Somber mood has again struck the Peoples Party (PP) in Malawi’s Northern Region. Barely five days after it buried its Mzuzu city’s Chibanja South ward counselor Charles Nyirongo who police reported was killed in a love affair fight over a divorced woman the party also has lost its Karonga South counselor Wilson Kafwirangachi Nyirenda. According […]
The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia has faulted the DDP led government for failing to adhere to its promise to abolish the controversial education quota system, saying it is denying ‘deserving’ students a place in the country’s public universities. This development follows the announcement by Ministry of Education on Friday last week that it will maintain […]
The Livingstonia Synod of the CCAP Church on Tuesday night took to Twitter to express its disgust with the ‘Quota System’ after it noticed that all students selected to Nkhatabay Secondary School this year are ‘not from the North.’ “School in the North with only students selected from South & Central regions#notoquotasystem #Malawi #Equality4All ,” reads the tweet t by@csplivingstonia; […]
Big people have spoken against federalism or secession of the peoples north of Nkhamenya, people like Chief Kyungu, Chikulamayembe, and big heads like Vuwa Kaunda. At this point it seems secession is bad, but with all due respect to my elders, I beg to differ, secession (federalism) is good and needs to be pursued, here […]
Government authorities in Malawi’s northern district have denounced the planned demonstrations in favour of introduction of federal system of government as a plot against the state and accused the organisers of preparing for violence. Tutulane Palikimo Business Association and Karonga Youth for Justice and Development submitted a letter to the DC on Friday asking the authorities […]
Peoples Party (PP) Northern region Provincial Chair Rev Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has said the secession call for the north has nothing to do with the former ruling party and that.demonstrations in support for the north independence will be held soon. Recently, Chiefs from the region called on PP president Joyce Banda to take disciplinary actions […]
Think-tank Forum for New Direction (Fond) has added its voice to the federism and secession debate, saying it is backing North Malawi to be a standalone state as the north has “not fully participated in the management of the social economic agenda of the northern region.” Fond general secretary Professor Godwin Mkamanga told Nyasa Times after the […]
It is a fact that the Northern Regional has been denied development ever since attainment of Independence. The central and southern regions have and are continuously enjoying development from every regime of the day. Most of the districts in the Southern and Central regions have good infrastructure, road networks and government projects being implemented in […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga is appealing to politicians to iron out their differences and concentrate on developing the country rather than wasting their time advocating for feudalism and secession. Kyungu said this during a meeting organized by Presidential Adviser on National Unity and Parliamentary Affairs Symon Vuwa Kaunda to […]
President Peter Mutharika has received a tribalism tag from a political science lecturer at the Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, Ernest Thindwa on the way he has been purging public servants. Thindwa has said he feels the dismissals of officers are based on tribal lines. “It’s normal for any new government to make […]
Malawi government’s efforts to quash federalism and secession issues in the Northern Region have taken a tumble after people in Karonga rubbished the process, saying an issue of such importance cannot only be narrowed to chiefs. At a community meeting attended by hundreds of Karonga residents and chiefs, Symon Vuwa Kaunda who is Presidential Adviser […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has gone flat out in the North Malawi to lure influential voices in rejecting calls for north secession or referendum. In his latest engagement and palm oil, presidential advisor on National unity and parliamentary affairs, Symon Vuwa Kaunda, on Sunday met chiefs from Rumphi let by Paramount Themba la […]
Peoples Party (PP) provisional chairman for the north, Reverend Christopher Mzomela Ngwira has called for a referendum vote to give the people of Northern Region a chance to prove they are supporting the idea of having the northern region as a federal state. A pressure group was recently formed in Mzimba Led by Dr. Bina […]
Malawi ex-leader Joyce Banda has said she believes that Malawi is better off as one nation and not having region separating from the nation to standalone. The immediate past Head of State said in veiled reference to the secession campaign of North Malawi. She was speaking in Chintheche, Nkhatabay when she met members of her […]
Malawians as a people are renowned for their love for peace, co-existence, oneness and above all else solidarity in the midst of diversity- ethnic, religious, political, socio-economic or otherwise – that is despite the myriad of challenges the nation faces across all divides. This mindset has absolved us of the chaos and strife that has […]
So – we continue to forge ahead together, a nation composed of supposed patriots in matters of minority interest; a nation made up of vociferous hostilities of a fragmented nature against common problems viewed often from sectarian perspectives; and finally, a nation of a potentially powerful political base from which a vast majority of our […]
Thoko Banda, son of former cabinet minister the late Aleke Banda, told parliamentary Public Appointment Committee (PAC) that he hails from Thyolo and not Nkhatabay the home of his father. Banda who was being interviewed by 20 members PAC for the position of Malawi Ambassador to the EU after being appointed by President Peter Mutharika. His CV indicated that […]
A pressure group has been formed in Mzimba led by Dr Bina Shaba to campaign for federal system of government in Malawi. Shaba said the unitary type of government where the executive powers rests in the President has frustrated the northerners and it is time to consider change. He said the federal type of government […]