Umodzi Party plans to replace tobacco with Sunflower as Malawi cashcrop

The newly registered Umodzi Party (UP) dreams big of turning the country into rich nation by creating about 200, 000 local billionaires and replace the country’s major forex earner, tobacco with Sunflower, which is believed could triple the green-gold’s annual revenue. UP is run by its interim president Professor John Chisi, a lecturer at the […]

Umodzi Party to contest in 2014 Malawi tripartite polls

The newly registered political grouping, Umodzi Party says it will contest in  the forthcoming tripartite elections slated for May next year nd confident of doing well  because of the party’s “sound policies and a manifesto which is unique and way above any of the ‘so-called major political  parties.” The party’s interim President Professor John Chisi says once into power […]

Umodzi Party formed, led by Prof. John Chisi

A new political party, the Umodzi Party (UP), has been formed. Announcing the formation  at a news conference in Blantyre, UP interim president Professor John Chisi. Chisi, a lecturer at the College of Medicine in Blantyre and one of the founders of charity organisation Umodzi Foundation said the new political party sought to bring ideology-based […]