When the Speaker calls the House to order today, it will not just mark the beginning of the Third Meeting of the 52nd Session of Parliament. For millions of Malawians struggling to put food on the table, pay school fees, or access healthcare, it will represent another test of whether their leaders are listening. Behind […]
Former president Dr Joyce Banda says she will not seek a return to State House in 2030, declaring she has “done my part” and is now focused on supporting national efforts from outside frontline politics. Speaking in an interview with a local television station, Banda said serving Malawians “does not only happen from State House”, […]
Political analysts have said UTM Party of vice-president Saulos Chilima has proved its relevance after it won a parliamentary seat in Karonga Northwest by-election and its member who stood as independent in Zomba Changalume also winning as his runner-up was also from UTM. On Tuesday, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) held by-elections in Karonga North West, […]
Ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is not fielding a candidate in Zomba Changalume by-election asofficials say the party will instead be supporting a People’s Party (PP) candidate. A list of candidates from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) shows that the party does not have a candidate in the by election. This means UTM Party will battle […]
People’s Party (PP) says it will do everything possible to retain Zomba Changalume Parliamentary seat, which fell vacant following the death of John Chikalimba, who was the party’s Chief Whip in Parliament while Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says its management team will decide this week how it feature candidates in the forthcoming by-elections. The Malawi […]
Member of Parliament for Mangochi Lutende constituency, Idrissa Pongolani Kazembe has resigned from the People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda, the Speaker of Parliament announced on Friday. Speaker Cathering Gotani Hara made the announcement at the start of National Budget session of Parliament. She said MP Kazembe has since asked to be allocated in the […]
President of the People’s Joyce Banda has publicly condemned her party secretary general Ibrahim Matola for insulting and abusive language against the embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah. In a charged and emotional manner, Friday morning during a National Elections Consultative Forum meeting in Blantyre, Matola told Ansah to leave MEC with her […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has come out strongly censuring Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Reyneck Matemba over remarks that it is the party’s leader Joyce Banda who appointed him to the office. Matemba made the assertion when he was addressing the media on allegations that. Some people were attempting to bribe the five-judge panel […]
The spokesman for erstwhile governing People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda has denied the party is falling apart after politician Mathews Banda has dumped it as the party has said he was an ordinary members and not holding any senior position. In quitting PP, Mathews Banda told Nyasa Times that he was an […]
People’s Party (PP) has appointed Ali M’balaka as provincial chairpeson for the southern region replacing the late Issac Nyakamera died on 15 November this year. Nyasa Times understands PP president Joyce Banda met members of the party from Southern Region to console them about the death of Nyakamera and also choose acting chairpeson for the […]
Lands minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda is demanding K40 million from People’s Party vice president Ralph Mhone as legal costs over the parliamentary court case. Mhone has appealed against a High Court ruling which upheld the winning of Lands and Housing minister Vuwa Kaunda in the parliamentary race. The High Court has since dismissed an application […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara announced that only Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) will give official response to the 2019/20 national budget statement when the House re-convene for general debate as tiny parties UTM and PP will not be making formal statements. UTM and Peoples Party (PP) have four and […]
People’s Party (PP) executive member Joseph Chikwemba has claimed that he is living dangerously for being outspoken about the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying the party cadets has tipped him of an evil plot against his life. Chikwemba said he was approached by DPP top cadet Mike Chitenje known as Bangwe 1, who asked him […]
Firebrand Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua has resigned as deputy leader of People’s Party (PP) in parliament and withdrawn his membership from the party with immediate effect, accusing it of being a party run by a family “full of tribalism”. PP is led by former president Joyce Banda whose son Roy Kachale is the vice […]
Former President Joyce Band’s Peoples Party (PP) say it will work with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in post-election politics both inside and outside parliament. Spokesperson for PP Ackson Kalaile Banda said this on Sunday during a caucus where also the party did a postmortem on the election. “We are still in the alliance with MCP. […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won more seats in the National Assembly claiming 62 legislators, according to official results declared by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Saturday following the May 22 Tripartite just elections. In 2014 elections the DPP got 48 legislators and in the recent pols the party has gained more to reach […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets on Sunday beat up supporters of People’s Party (PP) in Nkhata Bay on allegations that the former party was campaigning after the campaign window closed. Supporters of Symon Vuwa Kaunda who is vying for the Nkhata Bay central constituency parliamentary seat roughed up supporters of his political arch-rival in […]
Over 75 opposition People’s Party (PP) monitors deployed for the Tuesday’s Tripartite Elections (TPE) are pushing for their unpaid allowances dating to as far back as the 2014 general polls, saying they will not participate this time around until what is owed them is paid. The monitors, also, are demanding that they be paid upfront […]