On Saturday, October 6 2018, governing Democratic Progressive (DPP) Party vice president responsible for southern region, Kondwani Nankhumwa undertook a whistle-stop tour of Chiradzulu, urging people in the district to register as voters ahead of the May 21 2019 tripartite elections. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will open voter registration centres in Chiradzulu on Monday, […]
It is the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government’s policy that provision of universal quality primary education in Malawi is non-negotiable such that government will ensure that all children have easy access to quality education, Mulanje central Member of Parliament (MP) and minister Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Nankhumwa made the […]
As the hype surrounding the May 21 2019 tripartite elections continues to rise, governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has announced it would hold joint primary elections for parliamentary and council ward candidates on October 15 and 16, 2018 in southern region. Many people have expressed interest and have been campaigning underground to become candidates for […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa says the introduction of the Development Fund for Local Authorities (DFLA) will help boost councils’ financial muscle, thereby making them invest in income generating activities. Nankhumwa said this on Tuesday when he toured DFLA offices in Lilongwe to appreciate services the institution is offering. DFLA has […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa said on Saturday culture plays an important role in the promotion of tourism, thereby contributing towards the country’s economic development. Nankhumwa was speaking during the Gonapamuhanya Tumbuka Cultural Festival at Bolero in Rumphi District where he represented the President Prof. Peter Mutharika. He said Malawians of […]
Minister of Local government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, says government is saddened with the frequent deaths of chiefs who are custodians of culture and development in the country. Nankhumwa was speaking Monday in Karonga during burial ceremony of Senior Chief Kalonga who died on September 22 after succumbing to stroke for over a year. […]
Local government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa as said he has no ambitions to be president, saying he is just a servant of the people serving under President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika although analysts believe he remains a strong youthful politician to succeed the incumbent in the party. Nankhumwa, 40, was recently elected as the party’s vice […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, has promised the people of Lower Shire districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa that government would soon construct a state-of-the-art sports stadium there. Nankhumwa made the pledge at Bangula in Nsanje on Friday September 21, 2018 during […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for southern region, on Friday, September 21, toured Nsanje Lalanje, south west, central and south constituencies where serving MPs, aspirant MPs and chiefs affirmed their support to the governing party and President Peter Mutharika ahead of the 2019 tripartite […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region regional governor Charles Mchacha has hinted the party may consider using secret ballot to identify parliamentary and ward councillor candidates ahead of the 2019 tripartite elections. “It is not the agreed policy (ballot vote) but we’re considering using secret ballot in volatile wards and constituencies where violence and […]
Tempers continue to flare between two camps in Nsanje north constituency over who becomes governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary cadnidate ahead of the May 21, 2019 tripartite elections. The camps, in the predominantly DPP constituency, belong to incumbent MP, Esther Mcheka Chilenje and famous businessman, Enoch Chizuzu. This was clearly evident at a meeting […]
Local government and rural development minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, on Thursday, September 20, 2018 visited the headquarters of senior chief Makhuwira at Livunzu in Chikwawa to cheer the chief who has been ill for some months. “I bring a message of goodwill from His Excellency President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika. He (Mutharika) wishes you a speedy […]
Amid continuing strategic attempts by his political foes to tarnish his public image, ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region vice president, Kondwani Nankhumwa says he will this week storm Shire Valley districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje to encourage people to register as voters and vote in the May 21 2019 Tripartite elections. Social media has been […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa says the party is aware that Mulanje south constituents are “orphaned” following the defection from the party of Member of Parliament (MP) Bon ‘Winiko’ Kalindo who has since joined the newly formed United Transformation Movement (UTM) but assures them DPP would still properly look after […]
Innuendoes are awash on social media in Malawi, suggesting that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for southern region ‘stole’ the primary school certificate he holds. Those spreading the allegations say Nankhumwa, who is also Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, was born George Malemia but adopted his late relative’s name when […]
A 42 year-old Stanley Munyowa who has alleged that minister of Local government Kondwani Nankhumwa is using a Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) of his uncle who died in an accident has gone into hiding after his home was invaded by unidentified masked roughnecks in the wee hours of Monday. Reports from Mulanje central say […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it wants its primary elections to be conducted in a peaceful environment. DPP vice-president for the Southern Region Kondwani Nankhumwa has since warned that the party will disqualify any candidate who perpetrates violence in the run-up to the primary elections. Speaking in Mulanje Bale Constituency on Friday as he continued […]
In the run up to the May 21, 2019 Tripartite elections, days of fierce political fight seem far from over between the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the breakaway United Transformation Movement (UTM) of State vice president Saulos Klaus Chilima. Some former senior DPP members who defected from the ruling party formed UTM to […]