UTM party presidential running mate Dr Michael Usi says he is prepared and geared to participate in Thursdays presidential running mates debate slated for BICC in Lilongwe. Usi said in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times that he is ready and cannot wait for the debate, contrary to some social media propaganda that he had […]
UTM Party vice president and presidential running mate, Dr Michael Usi has said they will not give excuses for poor performance once elected into power on 21st May 2109. Usi spoke on Monday during Imbizos and a political rally at Manyowe in Blantyre. “Previous governments have all been giving excuses that they could not implement […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa has downplayed the competition he will face to defend his parliamentary seat from UTM Party running mate Dr Micheal Usi. Nankhumwa will be seeking re-election as Mulanje Central MP. He will compete against ‘Manganya’ Usi, who is also acrunning mate to UTM party presidential candidate Saulosi […]
The dust has just settled after parties presented their nomination papers. The interesting part of the process was the unveiling of presidential runningmates. Runningmates are integral parts to the presidential campaign. They can add colour and panache to the presidential candidate or ruin the campaign. This is why in this article I want to separate runningmates from ruining-mates. I […]
UTM party top brass which included presidential running mate Dr Michael Usi this weekend barnstormed the ‘Lhomwe belt’ with whistle stops and rallies in Thyolo, Mulanje and Phalombe where they made some in-roads in the perceived stronghold of the ruling Democratic Progressive party (DPP). Mulanje together with Thyolo, Phalombe and Chiradzulu forms the grassroots axis of […]
UTM vice president Michael Usi says the party will find lasting solution to the land issues in Mulanje and Thyolo once voted into power on May 21. He stressed that the UTM administration will find a lasting solution to the challenge, people in the two districts are suffering. Usi said this on Friday during a whistle […]
Times Group media empire has banned a paid for programme ‘Tiyambenso’ which was being hosted on its radio and television by Michael Usi, UTM presidential running mate. Nyasa Times can reveal that top management at Times Group were blasted by their directors over the programme and ordered them to stop ‘airing the programme immediately’. The […]
Recently revealed as UTM party and Saulosi Chilima’s presidential election running mate, Michael Usi is as fresh a face to Malawian politics as they come. Typical to the unorthodox manner with which he has approached much of life’s challenges, Usi poked holes into the country’s political tradition by launching Odya Zake Alibe Mulandu network. Explaining […]
Malawi Police officers are investigating UTM party vice president Dr Michael Usi for his medical certificate if he is paid up member with Medical Council of Malawi. Usi is a trained General Practitioner (GP) in medicine and a paid up member with the Medical Council of Malawi but is not practicing. Police investigations follows Usi’s […]
UTM party presidential running mate and Vice President of the party Dr Michael Usi Sunday had his maiden event since his unveiling when he attended prayers in his home district Mulanje. Last week UTM leader. who is also State Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima, unveiled Usi as his runningmate when he presented his nomination papers […]
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi has sent a congratulatory and good will message to its Ex-Country Executive Director Dr. Michael Usi who resigned to join frontline politics. This follows UTM presidential candidate Saulos Chilima naming his runningmate to be Usi, director of strategic planning in UTM Party who now becomes the party’s vice-president as […]
There were scenes of attraction in Blantyre on Wednesday morning when UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima – hailed in dictating and controlling both the media and national conversational agenda – unveiled development activist Michael Usi as his running mate for the May 21 tripartite elections. Chilima became the fifth candidate to present his nomination papers […]
UTM Party presidential candidate Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, who is also Malawi Vice President, on Wednesday presented his presidential nomination papers in Blantyre with a call that his candidature represents a generational shift to put to an end politics of dynasties and tribes. Accompanied by his running mate, development activist Dr Michael Usi fondly known […]
UTM Party leader who is also State Vice-President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima has picked the party’s director of strategy Dr Michael Usi as his running mate. Chilima said Usi is the runningmate and subsquently becomes UTM vice president. “We have taken one of our own from within the organisation, UTM. Therefore this morning I have […]
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi has a new Acting Chief Executive Officer in the name of Hastings Jabulani Lacha. He replaces Dr. Michael Usi who has joined frontline politics and he is currently the Chief Stategist for the newly formed UTM Party led by State Vice-President Dr. Saulos Chilima. Jabulani Lacha has served […]
The UTM party has confirmed that its director of strategic planning Dr Micheal Usi, popularly known as ‘Manganya’, will represent the party as its parliamentary candidate in Mulanje Central to challenge incumbent legislator, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) strongman Kondwani Nankhumwa. UTM primary polls in Mulanje Central were marred by misunderstanding between Usi’s competitors Damson Chelewani […]
UTM party official, comedian-turned-politician Michael Usi has blasted President Peter Mutharika’s aides for misleading the 79-year-old leader for greed and self interests. Usi, who is popularly known as Manganya in acting circles, said this at a political rally at Nansomba in Mulanje. “The president’s aides are misguiding him for their own greed and for the sake […]
UTM party interim secretary general Patricia Kaliati on Sunday addressed a political meeting in Thyolo Central Constituency – a bedrock of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which she served as director of women before ditching it for UTM. Kaliati, who is also Mulanje West legislator, said UTM which is led by Vice-President Saulos Chilima is […]