I have followed the discussion regarding claims that our immediate past Head of State, late Bingu wa Mutharika, amassed wealth in the region of K61 billion. Taking the large chunk of the discussion is the barrage of condemnation the dead President has received posthumously. This persuaded me to go to the source of the information, […]
In a case which many have concluded as “wrongful self-enrichment’ a daily newspaper has exposed former Malawi president, the late Bingu wa Mutharika, that he had several bank accounts in both local and foreign commercial banks where some money which is part of his K61 billion estate was kept. The Daily Times reported on Monday […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family has asked the High Court to dismiss the case in which Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) intends to impound 41 vehicles late Mutharika bought whilst in power on duty free, arguing the family should pay duty if they are to use the vehicles. The family has also faulted the tax-collecting […]
State-controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV and Radio has been issued with a permanent restraining order by the High Court to stop airing a programme relating to the Commission of Inquiry report into the death former president Bingu wa Mutharika. The High Court judge, Sylvester Kalembera issued the order on Monday following application by ate […]
“Most of what the African leader does is dictated by what the West wants and thinks. Then the African follows or pretends to cry foul. Africa is ruled and dictated to by the powerful West and all those who fail to recognise this are tempting the fate that has befallen Gaddafi.”.. Nicholas Sengoba, writing in the […]
Malawi’s only private radio station transmitting on satellite, Galaxy FM, has been forced to close down due to financial constraints. The station owned by late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter Duwa Mutharika Mubaira was given both television and radio licenses by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) when Bingu was still in power. The radio, […]
The claims by Malawi President Joyce Banda that she was the first Head of State to be invited to the White House by the United States of America (USA) President have been disputed with a record showing founding president Kamuzu Banda was the first According to official Malawi News Agency report, President Banda said at […]
In a couple of days, President Joyce Banda and her hangers on will be celebrating,with presumable pomp, her clocking a year in the Office of the President of the Republic of Malawi. A lot has been written on her long journey to that office and I will not repeat what has already been said. Again, […]
Duwa Mutharika-Mubaira and Parliamentarian, Kondwani Nankhumwa have obtained an injunction restraining Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and People’s Party (PP) officials from discussing Commission of Enquiry’s report on the death of late President Bingu wa Mutharika. MBC, through its television channel, has been running a programme ‘Kauniuni Wa report ya Imfa ya Bingu wa Mutharika’ with […]
Malawi’s former First Lady Calista Mutharika broke into tears during a memorial mass for late President Bingu wa Mutharika at Holy Ghost Parish in Ndirande, Blantyre as she narrated how her late husband’s treasured gold rosary got stolen immediately after his death. Callista, who was guest of honor at the event, spoke for the first […]
Former First Lady, Callista Mutharika and thousands of opposition DPP supporters thronged the grounds of the Lilongwe Magistrates Court to attend a hearing of the 11 alleged coup plotters, who also include her brother-in-law, the DPP interim president Peter Mutharika. After the court hearing, Callista Mutharika led DPP supporters to Maula Prison and she led […]
Former First Lady, Callista Mutharika visited his brother in-law Professor Peter Mutharika at Southern Region Police an hour after he handed himself in and told agitated DPP supporters that she was disappointed with President Joyce Banda for “orchestrating the arrest”. Callista arrived at the police station at around 11:20am amid cheers and chants from DPP […]
An official Malawian commission of inquiry into circumstances leading to the death of former president Bingu wa Mutharika has recommended to government the new presidential medical benefits following the awful treatment Mutharika faced when he suffered a cardiac arrest last year. The inquiry, which was appointed by President Joyce Banda shortly after her predecessor died at […]
He was born Webster Ryson Thom on February 24, 1934 in Thyolo, and later changed his name to Bingu wa Mutharika. The man who ruled Malawi from 2004 to 2012 became “Daniel Phiri” in death–at least for a couple of days–as a ploy to disguise his demise to give Malawi Government leaders time to plot […]
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH OF THE LATE PRESIDENT NGWAZI PROF. BINGU WA MUTHARIKA AND INTO THE POLITICAL TRANSITION FOLLOWING HIS DEATH TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . v LIST OF COMMISSIONERS AND SECRETARIAT . . . . […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been unsettled with the report of the Commission of Inquiry into former president, the late President Bingu wa Mutharika released with the State set to prosecute a group of former ministers who tried to block President Joyce Banda to rise to power following the death of her predecessor. […]
We come before Your Excellency as members of the Commission of Inquiry which Your Excellency appointed by Order issued under your hand on 1st June 2012 to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency Ngwazi Prof. Bingu wa Mutharika, who died a sudden death […]
.Peter says plot to advance personal and political agenda .Peter insists facts surrounding Bingu’s death already known Malawi’s former president, the late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother, Peter, has said the Mutharika family’s position remains that they did not agree with the setting of the Commission of Inquiry into his brother’s death. Peter said the […]