Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has appointed ousted Lilongwe City South East Member of Parliament (MP) Bentley Namasasu as Deputy Ambassador to Japan in a move that has been seen as rewarding him for backing off to re-contest his lost seat as an independent in the forthcoming by-election after he was defeated by Democratic Progressive Party […]
Former Malawi’s ambassador in Japan, retired Major General Reuben Ngwenya, is eying a parliamentary seat in Lilongwe City South East constituency and will challenge disqualified MP Bentley Namasasu in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) primary elections. The Supreme Court of Appeal on March 6 this year ordered MEC to conduct a fresh polls of the disputed parliamentary […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has submitted a budget to Treasury for the funding of the Lilongwe south east parliamentary re-run just a month after a Supreme Court order. Richard Mveriwa, spokesperson for MEC however could not say how much would be needed to hold the re-run, the first of its kind […]
Malawi Parliament has refused to comment on the Supreme Court ruling on Monday which effectively fired Lilongwe south east MP Bentry Namasasu. The Supreme Court annulled the 2014 Lilongwe south east parliamentary election and called for a rerun. But spokesperson for parliament Leonard Mengezi said he would not comment on whether parliament has started the […]