Hundreds of mourners converged on M’biza in Mulanje Bale constituency to pay their last respects to the departed mother of outspoken Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Victor Musowa, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Asaliya Musowa, popularly known as ‘Ayiya’ (mother), died on Monday at the age of 87. She […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has said it is the responsibility of any capable individuals to support government in its fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic because its further spread is catastrophic for the Malawi economy and the population. He said this on Thursday, August 20, 2020 after he donated assorted Personal […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says Malawians are anxiously awaiting implementation of some of the policies that President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance made during campaign. DPP says the longer it takes to carry out some of the pledged the greater the likelihood of people losing faith that the policies they endorsed at the […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said the late Elson Soko – who played the role of Anyoni in Pamajiga radio soap opera that is aired on Malawi Broadcasting Station (MBC) – was amazingly talented with full of artistic bones in his body. Nankhumwa was speaking at the funeral service for the late Soko […]
Health minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has accused Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa of double standards over his stinging attack on government over the gazetted Covid-19 strict preventive measures. Chiponda said Nankhumwa was part of the team which formulated the preventive measures as he sits on the presidential taskforce on covid-19. “This is not […]
Leader of Opposition in Malawi Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has said the newly announced coronavirus (COVID 19 ) pandemic measures by Tonse Alliance led government are unrealistic and harsh, arguing they are not in tandem with the high levels of poverty among Malawians. In a public statement released on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, Nankhumwa says it […]
Former government Official Hostess Mama Cecelia Kadzamira on Friday invited Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa for a chat. Nankhumwa could not be drawn to comment on the agenda for the meeting in Lilongwe but said he had a candid and fruitful meeting with Kadzamira. Writing on his Facebook wall, Nankhumwa describes Kadzamira as one of […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president in the southern region has distanced the party from reported plunder of public resources when it was in power, saying if the claims by President Lazarus Chakwera that DPP has looted K1. 3 trillion from the state purse, the […]
Leader of opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has become the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top official to condemn the looting at Escom in 2018 when some party officials got millions of money for fuel. The DPP sanctioned some of its members to get money from Escom for fuel for a Mulhako wa Alhomwe function, […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president Kondwani Nankhumwa has swiftly leaped to the defence of party president Peter Mutharika who is facing calls for his resignation following his dismal performance in the presidential poll. Mutharika is facing pressure to resign following revelations of K1.3 trillion economic plunder and corruption in the country during his […]
Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has described as unrealistic President Lazarus Chakwera’s decision to give all Cabinet ministers a five-month probation period on their job. Nankhumwa said five months was too short period for Cabinet ministers to prove themselves whether they are up for the job or not. “Give them more time. A […]
It is only when the new Tonse Alliance-led government of President Lazarus Chakwera arrests its own members suspected to have committed various crimes before that Malawians would stop suspecting that recent arrests of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders and supporters are politically-motivated, witch-hunting and persecution, leader of opposition, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. In a recent […]
Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said its members who suffered various degrees of injuries on the eve of the fresh presidential election on June 23, 2020, and on the actual polling day will be better taken into account and cared for. There was at least one confirmed death. “In any democracy, like Malawi, […]
Leader of opposition and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice-President for the Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa on Saturday morning paid a surprise visit to DPP ward councilor for Bangwe-M’thandizi Isaac Jomo Osman at Limbe Police Cell in Blantyre. Nankhumwa, further, drove to Chikwawa to visit another DPP sympathizer Gerald Viola who has been arrested for pawning […]
Fresh from defeat at the fresh presidential election on June 23, 2020, opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has already embarked on a massive rebuilding exercise in its Southern Region stronghold, the party’s Vice President (South), Kondwani Nankhumwa has disclosed. He told reporters on Thursday, July 9, 2020 after meeting DPP Members of Parliament (MPs), regional, […]
As Malawians continue to digest the 31-member cabinet announced by President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has described the new cabinet as “betrayal of people’s trust” in the new administration. Speaking in a telephone interview with Nyasa Times from Blantyre, Nankhumwa said President Chakwera had failed in the […]
Newly unveiled Leader of Opposition in Malawi Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has said Malawians are anxiously awaiting to see a new opposition, which engage the new government led by President Lazarus Chakwera constructively as he announced he would not indulge in opposition for opposition’s sake. Nankhumwa said said in Parliament on Tuesday when he presented his […]
Angry opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers threatened their president Peter Mutharika with resignations to be independent MPs if he goes ahead with plans to replace youthful Kondwani Nankhumwa with George Chaponda as leader of opposition in Parliament. Nyasa Times can reveal that when Mutharika heard about the threat, he quickly rescinded his earlier decision […]