Karonga Central MP Frank Mwenifumbo has posted photographs on social media showing him sharing warm, light-hearted moments with the country’s second vice-president, Enock Chihana, in what appears to be a public thawing of relations between the two long-standing political rivals. The pair had previously fallen out over the leadership of the Alliance for Democracy (Aford), […]
Government says plans are at an advanced stage for the long awaited mausoleum for one of the architects of the country’s multiparty democracy late Tom Chakufwa Chihana after it received cabinet approval during the previous regime and the work will start soon at his cemetery in Mzuzu City. Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, […]
A man said to be a patient at St. John’s Mental Hospital in Mzuzu invaded the burial site of Malawi pro-democracy hero and former State second vice president and founder of Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) Chakufwa Thom Chihana in Mzuzu’s Katoto. The man, according to Mzuzu police said the mentally ill man broke the main […]
Outspoken politician Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has given a thumbs up to Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders for their continued fight against human rights abuses in the country. Mwenifumbo said this on Saturday in Mzuzu when HRDC held a special event to honour Alliance for Democracy (Aford) leader Chakufwa Chihana and those butchered in cold […]
The Human Rights Defender Coalition (HRDC) has said it wants Malawi’s pro-democrcay hero Chakufwa Tom Chihana to be honoured with statue. HRDC chairman, Timothy Mtambo made the declaration at Rumphi Boma during a public meeting. He said they want to recognise the role Chihana played in his brave fight against one party dictatorship and champion […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has bemoaned that the current resting place for the country’s pro-democracy hero late Chakufwa Tom Chihana at Katoto in Mzuzu is a bush and promises to build a mausoleum for the departed president of Alliance for Democracy (Aford) if he is elected President during the May 21 […]
Chakufwa Tom Chihana is revered for being the first Malawian to openly challenge Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s autocratic rule and April 6 1992 he flew into Malawi from the diaspora to kickstart pro-democracy campaign. The ex-trade unionist, through an underground movement, spoke out of the time for Malawi to start multiparty […]
Government decision to construct what president Peter Mutharika said a state of the art mausoleum for fallen hero and democracy icon Chakufwa Chihana’s has drawn mixed reactions in the north as some section of society say this is just campaign ploy. A number of people on social media platforms say why has it taken that […]
President Peter Mutharika has announced plans that his government will construct a a high-tech tomb for Malawi’s pro-democrcay hero Chakufwa Tom Chihana. The mausoleum will include a library housing Chihana’s memorabilia. Mutharika disclosed this in Bolero during a ground breaking ceremony for Rumphi,Nyika chitipa road The President said his government recognizes the important role that […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) President, Frank Tumpale Mwenefumbo has commended President Peter Mutharika for recognizing some of the country’s freedom fighters from the North. Mwenefumbo, who is also Member of Parliament for Karonga Central, made the remarks Saturday at his Mikoma Motel in Karonga during a news conference. During his 54th Anniversary Independence speech at […]
Malawians are today quietly commemorating 25 years of multiparty democracy with legislator Frank Mwenifumbo calling on the government to bring back Freedom Day Holiday and remember the gallant freedom fighter Chakufwa Tom Chihana. This day, 25 years ago, Malawians braved the chilly weather to cast their votes in favour of the multiparty democracy as the […]
Maverick Karonga central MP Frank Mwenifumbo has frantically pleaded with government to construct a mausoleum for Malawi’s gallant freedom fighter Chakufwa Tom Chihana, saying he is lying in a bush. Mwenifumbo said this in parliament on Wednesday when he contributed on the K1.5 trillion national budget. “We need to recognise the important role that Chakufwa […]
Malawians on Thursday were remembering hero of multiparty democracy Chakufwa Tom Chihana on his courageous coming from exile 25 years ago to challeng the entrenched Kamuzu Banda’s 31-year-old autocratic rule under the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The brave Chihana disembarked from a plane on April 6, 1992 at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, flashed his […]
Officials from Mzuzu City Council say they want to meet the family of freedom fighter, late Chakufwa Chihana so that his body should be exhumed and be reburied at a Heroes Acre. Mzuzu City Council chief executive officer Mcloud Kadammanja could however say when the meeting will take place. “The graveyard is poorly located, surely […]
Ten years ago on June 12, 2006 a dark cloud fell on the Malawi nation when the nation was bereaved of its son, an iconic gentleman and a patriot. His mortal remains were laid to eternal bliss at Kawiluwilu estate in the City of Mzuzu. There are those of us who fathom the significance of […]
Following negligence by the Malawi government to honour fallen heroes, the family of late Chakufwa Chihana has been forced to raise funds on their own amounting to K100 million to construct him a mausoleum. Son to Chihana, Enock confirmed the development in an interview with a local newspaper. Apart from the mausoleum, Enock said the […]
Remains of modern day fierce and aggressive freedom fighter Chakufwa Tom Chihana is likely to be exhumed from where it is buried and be reburied close to Rose Chibambo’s grave which is designated as heroes acre. Mzuzu City Council officials have confided with Nyasa Times that Chihana will be reburied at the new heroes acre. […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) president Enock Chihana says his party needs rebuilding and has vowed to resign should the party fail to attain more than 10 legislatures during the 2019 elections. Chihana remarks comes while the party has been failing to win convincingly for the past two electoral calendars following the death of the party […]