Former president Bakili Muluzi has implored on political leaders to preach peace before, during and after the election case ruling on Monday to avert violence. In a statement, Muluzi tells political parties and their leaders to desist from making crass statements which have the potential to ignite chaos in the country. “The same goes to […]
For starters, Vision 2020 was launched by the then state president Bakili Muluzi in March 1998. Lately there has been some talk, especially on the social media, which seem to suggest that former president Bakili Muluzi is wholly responsible for the failure of Vision 2020. From this kind of thinking one can easily note that […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) returns to High Court in Blantyre on March 24 with the the case of former president Bakili Muluzi that has stagnated for about 14 years. A panel of nine Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda will hear the case in Blantyre, according to court schedule at the Malawi […]
Business magnate and managing director of Mulli Brothers Limited (MBL) Leston Mulli on Sunday visited retired president Bakili Muluzi at his BCA private residence in Blantyre in what he calls a courtesy call. While confirming the visit to Nyasa Times, the Mulhako wa Alhomwe board of trustees’ chairperson Mulli said he went to wish Muluzi a happy […]
Legal Affairs Committee of parliament has told the graft-busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to update the nation on the K1.7 billion corruption case against former president Bakili Muluzi that has stagnated for about 13 years. Legal Affairs Committee chairperson Kezzie Msukwa said it was worrying that the case has been dragging for over 13 […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi once said “Amalawi sachedwa kuyiwala (Malawians forget quickly).” He was referring to the atrocities the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) committed during its 31 years in power under the reign of Kamuzu Banda. Ironically Muluzi was once MCP’s secretary general. In that position, he was the party’s second most influential man after […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday presided over the commissioning of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) warships on Lake Malawi at the Maritime Force Headquarters in Monkey Bay, Mangochi, two of which have been named after Mutharika and former president Bakili Muluzi. The warships are dubbed Ship of the Malawi Republic (SMR) Mutharika and SMR Muluzi. […]
Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has rebuffed former President Bakili Muluzi on his call for a meeting to discuss the coalition’s plans to hold anti-Ansah protests at the country’s ports of entry. HRDC has planned to hold protests at the country’s borders and airports from August 26 to 30, as one way of forcing Malawi […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi has once again asked for a meeting with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to discuss their planned demonstrations on August 26 that have taken a new direction in that the organizers intend to shut down the airports and borders. The demonstrations are aimed at pushing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi has failed to get back to anti-Jane Ansah protest organisers to brief them on his meeting with President Peter Mutharika as the start of the beginning of what he called dialogue on the heightened political impasse. Muluzi had promised to get back to Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) after seven days […]
As the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, Bakili Muluzi is widely credited with consolidating Malawi’s democracy and the rule of law. During his tenure he tolerated dissenting views, while press and religious freedoms flourished unlike under Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. Muluzi will go down in history as the ‘people’s president’ or as […]
State House has confirmed former president Bakili Muluzi on Thursday met President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu Palace but could not divulge details of the discussions which centred on ending further election-related clashes two days after Muluzi’s mediation effort with Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leadership. Presidential press secretary Mgeme Kalilani said President Mutharika and Muluzi, who […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leadership says they will continue to organise demonstrations until Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah resign for allegedly presiding over a flawed electoral process in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. HRDC on Tuesay held dialogue talks with former president Bakili Muluzi who had moved in to quell the […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) on Tuesday has been meeting former president Bakili Muluzi to find a lasting solution to the post-election tension ovee the anti-Jane Ansah protests which have at times turned violent. HRDC team led by Timothy Mtambo had travelled from Lilongwe to BCA Residence a private posh retirement home of the former […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi has stepped in to end the current wave of protests and violence by calling for a meeting with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) as the leadership of the grouping has confirmed and accepted. A letter from the office of the former president dated July 22, 2019 and duly signed by […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who is contesting the outcome of the May 21 presidential election in court shunned the swearing-in of President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu Stadium on Tuesday. MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said Chakwera could attend the ceremony as the party maintains arguing that there had been serious […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi on Saturday paid tributes to one of his former ministers Aleke Kadonaphani Banda, popularly known as AKB, saying he remembers him for, among others, his unwavering efforts to bring about change in the country’s politics. Muluzi was speaking as a ceremony which family members, friends and colleagues gathered at Chirimba in […]
Former lecturer of the University of Malawi, Okomaatani Aipira, has dropped his debut in the Malawi book industry with a seemingly an analytical piece that chronicles the country’s presidency from 1964. Aipira, who taught at The Polytechnic for 35 years before he joined frontline politics by serving as Mangochi West legislator, discusses the country’s status […]