire Diocese The unity pact was signed on Friday and leaders of the two factions Friday Jumbe and George Nga Mtafu […]
A bomb is yet to land on the political scene which will send shivers to old politicians who have outlived their usefulness as the youthful Machinga North East Parliamentarian Atupele Muluzi is expected to announce his political move in the country. Atupele, son to the former president, is already on a campaign advocating for change […]
By Makhumbo R. Munthali In one of my last year articles, Tread Carefully on Peter [which appeared in The Nation newspaper of August 9 2010], I bemoaned the tendency by some DPP faithfuls of “prematurely” embarking on a campaign trail bent at selling by-then Minister of Justice and Constitutional affairs Professor Peter Mutharika’s 2014 presidential […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika has accused unnamed European governments of bankrolling Malawi non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order for them to organize mass demonstration against his government and effect unconstitutional regime change. Speaking when he addressed the nation on Sunday via the Malawi Broadcasting (MBC) radio and television, Mutharika said the […]
By Dennis Chirwa, Nyasa Times Malawi’s first multi-party president Bakili Muluzi arrived back home from South Africa where he was receiving treatment on Saturday. Muluzi’s plane touched down at Chileka airport soon after 12 noon. Addressing members of the press, the retired president who has of lat been using a walking stick due to his […]