A political commentator says politicians have invested a lot in the March 30 by-elections because they are a barometer of the popularity of their political parties. Chancellor College-based political science associate professor Mustapha Hussein said the outcome of the by-elections “will give a picture of the popularity of competing parties on the ground.” Political parties […]
A political scientist from Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), Mustapha Hussein, has advised President Lazarus Chakwera against being a “trial and error” type of a leader by rescinding decisions passed on to the public for the sake of pleasing some quarters of society. Since Chakwera’s triumph in the court-sanctioned […]
University of Malawi political science lecturer Dr Mustapha Hussein has hailed President Professor Peter Mutharika for deciding to getting married to former parliamentarian Getrude Maseko, saying this would help to smooth his social and political life as he goes full throttle running country affairs. Mutharika, will on June 21 wed his lover Gertrude Hendrina Maseko […]
A political analyst at the University of Malawi, Mustapha Hussein, has said the call by opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika for Malawi President Joyce Banda to cut short her official visit to the United States to come home and deal with pertinent domestic issuess following the shooting of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo. Mutharika said Banda […]
University of Malawi’s Chancellor College-based political professor, Mustafa Hussein, has described as “greedy” those parliamentarians who are migrating to other constituencies ahead of 2014 elections. Nyasa Times reported on Monday that three ruling People’s Party (PP) lawmakers are repositioning themselves ahead of 2014 elections by dumping their constituencies to relocate to new areas. Minister of Lands […]
Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting President Peter Mutharika’s recent remarks that ‘no matter what’ he will represent the party in 2014 tripartite elections have attracted condemnation from Dr. Mustafa Hussein, Chancellor College’s political analyst, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima). Hussein, in an interview monitored on Zodiak Broadcasting Service, […]
Malawi political scientists and human rights campaigners are looking back at 2012 as a year of both progress and setbacks. Over the past 12 months, Malawi gained its first woman president after the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika. And, though the economy grew slowly, there was a return of donors who had withdrawn aid […]