UTM censors party official over outbursts against MCP

UTM Party has distanced itself from outbursts its director of strategic planning Norman Nyirenda said at a political rally on Sunday in Mzuzu that the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) remains a party of blood and darkness. Nyirenda, at a rally held by the party secretary general Patricia Kaliati, said the MCP remains unpopular in […]

Nyirenda, Chihana jostle for JB’s approval as PP denies alliance with Aford

People’s Party (PP) Secretary General Paul Maulidi has denied that the party is in an alliance with Aford [the Alliance for Democracy] whose chairperson Enock Katola Chihana is in the Cabinet of President Joyce Banda. Chihana, who is contesting for Rumphi central constituency on Aford ticket on parliamentary race has been claiming that his party […]

Controversy over PP-Aford alliance in Rumphi

Alliance for Democracy (Aford) ‘standby’ president Enoch Katola Chakufwa Chihana has said his party’s relationship with the ruling Peoples Party is lifelong and has challenged ‘rebels’ to quit if not compatible with it but PP is still claiming it has its own candidate in Chihana’s Rumphi central constituency. Chihana, who has since erected a large […]

Bingu ‘pleads’ with Rumphi Central ahead of polls

President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday held hurried meetings during a whistle stop tour in Rumphi Central Constituency, there to drum up support for his government Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Norman Nyirenda. At Mphompha Primary School Ground, where he made his first stop-over, Mutharika claimed he is the only one amongst all the presidents […]

Four-way race in Rumphi central by-elections

By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times Four candidates have been approved by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) after meeting all the requirements to contest in the Rumphi Central Constituency by-elections scheduled for September 06, 2011. MEC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Aubrey Sumbuleta, the four candidates are McDowell Steven Aaron Chidumba Mkandawire of the newly-registered Peoples Party […]