Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) says the late powerful Tumbuka chief of Rumphi, Chikulamayembe burial will be accorded a full military honours. The paramount chief died on November 29 at Mzuzu Central Hospital and would be interred Tuesday at his headquarters in Chilongozgi village in Bolero, Rumphi. “His Excellency the President, Professor Arthur […]
A Tumbuka Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi has passed on after a short illness, government has confirmed. Chikulamayembe passed on on Thursday at MZUZU Central Hospital, according to spokersperson for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Muhlabase Mughogho. The chief was among the few prominent and well established rulers in the northern region. With so much honesty, respect, […]
A Tumbuka Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi has said he is reversing his decision to endorse President Peter Mutharika’s 2019 presidential bid, saying Malawians will decide according to their conscious when the country goes to polls. Chikulamayembe endorsed Mutharika during the rally the President held in Rumphi last week at Bolero, after laying a foundation […]
Tumbuka Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe has called for stiffer penalties for persons convicted of corruption in Malawi. Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe says one of the main factors fueling corruption in the civil service is that convicts are getting too lenient sentences for stealing public money. “Corruption yakwera chomene… anthu akutola ndalama zaboma… chalo chanangika. (Corruption has risen […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi District says Malawians need to have a sense of humanity when undertaking their duties by desisting from embezzling public funds and indulging in corruption. Chikulamayembe made the sentiments Tuesday when ActionAid Malawi disbursed K10.5 million to 30 Community Based Child Care Centres (CBCCCs) in the district. He said corruption or […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi has said he is disappointed with the tendence by top gurus of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to force Tumbuka chiefs in his district to go and meet President Peter Mutharika and thank him for various development projects in the district. He said DPP campaign director Jappies Mhango, who […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi has said he has forgiven President Peter Mutharika on the fracas on September 30 2016 when members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wreaked havoc at the Gonapamuhanya ceremony and accepted to lead a delegation of Rumphi chiefs to visit State House. During the Gonapamuhanya ceremony, where the Tumbuka […]
Paramount Chiefs, Senior Chiefs and Traditional Authorities of the Northern Region have pressed President Peter Mutharika to apologise to Nkhamanga Kingdom in Rumphi following the fracas on September 30 when members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wreaked havoc at the Gonapamuhanya ceremony. Mutharika, who is visiting the northern region, had invited the Rumphi chiefs […]
President Peter Mutharika will not be apologizing to following the fracas on September 30 when members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wreaked havoc at the Gonapamuhanya ceremony, State House has said. During the Gonapamuhanya ceremony, DPP youth cadets clad in their party attire, threw stones at opposition party leaders that attended the cultural ceremony […]
Tumbuka’s supreme leader, Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe, has taken a swipe at ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) saying Gonapamuhanya Cultural Festival, just as any cultural festival in the country, does not belong to the incumbency. He explained that the festival is cultural, not political, as such political forces should grace the festival with a spirit of […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe is planning to install Traditional Auhtority (TA) Mwamlowe but risks arrest if he goeas ahead as court has issued an order to stop the installation. There are unresolved misunderstanding in the Mwamlowe chieftenancy with the other family members protesting the choice of the incoming chief. A faction Mwamlowe family hired private practice law […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) almost derailed the annual cultural festival, Gonapamuhanya, organised by Tumbuka ethnic group in Rumphi to commemorate the first Chikulamayembe as they fought for political dominance. The annual cultural event saw the clash of the DPP and MCP supporters as the ruling party took centre stage, […]
Hecklers interrupted Minister of Sports and Culture Grace Chiumia on Saturday when she was delivering a speech at Tumbuka cultural event Gonapamuhanya at Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe’s Bolero headquarters in Rumphi. Chiumia invited the boos when she departed from her prepared speech to rebuke Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya for urging leaders against making abusive and […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu along with his counterpart Chikulamayembe have left President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s special adviser Symon Vuwa Kaunda egg-faced following their sudden change of heart to quash federalism as the two now say that they support the call for a federal state in Malawi. When Vuwa Kaunda, who is presidential adviser on unity and […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has gone flat out in the North Malawi to lure influential voices in rejecting calls for north secession or referendum. In his latest engagement and palm oil, presidential advisor on National unity and parliamentary affairs, Symon Vuwa Kaunda, on Sunday met chiefs from Rumphi let by Paramount Themba la […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of the Tumbuka tribe of the Nkhamanga Kingdom in Rumphi District has endorsed President Joyce Banda’s pairing with Trade Minister Sosten Gwengwe in May 20 elections, saying she will be offered a new contract as Head of State and Government. Chikulamayembe said Wednesday the choice of Gwengwe as Banda’s running mate was […]
Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of the Tumbuka tribe has declared that President Joyce Banda will be offered a new contract as Head of State and Government at the elections next year. He was speaking at a Development rally that President Banda addressed at Bumba Model School Ground in Rumphi Central Constituency after she distributed cows to […]
Tumbukas will hold their annual Gonapamhanya Cultural Ceremony at Themba la Mathemba Chikulamayembe’s headquarters in Bolero, Rumphi on Monday, November 19, 2012 . President Mrs Joyce Banda is expected to grace the occasion. Gonapamhanya is an annual commemoration of the arrival of the first Tumbuka king, Gonapamhanya, who ruled the Nkhamanga Kingdom. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa […]