UTM Patron Noel Masangwi threw off the gloves during a televised rally in Zomba on Saturday, claiming that President Peter Mutharika is aware and behind the violence happening in the country. Masangwi disclosed this on Saturday at Gymkhana club where Tonse alliance held a rally. ” Mutharika we have worked with you and we know […]
The acting Inspector General (IG) of Police Duncan Mwapasa has summoned police officers assigned to the Vice President Saulos Chilima after they used live bullets to shoot in Machinga on Friday when political violence reared its ugly head again ahead of fresh presidential elections. Chilima, who is UTM Party president and Tonse Alliance running mate, travelled […]
Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda was sworn in as President of the Republic of Malawi on 6 July 1966. He served as such for 27 years, 324 days until 24 May 1994. Eleson Bakili Muluzi, Kamuzu’s immediate successor, served from 24 May 1994 to 24 May 2004. He was succeeded by Bingu wa Mutharika on 24 May […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said he has instructed lawyers to file for prosecution of Malawi President Peter Mutharika and former president Bakili Muluzi before the international criminal court in The Hague over political violence and crimes against humanity. Chilima – fervently called SKC – said this at Namadidi in Zomba on Saturday during a […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi, who governed the country from 1994 to 2004, has spoken in support for presidential ticket of President Peter Mutharika and his running mate Atupele, his son, in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Speaking at his home village of Kapoloma in Machinga district where he was meeting his kinsmen, including chiefs Muluzi […]
Former president Joyce Banda has urged political leaders not to divide people in the country in the name of religion during the political campaign for the fresh presidential elections. Addressing a rally at Naisi in Zomba under the banner of opposition Tonse Allaince, Banda, who leads Peoples Party (PP), credited former president Bakili Muluzi for […]
Saulos Klaus Chilima popularly called SKC sounds like a bitter man. He talks of issue-based campaign, then goes wild about Bakili Muluzi, the second republican president. He talks of mature politics, then he goes “ndine wamakanitu ndimatchula mayina.” He gets his response- Charles Mchacha says he welcomes hate speech challenge. Gotcha! That’s what SKC is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said the opposition grand alliance is ‘made in heaven’ given and that the 2019 election fraud engineered by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairwoman Jane Ansah was a blessing in disguise to unite Malawians under the Tonse alliance to redeem the country. Mkaka said the alliance will defeat […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has strongly condemned Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) for allegedly using religion in their campaign to divide Malawians. Chilima issued the warning at Kasungu boma on Saturday where he addressed an opposition alliance rally. He said he has evidence that DPP/UDF alliance is misleading people by telling […]
The country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima has accused former president Bakili Muluzi, the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, of threatening his life. Chilima, who also accused President Peter Mutharika of unleashing political violence ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election to disenfranchise some voters, made claims on Muluzi during a rally […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi, the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, will his the road with whistle stop campaign tours to campaign for President Peter Mutharika, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer in the fresh presidential election set for July 2. This was disclosed by Mutharika’s running mate Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi in Zomba on […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has branded the electoral alliance between the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) as the worst enemy of State for being rooted in “hatred, tribalism and regionalism.” Chilima—who fell out with President Peter Mutharika and quit DPP in June 2018 to form UTM Party and challenged his political […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi was caught in coronavirus lockdown in South Africa where he had gone for his usual medical attention. Sources said after his duration for medical attention expired, Malawi’s first president in democratic Malawi could not get out of Cape Town and had to be restricted to his hotel due to the coronavirus. […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi is in South Africa for medical check up, his son Atupele has confirmed. Writing on his Facebook wall, the United Democratic Front (UDF) president said the former president left on Monday for South Africa. “He is doing well and recovering,” says the young Muluzi. The statement comes amid fake news in […]
UTM Party secretary general Patricia Kaliati added political banter to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) alliance with United Democratic Front (UDF), saying it is political dynasties—Mutharikas and Muluzis—who have dominated Malawi politics for 23 of the last 25 years of multiparty democracy’s return. Kaliati was speaking in Mzuzu on Sunday during a UTM rally before […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator fro Kasungu South East, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has asked the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to drop the case of former president Bakili Muluzi’s allged K1.7 billion corruption case, saying it is taking long to conclude and only torturing him. Chiponda’s request through a supplementary question in Parliament on […]
Graft-busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the 14-year-old former president Bakili Muluzi corruption case needs political solution not legal to get to its logical conclusion. In an interview with a local radio station, the ACB czar Reyneck Matemba doubted if the case can come to a conclusion using the judiciary. “My own personal opinion […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi has hailed the Constitutional Court judges who have annulled last year’s presidential elections, saying it has marked a significant moment in history. In a landmark judgment, the Constitution Court has nullified the election victory of President Peter Mutharika and ordered a a new ballot within 150 days, days as judges found […]