Fighting between the Enoch Chihana led faction and Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo camp in the opposition Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) is degenerating to unprecedented levels with the former warning the latter to desist from using AFORD colours or any of the party’s materials. But the Mwenifumbo camp insists it is the “genuine” AFORD and would not […]
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 […]
The Pan African Parliament has clarified that Alliance for Democrcay (Aford) president Enock Chihana was not elected vice-president of the continental legislature but he is vice-chairperson of Southern Africa Caucus. It was earlier reported that the Rumphi Central MP is vice president of African Parliament which has led to the legislature to clarify that Chihana […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) central region committee has on Tuesday endorsed Karonga Central member of Parliament (MP) Frank Mwenifumbo as its leader and subsquent presidential candidate for the 2019 presidential. At a news conference at party headquarters in Area 49 in Lilongwe, party regional chairman for the centre Nicholas Kamoto said Enoch Chihana should step […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) president, Enock Chihana, has been elected vice president for the Pan African parliament at its parliamentary session presently underway in Midland, South Africa. Chihana, son to political czar Chakufwa Chihana, will for the next three years deputize Roger Nkodo Dung of Cameroon. He is the first Malawian to serve in the […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) secretary general, Grace Chupa, says the party went through hell prior to its “legal” indaba on May 2, and has since outlined an action party to re-build the party. Chupa said AFORD president, Enoch Chihana, is determined to make the party “better again” by making sure that all members in the […]
A new development has ensued in the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) with some party supporters from all over the northern region endorsing Karonga Central legislator, Frank Mwenifumbo, as the rightful president of the party and has withdrawn its backing of Enoch Chihana as party leader. On Monday, Mwenifumbo “asserted” himself in parliament as AFORD president […]
Karonga Central parliamentarian, Frank Mwenifumbo, has reiterated that he is the “bonafide” leader of the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) elected by “bonafide” party members last Tuesday, May 1. Mwenifumbo made the sentiments in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times that former president Chakufwa Chihana’s convention on Wednesday was totally illegal. “The court ordered that the […]
On the second day of Alliance for Democracy (Aford) national convention at Don Bosco Youth Centre in Lilongwe’s Area 23, delegates re-elected Rumphi Central member of Parliament, Enock Chihana, as party president where his challenger Karonga Central legislator Frank Mwenifumbo was expelled for holdin a parallel elections during dawn. Chihana polled himself 571 votes against his fellow contender […]
Delegates at the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) chaotic elective convention unanimously elected Karonga Central legislator Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo, as the “president” of the party in a controversial circumstances. Mwenifumbo was elected at dawn on Wednesday after AFORD incumbent president Enoch Chihana cancelled what he described as the party’s genuine elective conference on Tuesday night following a […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) presidential aspirant, Frank Mwenifumbo, Tuesday described sitting president, Enock Chihana, as an “embarrasment” to democracy for failure to accommodate people’s views. Mwenifumbo made the accusation on the sidelines of a stalemate at the party indaba which it was ordered by the High Court in Lilongwe that it should take place on […]
The Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), which was supposed to hold its convention on Tuesday, May 1, had its National Executive Committee to resolve way forward following disagreements on delegates that were supposed to participate in the voting process. The convention, which the High Court in Lilongwe ordered that it should take place on May 1, […]
Hundreds of members of the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) arrived Monday in the capital Lilongwe ahead of the party’s indaba scheduled for Tuesday, May 1 at St. Don Bosco Youth Institute but the party will have to verify the delegates who would take part in proceedings. The convention has already suffered significant delays with controversy after Frank Mwenifumbo, a […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) presidential aspirant, Frank Mwenifumbo, who failed to vacate an injunction that thwarted his parallel convention at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe Sunday, says as a law abiding citizen, him and his supporters have given in and will avail their selves at the “genuine” indaba on Tuesday, May 1. Mwenifumbo is optimistic […]
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) presidential aspirant, Frank Mwenifumbo, on Sunday failed to vacate an injunction granted by the High Court in Lilongwe that restrained him from holding a convention last weekend. Mwenifumbo and his camp spent almost the whole day at the courts with their lawyers to vacate the injunction but their efforts bore no […]
The High Court in Lilongwe Saturday night granted an injunction against Karonga Central legislator, Frank Mwenifumbo, to hold a parallel convention on grounds that it is unconstitutional. Mwenifumbo said he would go ahead in holding a convention from April 27 to 28 despite the national executive committee resolution that the indaba be shifted to May […]
The Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) which was supposed to hold its national convention from April 28 to 29 this weekend has shifted the convention to May 1, next Monday, citing overall security concerns. Malawians, led by civil society organisations (CSOs), are heated for demonstrations which have been fuelled by the now talked-about K4 billion scam. AFORD incumbent president, Enoch […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) convention which was slated for April 28 and 29 2018 has been postponed to May 1, the party’s incumbent president Enoch Chihana has disclosed. Lead contender for Aford presidency Frank Mwenifumbo has angrily reacted tonthe postponement. He says Chihana’s decision to postpone the convention to May 1 was in contempt of court. […]