Officials from the country’s small parties have agreed not to field presidential candidades but instead support parties with a following. The small parties are currently in talks with Peoples Party (PP) for a possible electoral alliance. President of People’s Progressivd Movement (PPM) Mark Katsonga and Mafunde president George Nnesa confirmed the development. “We will not […]
Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde) candidate for Chibanja Ward by-elections, Ulaya Kaunda says he is frustrated with his party for rendering him no support in his bid, and is since contemplating on rallying behind opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Kaunda told Nyasa Times that he was “financing his candidature from his own pocket” and […]
About five opposition parties in Malawi who contested the May 14 elections over the weekend came together in an effort to assist families in Blantyre townships that have been ravaged by the floods. The parties included Umodzi Party, Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progress Movement and the United Independence Party […]
Vice presidential candidate to President of Mafunde, George Nnesa, in the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections under the umbrella of Tisintha Alliance six-party coalition, Reverend Sylvester Chabuka, has resigned. Tisintha Alliance has six parties which are, Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), New Republican Party (NRP), Republican Party (RP), Congress for National Unity (Conu), […]
The opposition Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde) says will hold its national convention before the end of this year. The party’s president George Nnesa says the party which has been preparing for the indaba for the past two years is doing this in line with its constitution which requires the party to hold […]
Upfront Member of Parliament for Balaka South and president of Mafunde, George Nnesa told Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda that he should not reflect his party as having one MP, saying the governing People’s Party (PP) has also one elected MP and the rest are “just mercenaries.” Nnesa was reacting to a reference by […]
Opposition Malawi Forum for Democracy (MAFUNDE) has lashed out at President Mrs Joyce Banda’s cabinet describing it as too big and “a threat to Malawi’s economy”. The party which has one lawmaker, its president George Mnesa, said it is shocking that Banda had assembled a bloated cabinet of 23 ministers asnd 12 deputies “Whilst it is the […]