Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary Jessie Kabwila has launched a scathing attack on President Peter Mutharika’s government, branding the year since the DPP swept back to power one of hardship for ordinary Malawians. “The DPP government is not on the side of Malawians,” Kabwila declared, accusing the administration of failing to get to grips […]
An apology from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to its former Tonse Alliance partners has instead laid bare the scale of ill-feeling that has built up among Malawi’s opposition parties since the coalition’s collapse, with two former partners dismissing the gesture as too late to matter. MCP publicity secretary Jessie Kabwila used an interview with […]
Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Bracious Kondowe has heard the latest instalment in the ongoing “we’ve got this” case involving opposition Malawi Congress Party members Vitumbiko Mumba and Jessie Kabwira, as the defence pushes to have the matter escalated to Malawi’s highest constitutional authority. The defence team had earlier asked the court to refer the case […]
A full‑blown political firestorm has erupted after Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legal director and MP George Kadzipatike was detained in what party heavyweights are calling a “deliberate, targeted operation”. Senior MCP figures and a large bloc of MPs descended on Area 3 Police Station, blasting authorities and demanding answers over what they insist is no […]
The High Court has thrown out the petition by some former legislators who thought they, too, had a case after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) nullified the May 21 2019 presidential election result. Following the February 3 ConCourt landmark ruling, the group comprising mostly former legislators and other candidates who lost the election, went to court […]
Measures to contain a possible outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Malawi made Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM), Shireen Chirwa, to cancel hearing of a case in which rights activist and politician Jessie Kabwila is answering two charges levelled against her by the state. The former parliamentarian for Salima North West constituency was due to appear […]
Firebrand politician Dr Jessie Kabwila has said ‘fake news’ should be criminalised as it tends to destroy the fabric of Malawi society. She was reacting to social media stories that she had been beaten up after she collected huge sums of money from State House in Lilongwe on Monday to put spanners in the newly […]
Detained political activist Jessie Kabwila on Monday had an impromptu address to irate UTM Party supporters and others who tussled with the police after the magistrate court in Lilongwe deferred its court ruling on her bail to Tuesday, January 14. Surrounded by the police, Kabwila pleaded with the supporters, some donning UTM regalia at the […]
Academician, human rights activist and politician Jessie Kabwila has pleaded not guilty to two counts of proposing violence and uttering words to prejudice of the Constitution Court. Kabwila, who looked calm and composed in her plain grey skirt and jacket suit , entered her plea of not guilty when she appeared before Lilongwe Magistrate Court […]
Executive Assistant to President Peter Mutharika and Director of Communication Dr Bright Molande has said a due process of the law should be allowed in the matter in which Jessie Kabwila, a high ranking member of the opposition UTM Party has been arrested for inciting violence and threatening and psychological bullying judges. Kabwila was arrested […]
UTM Party has come out strongly, spitting fire over the arrest of one of its national executive committee members Jessie Kabwila, calling for her immediate and unconditional release. Party spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga says Kabwila has not committed any crime. “…the Malawi Police Service should better focus on real criminals, some of whom are within […]
Fiery and fierce critic of President Peter Mutharika and his administration, Jessie Kabwila, appears in court on Monday after the police denied her bail on Sunday following her arrest on Saturday night. Khwima Chizi, lawyer for the UTM executive member said the police have given no reasons for denying her police bail. “She will appear […]
Malawi police on Saturday arrested former Salima North West legislator Jessie Kabwila, who ditched main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to join UTM, on allegations of inciting violence and intimidating judges in the ongoing presidential election petition case. Police confirmed Kabwila was arrested following remarks she is alleged to have made on Thursday during demonstrations against […]
One of the renowned female politicians, educators and feminists in the country, Dr Jessie Kabwila has advised girls in the country to keep their eyes on education if they want to achieve their goals and live happy lives in the future. She made the remarks on Wednesday at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe during the closing […]
Firebrand politician and former Salima Northwest Parliamentarian, Jessie Kabwila, helped launch UTM party manifesto and campaign for Salima District on Friday afternoon and urged voters to usher into office UTM party presidential candidate and aspiring legislators and councillors, saying they are development conscious. The UTM party manifesto and campaign launch for Salima follows the party’s […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) legislator Rashid Pemba (Mangochi Masongola) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been asked to work with the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to investigate claims that some politicians are buying voter registration certificates from registered voters. Pemba made the remarks in Parliament after Rumphi East member of parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua […]
Salima North west Parliamentarian Jessie Kabwila has said the newly-formed UTM Party has a clear plan on improving education in the country when it gets mandate through the May 21 votes to govern the country. Kabwila, a former lecturer at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi before she joined politics, said during the second debate […]
Chairperson of Women Caucus in parliament Jessie Kabwila has launched a blistering attack on African Union for giving an award to Malawi for protection of women, describing it as bizarre. “Malawi does not deserve the award. Women in politics are undressed in public, they are castigated, insulted and called all names whilst the perpetrators are […]