Director of State Residences Peter Mukhito has said there is nothing wrong that Lilongwe house of Ben Phiri the special assistant to President Peter Mutharika is being accorded State House Security. Phiri’s house in Area 12 has two guards with state Residences badges who are manning the gates, according to published reports. Other presidential aides […]
There have been stories, accusations, gossip, debate you name it concerning the Presidential Aides. The accusations which are made especially on the social network and some online publications range from Presidential aides calling the shots, forming a ring fence around the Presidency, blocking others from contributing, among others. This article intends to discuss the substance […]
Former legal adviser to former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika Allan Ntata has hinted that increasingly powerful special advisor to President Peter Mutharika, Ben Phiri is now running the show at State House. Ntata who went on public to complain that one or two individuals he did not name have ‘ring-fenced’ President Mutharika used an interview […]
The country’s consumer and human rights activist, John Kapito, has called on the Malawian public to carefully scrutinize the assets declarations by public officers including President Peter Mutharika. Mutharika, his deputy Saulos Chilima, former president Joyce Banda, Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya and leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera have made their assets public in accordance with the […]
Controversy at State House surrounds the dismissal on Tuesday of President Peter Mutharika’s aide-de-camp (ADC), Fostino Gunda Phiri, whom insiders reveal got the chop without the knowledge of his boss, the Head of State. “He was ordered to surrender and handover all State House items in his possession to the Guard Commander. It was the […]
Special adviser to Malawi President Peter Mutharika, Ben Phiri has responded to the calls from various sections of the society asking the Head of State to come out of the cocoon and address Malawians on labyrinth of social and economic dire straits the country in going through. Malawians are asking Mutharika to intervene in various […]
As the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) struggles to maintain its foothold on political power, another power matrix game between President Peter Mutharika’s Personal Assistant (PA), Ben Phiri, and Senior Advisor to the President on Strategy and Communication, Bright Malopa, has also entered an intense phase that nearly culminated into physical fight. According to a […]
President Peter Mutharika has followed in the footsteps of his brother and former late President Bingu wa Mutharika, who had unquenchable lust for class, where at one point he bought himself, using government resources, a top of the range Germany made super-luxury sedan, the Maybach 62 worth US$500,000. Highly impeccable sources at Kamuzu Palace in […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika is happy to be called ‘APM’ by his political supporters and the media, his special aide Ben Phiri has said. Phiri told a local radio that the Head of State has “welcomed” the APM tag as “a unique trade mark”. “The official name still remains His Excellency, Professor Aurther Peter Mutharika, […]
President Peter Mutharika has withdrawn sponsorship to the Southern Region Football League sponsorship with just a week before kick off. SRFL chairman Trouble Kalua confirmed that President Mutharika through his aide Ben Phiri, who is also sponsorship coordinator , said the sponsorship would not be renewed due to challenges the league faced during the initial […]
President Peter Mutharika’s personal aid Ben Phiri has withdrawn a case in which he was accusing People’s Party (PP) youth director for south Lemani Chapitapansi of abducting and assaulted him. Phiri and Chapitapansi met at Blantyre Police station on Wednesday to close the case with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of field operations disclosing […]
Malawi Police has indicted they are ready to prosecute former ruling People’s Party (PP) youth leaders on allegations that they attacked Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of field operations Ben Phiri. Blantyre Police spokesperson Elizabeth Divala said two PP officials have since been arrested and they can face charges while officer “continue with investigations into […]
A Twitter conversation purportedly between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika and his special aide Ben Phiri discussing “planting” ballots to official of People’s Party in Blantyre has been leaked on Wednesday went viral overnight. The conversation which flooded social media networks is from Phiri’s Twitter account said to chatting with Mutharika on dumping […]
Blantyre Magistrate court on Tuesday granted bail governing People’s Party (PP) youth director for south Lemani Chapitapansi after he was arrested on allegations that he led a group of assailants who attacked Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of field operations Ben Phiri. Chapitapansi, who was arrested on Monday, appeared in court on Tuesday to be formally […]
The governing People’s Party (PP) youth director for south Lemani Chapitapansi has spent his first night in police custody after he was arrested on allegations that he led a group of assailants who attacked Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of field operations Ben Phiri Chapitapansi was arrested on Monday afternoon in Blantyre almost a month after the incident. […]
Malawi Police has said investigations into the assault in Blantyre of Ben Phiri, personal assistant to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika, is still underway and that his party may be involved. Phiri alleged to have been assaulted by a group of 15 men led by a man he identified as People’s Party […]
If the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were to win next months’ elections, cabinet and other influential government positions will be dominated by members of the Mulhako Wa Lhomwe cultural outfit, a leaked DPP memo shows. In a confidential memo to DPP President Peter Mutharika and written by Ben Phiri, the party’s Director of Field Operations, […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of operations Ben Phiri said he recognised the people who assaulted him on Monday night and that they were members of ruling People’s Party. Phiri who has been discharged at the Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH) where he was hospitalised, said he assaulted by a group of 15 men led by […]