High Court judge Thomas Ligowe has dismissed People’s Transformation Party (Petra) president Kamuzu Chibambo in a case which he challenged the election of Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara as Mzimba north east constituency legislator. Chibambo, a practising lawyer, challenged Gotani’s election, asking the court to nullify the results on the basis that there were […]
As the race hits up for the Mzimba North East Constituency Seat, aspirants have turned their focus to promising big improvements in education standards in the Constituency. Speaking in an interview in Mzuzu on Friday during the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC’s) vetting of candidates exercise, Kamuzu Chibambo, President of People’s Transformation Party (PETRA), Edgar Tembo […]
The People’s Transformation Party (Petra) president Kamuzu Chibambo has come out of his political cacoon to spit fire at President Peter Mutharika for his failure to address the nation on the recent fuel hike and theft of K1.9 billion worth of fuel at State-owned power utility Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) which is contributing to […]
Practising lawyer and People’s Transformation Party (Petra) president Kamuzu Chibambo has called for an independent probe on whether all the 500 000 food rations were delivered to the Malawi police or not in a K1.7 billion public money plunder that has shocked the nation. Chibambo said there was need to find out if all the […]
Opposition Peoples Transformation Party (Petra) president, Kamuzu Chibambo has branded the country’s lust for donor aid as a ‘chicken mentality’, and has since urged the nation to fully utilize locally available resources if the economy is to transform. The local economy continues to sail through troubled waters, and the authorities have started embracing the idea […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed board members for parastatals, a move that has drawn a mixture of professionals, the clergy and ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP) politicians. According to a list from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) released on Monday . There are also some traditional leaders on the list. The […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika held talks Thursday with nine opposition leaders to discuss thorny issues affecting the country, including federalism. The meeting was held in camera but sources said the President and opposition leaders also discussed the issue of federalism. Mutharika is under pressure to call for a referendum after opposition parties, especially from northern […]
The just concluded 2014 presidential elections results, just like those of 1994, 1999 and 2004, do not inspire confidence; in fact they do provide a challenge for genuine democracy to thrive in Malawi – as in most African countries where the first past the post rule is still used. So delicate is this system that […]
They all are, to be frank, lightweights if their political muscle is anything to go by. Much as Nnesa, Katsonga and Chibambo have been around Malawi’s political circles for some time, the fact is that they are still not forces to reckon with, and can be safely equated to Professor John Chisi of Umodzi Party. […]
People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) presidential candidate Kamuzu Chibambo has said politicians in Malawi owe the people a lot arguing they have failed to lift them from abject poverty for the past 50 years. He said the situation in the country has reached a deplorable status whereby most of the leadership has failed to lift it […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Supreme Court Judge Maxon Mbendera, on Friday took time in his speech to apologise to president of People’s Transformation Party Kamuzu Chibambo over a report on Zodiak Broadcasting Service that he had withdrawn from contesting in the presidential polls as he could not present his nomination papers Wednesday after he […]
People’s Transformation Party President Kamuzu Chibambo has withdrawn from contesting in the presidential polls as he could not present his nomination papers Wednesday after electoral officials said he had failed to raise K1 million nomination fees. Chibambo was expected to file his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials on the third day of […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) Kamuzu Chibambo says his party is this year moving in full swing to fight what he calls long time disease known as ‘donor aid dependency’ which Malawi has been suffering for the past 50 years since it was decolonised by the British. Briefing reporters after his victory as the party’s president […]
The opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) says it will hold its convention on from 3 to 4 January at the Malawi Posts Corporation conference hall in the commercial capital Blantyre. Making the announcement during a news conference Friday evening at the party’s secretariat in Blantyre, the party’s president Kamuzu Chibambo said all the positions will be contested for at […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) says the defensive thinking of most of political leaders in the country is what has contributed to holding Malawi in the wilderness for 49 years after attaining its independence from colonial masters, Britain. Petra President Kamuzu Chibambo also said there are a few “misguided individuals in our society” who erroneously believe […]
The opposition Peoples Transformation Party (Petra) has joined calls asking Malawi’s purse keeper Ken Lipenga to step down following Capital Hill financial mess, saying that is the honorable thing he can do or the appointing authority should crack a whip on him. The call for Lipenga’s ouster have been triggered by financial woes coming in […]
Leader of the opposition Peoples Transformation party (PETRA) Kamuzu Chibambo has warned potential voters from falling into temptations of registering more than once, saying doing so is a serious offence and punishable by law. Chibambo, who is a practicing lawyer, has made the warning in a statement made available to Nyasa Times in which he […]
Opposition People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) is making a strong appeal to government authorities to re-negotiate with immediate effect what it calls “stinking development agreement” between Malawi and the Australian-based mining company Paladin Africa Limited on Kayerekera uranium mine it is operating in the northern district of Karonga. PETRA’s President Kamuzu Chibambo has threatened to mobilise […]