Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has commended former Malawian president, Bakili Muluzi, for “ably” leading the Commonwealth Observer Group in Nigeria elections which were won by Muhammadu Buhari defeating president Goodluck Jonathan. In a letter to Muluzi dated April 1, 2015, Sharma said Muluzi through “exemplary leadership” has shown deep commitments to promote Commonwealth’s fundamental political […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi who is leading the Commonwealth Election observers has given Nigeria’s general elections a clean bill of health, saying despite widespread logistical challenges the Nigeria election was broadly credible. Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential election, defeating incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan in what is the country’s first ever democratic change of power […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi who is leading a 10-member Commonwealth Observer in Nigeria elections on Wednesday met incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan at State House and said the west African country should “set a good example” in conducting a credible elections. Muluzi said their mandate is to observe and assess the pre-election period, activities on […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi is not a listed officer under a new declaration of assets law to make public what he owns, Director of Public Officers’ Declarations (DPOD) Christopher Tukula has explained. President Peter Mutharika, his deputy Saulos Chilima, former president Joyce Banda, Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya and leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera […]
Malawi government plans to drop former president Bakili Muluzi corruption case where he (Muluzi) is accused of misappropriating K1.7 billion—about $11m (£7m) of funds from international donors. According to Malawi News of March 7, 2015, citing “reliable sources within the top echelons of government,” there have been moves to drop the case for some months – […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi who is leading a Commonwealth Observer Group has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm following Saturday’s postponement of the general elections from February to March and April. Muluzi made the appeal on Monday when he and other Commonwealth observers met Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission. They also met […]
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma announced in London that former Malawian President Dr Bakili Muluzi will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group during Nigeria’s elections on 14 February . The 11-member Commonwealth Observer Group will be supported by a staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat from London when Nigeria holds its fifth election since the end […]
President Peter Mutharika and vice president Saulos Chilima have led tributes to Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of Mzuzu Diocese of the influential Catholic Church, who died in a car crash on Thursday at the age of 59. Mutharika called Bishop Zuza “one of the finest sons of the nation”, while Chilima a devout Catholic said […]
It was a day of emotions and unity of purpose for Malawi as dignitaries, politicians and people from all walks of life gathered in Dedza on Saturday to pay their respects to the much-respected wife of retired politician John Tembo where her remains were interred. Mamarita Ruth Tembo, wife of 45 years of former Malawi […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi who in 2004 sponsored Bullets FC [Bakili Bullets] on a three-year deal worth K15 million (about $30 000), before adding over K70 million (about $140 000) for CAF assignments, said he was ready to offer help to the club again ‘even through a prayer’. In comments published in the press, […]
It is generally accepted that, in Malawi, the arrival of Christianity and colonialism altered the gender relations and sociocultural makeup of its people. These changes are most evident in the way the male gender (or ideas governing what it means to be a man), in both matrilineal and patrilineal societies, came to be understood. Masculinity […]
President Professor Peter Mutharika was joined by former president Bakili Muluzi, vice president Saulos Chilima and senior government officials at the installation of Mavuto Ahmed Gowelo as Traditional Authority Kapoloma in Machinga district on Saturday, December 6. The President urged chiefs to work with the government so that they effectively contribute towards the country’s socio-economic development. He observed […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi’s aspirations to run Joy-TV alongside Joy FM radio, which were thwarted when Malawi government switched off the television broadcasting, has been given a lifeline as the country’s first private television station will re-start its transmission. Muluzi said on Monday that Joy Media Group which also owns Joy Radio want the […]
President Barrack Obama was in Beijing this past week. There are a lot of issues the leader of the free world and his counterpart Xi Jinping – leader of the not-so-free Chinese, disagree about. Issues of trade imbalances, human rights et al. But do you know what hogged the headlines? The Chinese media, the mainstream […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday revealed his cold side when he snubbed leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera during official opening of Hard to Defeat (HTD)-Abdul Majid Motor City at Ginnery Corner in the commercial capital Blantyre. Chakwera was among the invited guests who included former president Bakili Muluzi, Mayor for Blantyre City Assembly Noel Chalamanda, […]
The recent cosiness between President Peter Mutharika and former President, Bakili Muluzi -him of the political engineer fame – is more than just a quest for political correctness by the DPP as it seems ‘Atcheya’ is in for some form of ‘consultancy’ to use his ‘engineering’ to help prop up the seemingly ‘dull’ politics of […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday sent condolences to Zambia at the death of president Michael Sata, but stressed it believed there would be a peaceful political transition in the African nation. In a letter sent to Zambia government, Mutharika said he learnt with “deep sense of shock and profound sadness” the death of Sata. […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi has dismissed critics who accused President Peter Mutharika for picking the former leader to represent him at Zambia’s 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations in Lusaka. Critics have been accusing Mutharika of delegating a retired president instead of sending a sitting vice president, with others claiming, there could be bad relationship between the […]