Independent parliamentary candidate for Mangochi Monkey-Bay Constituency, Hophmally Makande (who is a member of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has blamed the previous “constituency holders” for failing to construct a tarmac road from Cape Maclear turn-off to Cape Maclear, saying the absence of a good road network has denied the area’s development. He said […]
Battle for Mangochi Monkey Bay Constituency turned into giant’s race on Friday after Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) senior member Homphmally Makande and Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) Gerald Kazembe submitted parliamentary nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Makande defied the party and submitted nomination papers to contest as an independent member of parliament to face […]
Businessman Stafford Mpoola has told the court that he was approached by politician Hophmally Makande to get into Cashgate affair. Mpoola, owner of Stadal Building Contractors, is facing charges alongside some civil servants—including former budget director Paul Mphwiyo—in a case in which they are accused of laundering K1.6 billion of public funds On Friday, the State […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday completely left out a speech by its controversial deputy director of youth Hophmally Makande on Sunday dragging head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, into local politics , part of which he tells the Pontiff to step down because he is old. The repeat of the rally on […]
The apology from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the Catholic Church over remarks by its deputy director of youth Hophmally Makande on Sunday dragging head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, into local politics dominated local press headlines on Wednesday as two Malawi dailies urged politicians to guard their tongues. During a maiden rally […]
In what has become a mainstay of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gaffes, the party has made yet another capitulation by apologizing to the influential Catholic Church over remarks made against Pope Francis by one of it officials, Hophmally Makande, in Bangwe, Blantyre, last week. Speaking to State controlled MBC on Tuesday, DPP spokesperson, Nicholas […]
The deputy director of youth in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Hophmally Makande has bowed to pressure and offered an apology after he was accused of making disparaging remarks against the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Makande courted controversy when he told a rally on Sunday that the DPP will not heed calls for President […]
The Catholic Church in Malawi will Tuesday afternoon hold a special program on its Radio Maria Station to respond to a recent attack against Pope Francis. The program which will start at 4:30 PM local time follows reports that showed a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) operative, Hophmally Makande, telling a rally on Sunday that the […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said the party will not heed calls for President Peter Mutharika to step down due to old age unless the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis leads the way. Speaking at a rally held at Bangwe in Blantyre on Sunday, a DPP operative Hophmally Makande dismissed calls […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said it backs incumbent Mangochi Monkey-Bay Member of Parliament, Ralph Jooma, to contest on the party’s ticket in next year’s tripartite elections and not former People’s Party (PP) spokesman Hophmally Makande. Jooma and Makande were all in PP but it was Makande who first joined DPP and until recently […]
After spending time in the political wilderness since he was dismissed by People’s Party (PP) in the run up to the 2014 tripartite elections, former PP spokesman Hophmally Makande has announced return to frontline politics as 2019 elections draw closer and has found a new lease of life in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Makande, […]
Former Malawi Police Inspector General responsible for criminal investigation, Nelson Bophani has been implicated in the ongoing Mphwiyo Shooting Case which involves former minister of Justice and constitutional affairs Ralph Kasambara as the master-minder of gunshot survivor Paul Montfort Mphwiyo’s statements that so Kasambara and others be named as possible suspects of his shooting. One […]
Former Peoples Party (PP) Publicity Secretary Hophmary Makande has told the Lilongwe High court that the party never used public funds in any of its activities when it was in power. Makande was in court as a second witness for Macdonald Kumwembe who together with lawyer Ralph Kasambala and businessman Pika Manondo are answering attempted […]
One of the accused person in the shooting of former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo, Mcdonald Kumwembe has mentioned former minister of finance in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Friday Jumbe and former Peoples Party official Hophmally Makande as some of his witnesses to testify in court as he enters […]
The High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe has granted former budget director Paul Mphwiyo bail in a case which the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is accusing him of money laundering and theft charges amounting to K2.1 billion. Mphwiyo, whose shooting at the gate of his house in the country’s capital Lilongwe on the night of […]
Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has charged former governing People’s Party (PP) executive member Hophmally Makande who handed himself over to ACB following a tip that there was a warrant for him and Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) director of legal services and company secretary Ishmael Chioko. Makande has been charged with conspiracy to defraud government […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) spokesman Hophmally Makande has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday morning after he turned himself in. According to ACB spokesman Egritta Ndala, Makande handed himself over to the bureau after he heard that the body was looking for him in Blantyre. Nyasa Times had earlier reported that Makande, Brown […]
Two top Peoples Party (PP) strongmen gave gunshot survivor and former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo 10 days to authorise payments or risk his life. The two big shots are party’s Vice-President for the South Brown Mpinganjira and former party spokesperson Hophmally Makande. Mphwiyo was testifying in court on Wednesday in a case in which car […]