Malawi lawmaker Chiwaya raises fear rights violation ‘creeping back’

Parliamentary Chief Whip for opposiiton United Democratic Front (UDF), Dr Clement Chiwaya has said heavy handedness by police officers towards leaders of opposition parties will dent the human rights record of the Joyce Banda administration. Recently, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) penned the Inspector General of Police, Lot Dzonzi, expressing concern over what it has called […]

Malawi needs a generational change of leadership, Atupele tells Dedza rally

United Democratic Front (UDF) 2014 presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi says Malawians need a generational change of leadership and not being taken backwards. Atupele told a crowd of thousands that turned out on Thursday in Dedza for a whistle-stop meeting on his way from Blantyre to Lilongwe where he will be attending budget session of Parliament starting Friday. […]

Professor Wiseman Chirwa says Malawi has benefited nothing in the past 50 years

Professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa, a social commentator based at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College in Zomba has said Malawi has benefited nothing in the past 50 years and there was a need for certain things to change. Chirwa said this on Wednesday in Blantyre during the launch of United Democratic Front’s (UDF) Jubilee Movement seeking to […]

Kachaje says entrepreneurship key to Malawi change agenda

Managing Director of Business Consult Africa (BCA) Henry Kachaje says entrepreneurship is the missing key to unlocking the country’s untapped socioeconomic prosperity. Speaking during the official launch of United Democratic Front’s (UDF) Jubilee Movement in Blantyre on Wednesday, Kachaje said in the first 20 years of multiparty democracy Malawi lost some values that were important to […]

Atupele launches ‘Jubilee Movement’ to champion change as Malawi turns 50

United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi on Wednesday launched a ‘Jubilee Movement’ to champion transformational change as the country’s turns 50 years since it became independent, calling on Malawians to proudly assume responsibility for articulating their vision and seek homegrown solutions while building smart partnerships. Atupele launched the ‘Jubilee Movement’ at Sunbird Mount […]

Atupele to launch Malawi Jubilee Movement on May 15

Opposition UDF president and 2014 presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi  will launch a ‘Jubilee Movement’ next Wednesday May 15  in Blantyre to champion transformational change as Malawi turns 50 years next years since it got independence from Britain. United Democratic Front (UDF) secretary General Kandi Padambo confirmed that the launch will take place at Mount Soche […]