Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has dismissed assertions that President Bingu wa Mutharika’s application to the Constitutional Court to have Vice-President Joyce Banda removed could fail because Allan Z Ntata who lodged the application has no licence to practice as a lawyer. Malawi Law Society (MLS) honorary secretary Jabbar Alide said the implication of having a […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is said to have been angered with reports circulating that suggest he is in bad health and rumoured dead in others. Mutharika has been “missing” since October 30 after attending Commonwealth summit in Australia and government claims he is on an“annual leave”. But his brother and heir apparent, Professor Peter Mutharika (PM) […]
A spokesman for Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has denied that the Head of State is ill, after reports and speculations were rife that he was hospitalized in China. Dr Hetherwick Ntaba told the private-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station on Saturday that President Mutharika is on “holiday” and in “good health” somewhere in the world. Ntaba […]
Some law experts are persuading members of parliament that when the House resumes sitting on November 14, they should declare President Bingu wa Mutharika ‘missing’, since nobody has been able to give concise position of his health or his exact location. Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba said Mutharika is on a holiday “somewhere” in the world […]
Firebrand politician and former minister Brown Mpinganjira has criticised President Bingu wa Mutharika for taking holiday when the country is in the middle of the economic crisis. President Mutharika left the country last month Australia where he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting but proceeded to holiday, the exact location which government is not […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has been criticised for proceeding to a vacation when the country needs leadership in the middle of its worse ever economic crisis. Mutharika left the country last week for Perth, Australia where he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting but a week after the summit ended, he has not […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is attending to medical attention at a foreign clinic, sparking a volley of speculation over his health. Nyasa Times understands that Mutharika 78, accompanied by his wife, Callista, left Australia after the Commonwealth Heads of State summit for Singapore to seek “specialised treatment” following some medical difficulties. His spokesman Hetherwick […]
In the Straight Talk programme, Capital Radio’s Brian Banda asked President Bingu wa Mutharika’s spokesperson, Dr Hetherwick Ntaba, why the President had not acted on some of the straightforward issues raised in the July 20th petition, such as the K1.4 million monthly salary to the First Lady Mrs Callista Mutharika for charity work and, secondly, […]
The Magic word! “…Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder…The feeling of the nation […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba was taken to task by Capital Radio’s probing journalist Brian Banda during Straight Talk programme aired on Tuesday to explain First Lady Callista Mutharika’s salary and President Bingu wa Mutharika’s wealth. Ntaba explained that the First Lady is not being paid for doing charity work. She entered into a three-year contract […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika holds the view that there is blatant anti-government bias in Malawi private media, according to his spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba. Ntaba noted that there is bias and inaccurate reporting of Malawi journalists hence failure to attract government officials for interviews. He was responding to a question by Capital Radio Straight Talk host […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba on Tuesday drew parallel examples on opposition which Jesus Christ faced and to that of President Bingu wa Mutharika, denying that he is leading a worried and an angry nation. Ntaba speaking on Capital FM Straight Talk programme said Malawi is one of the four countries in the sub-Saharan region which […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is adamant that he has not issued an apology to Britain for the deportation of its envoy but has only withdrawn the expulsion status. Mutharika, speaking through his spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba, said similarly he has also not apologised to Zambia President Micheal Sata but only revoked a four-year-old deportation order […]
Former ruling DPP’s Zomba Changalume MP Grace Maseko has joined the People’s Party (PP), headed by Vice-President Joyce Banda, saying she had opted for the orange party because of its “people centred” principals. Maseko was fired from DPP alongside three parliamentarians: Thyolo Thava MP Lifred Nawena, Blantyre Rural East MP Henry Phoya and Mzimba South […]
Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) Executive Director Rafik Hajat whose offices were allegedly petrol-bombed last Friday has threatened to sue Presidential spokesperson Dr. Hetherwick Ntaba for libel charges. The offices are suspected to have been petrol-bombed by Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth operatives because of Hajat’s hard-knock stance on the party and President […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has accused State Vice President Joyce Banda of “moral; inconsistence” for demanding an explanation from President Bingu wa Mutharika over his war-mongering remarks. Banda has said she would soon be writing the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue, Anglican retired Bishop Bernard Malango to seek a clarification from Mutharika. But […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Vendors have started selling their merchandise in the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe claiming President Bingu wa Mutharika allowed them to do so. But presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba said Mutharika never gave that directive when he met vendors. Almost all streets of the Malawian capital, Lilongwe, from Kamuzu Procession Road, […]
By Zione Valanguwo When one pieces together utterances of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Information Minister, Vuwa Kaunda, and Presidential Spokesperson, Heatherwick Ntaba, on issues surrounding the 20/7 “peaceful” demos, it requires no genius to note that Malawi’s leadership was entrusted in a huge lot of incompetent and confused fellows. President Mutharika may have emerged high […]