Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has described this year’s Form One selection in public secondary schools as flawed, saying the selection process was marred by favourism and political interference. This was after many Malawians took up in various social media platforms and traditional media to accuse the government of favouring the central region […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament and estranged former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa has played down the drafting in former Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) governor Dalitso Kabambe into the party’s presidential race to replace its president Peter Mutharika. Kabambe will face Nankhumwa, Bright Msaka [DPP vice-president for the […]
Leader of opposition and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday shunned the welcoming ceremony of former governor for the Reserve Bank of Malawi Dr. Dalitso Kabambe into the party. The ceremony took place in Blantyre where DPP regional governor for the South Charles Mchacha led thousands of DPP members […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has failed to live up to his promise of meeting Leader of Opposition in parliament to discuss issues of national importance. Chakwera made the promise after taking the presidential oath that he would be meeting the Leader of Opposition in parliament every three month to exchange notes on issues of national importance. […]
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) held three parliamentary by-elections: one in Phalombe North Constituency in Phalombe district, another one in Mangochi West Constituency in Mangochi district and another one in Mangochi North East Constituency in the same district. In Mangochi West Constituency an independent candidate Reuben Kanyama won with 5,648 […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament who is also Democratic DPP Vice President for the Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said DPP will throw its support behind Mabvuto Bokosi, an independent candidate in the Phalombe North constituency parliamentary by-election slated to take place on December 15, 2020. Nankhumwa was speaking on Sunday, December 6, 2020, […]
Leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa coming from a trip at Zomba Prison where he made donations of protective gear for Covid-19, stopped over at Kachere in the city of Blantyre to visit a seriously ill Lipo Sarcoma cancer patient who needs urgent specialist medical attention. The patient, Margaret Chiwisa, 23, was diagnosed with cancer in 2016. […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has appealed to President Lazarus Chakwera to pardon prisoners with minor offenses and those that have exhibited good behaviour to decongest overcrowded prisons in the country as a way of reducing COVID-19 infections. Nankhumwa has said he is well aware that the President has pardoned many prisoners before, including those […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday, December 3, 2020 pledged his personal commitment to advancing goals that raise awareness about the plight of persons living with albinism. He was addressing executive committee members of the Poor and Concerned Persons with Albinism Association (PACPWA) and men, women and children living with albinism […]
Leader of the Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has added his weight to the growing calls for serious remedial action against rising cases of sexual assault across Malawi. In a statement released on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Nankhumwa says Malawi finds itself at a critical juncture with regard to its social and economic progress, when the dark vices of […]
The former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also leader of opposition (LoP) in Parliament, has confirmed that he met immediate past president Peter Mutharika on Sunday at his beachside villa in Mangochi to discuss the party crisis but could not agree to pull in one direction. Nankhumwa said the meeting […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has dared President Lazarus Chakwera to fix the challenges farmers are currently facing in accessing and buying cheap fertilizer and seeds under the Affordable Input Programme (AIP). In a public statement issued on Friday the 27th of November, 2020, Nankhumwa , who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to December 1 a case in which embattled Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa and three other key opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members are fighting against their expulsion from the party. Lawyer for the national governing council of the DPP Emmanuel Theu said he asked for […]
Leader of the Opposition and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa has said the party is a strong political organization that has the potential to bounce back to power at the next elections provided that there is unity of purpose at all levels of the party. Nankhumwa said this when he addressed separate ‘garage’ […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has expressed serious concern with regards to appalling problems that smallholder farmers across the country are facing to access and buy cheap fertilizer and seeds under the government’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) —the successor programme for the Farm Input Subsidy. Subsistence farmers have been sleeping outside retail fertilizer stores […]
Opposition and ruling party supporters on Friday put aside their political differences in Thyolo as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa presided over the official launch of the National Clean-up Day Initiative at Thyolo Boma. Opposition DPP and Tonse Alliance supporters brushed shoulders, swept side by side and […]
Former president Peter Mutharika has told governors of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to ignore embattled vice president for the south Kondwani Nankhumwa and his faction and recognize the new leadership the national governing council has appointed. Mutharika issued the order on Monday when he met district governors from the eastern region at his residence […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to Monday next week a case in which four Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) “rebels” are challenging their expulsion from the opposition party. The court has also sustained an injunction DPP vice president for the south Kondwani Nankhumwa obtained to remain as Leader of Opposition in parliament. The four; […]