As people’s resentment grow stronger on how the Malawi’s ruling People’s party is governing the country, some party members are suggesting to call it quit and join other political parties. The recent ones to move away are four party top officials in the northern part of Mzimba district who have joined the People’s Progress Movement (PPM) which […]
Communities surrounding Kanyika Niobium mine in Mzimba say they will block full scale mining at the site until- Globe Metals and Mining- the company tasked with the mining project meets their socio and economic demands. The communities said this on Saturday during an environmental impact assessment meeting held at Kanyika TDC. The communities said the […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) tenants in Mzimba have obtained a court injunction restraining the Corporation from implementing new hiked rentals for its houses. MHC recently hiked the rentals for its houses in Mzimba with almost 100 percent. House rentals for junior quarters have been hiked from K2, 904 to K6, 000 where as those at K6, […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested 33 year old Samuel Banda for aiding seven Ethiopians to enter into the country illegally. Banda, who works as a hospital attendant at Mzimba hospital,l was arrested on Novermber 5. Mzimba police spokesperson Gift Nyirongo confirmed the development in an interview with Nyasa Times saying the suspect kept the […]
A Magistrate Court in Mzimba district has fined a Witchdoctor MK20,000 or in default serve a 2 year imprisonment with hard labour after convicting him with the offence of charging a person with Witchcraft contrary to section 4 of Witch Craft Act. The Court has also fined three of the Witchdoctor’s assistance MK8,000 each or […]
Mzimba District Child Protection Committee (DCPC) has expressed concern over increased cases of defilement as recent statistics indicate that a total of seven cases were reported to police in just under a month. Speaking during a DCPC meeting, Mzimba Police Child Protection Officer Cliff Dzoole revealed that the cases were reported to police during the […]
Police in Mzimba District are hunting for criminals who shot dead a head teacher at Luwanjati Junior Primary School in Champhira with a muzzle loader on Tuesday. Confirming the development Wednesday, Mzimba Police Spokesperson Constable Gift Nyirongo identified the head teacher as Arnold Saka, 45, from Chigwazi village in Traditional Authority Mzikubora in the district. […]
Winner of the just concluded by-election in Mzimba Central Constituency, Mabvuto Joseph Kachali, has vowed to remain independent till 2014 in spite of speculations from some quarters that he might return to the ruling People’s Party (PP). Kachali, formerly a PP member, decided to stand as an independent candidate after losing in the party’s primary […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Anastasia Msosa on Wednesday expressed concern that civil society organization (CSOs) did not participate in the twin bye elections held in Mzimba district on Tuesday. Making the official the official announcement at Mzimba Boma that ruling Peoples Party (PP) candidate Raymond Nkhata and an Independent candidate Joseph Mavuto […]
Malawians woke up to a new reality on Wednesday as they welcomed Raymond Chatima Nkhata as the first ever elected parliamentarian to win on the ruling Peoples Party (PP) ticket. The bye-elections in Mzimba Central and South West constituencies also revealed that Malawians are no longer interested in the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) failed to recapture Mzimba South West and Mzimba Central constituencies when it took a severe battering in the Tuesday’s by-elections. Raymond Nkhata of Peoples’ Party (PP) won Mzimba South West by wide margin while Mabvuto Kachali an Independent candidate – but a member of PP’s Orange Partners – claimed the […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party on Tuesday were heading to first electoral victory in Mzimba South West constituency where voting in by-election were held. In Mzimba Central an independent candidate but an associate of PP has won. But opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) facing embarrassment for losing the twin-by-election accused the ruling party of using rigging tactics. […]
Malawi ruling party’s parliamentary candidate for Mzimba Central constituency by-elections, Aaram Beza, on Tuesday, was refused to cast his vote because he was not a registered voter in the constituency. Benza was turned down by electoral official at Ethuleni polling centre. Officials said registered and already voted in Rumphi Central by-elections. Malawi Electoral Commission’s spokesman […]
Voting of Tuesday’s by-elections in Mzimba South West and Mzimba Central constituencies closed at 6pm and interviews with the electorate in large polling centres – indicate the ruling Peoples Party’s candidates are likely to win. Four candidates, Raymond Nkhata of Peoples’ Party (PP), Ronald Chavula OF Democratic Progressive Party (DDP), and independents James Nthara and […]
Voting in the ongoing two by elections in Mzimba Central and Mzimba South West constituencies in northern Malawi on Tuesday morning started on a low note due to low voter turn in the morning. However the voter started streaming to the polling centers in the afternoon a development that impressed Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has charged that he People’s Party government has no direction with regards to guiding Malawi to economic prosperity. DPP acting president professor Peter Mutharika and vice president Dr Goodall Gondwe said in the final campaign meetings for the two Mzimba by-elections that most of the decisions that Joyce Banda […]
President Joyce Banda has assured the people of Malawi that her People’s Party (PP) administration will ensure that appointments into strategic and top positions in the public service are made based on merit and not on tribal and regional basis. “Malawi belongs to all of us; no region or tribe should be victimized in any […]
The former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DP) and the governing People’s Party (PP) concluded their campaign trails for the twin bye elections in Mzimba district with sporadic skirmishes in the Mzimba Central and South West constituencies, a bitter testament to their continued rivalry. Both parties accuse each other of disturbance or instigation, damages to vehicles […]