Founder and president of the People’s Party (PP), Joyce Banda, on Thursday met members of her party’s district and regional committees from Southern Region in Blantyre, encouraging them not to exist merely as symbolic organs of the party but rather aiming higher in the PP rebuilding process. Banda, the immediate past Head of State, said […]
Opposition People’s Party (PP) has warned the Peter Mutharika government that its members of parliament will not accept measures aimed at hurting the impoverished to finance the national budget, saying the “privileged sector” should be targeted for punitive taxes. Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya announced that the first budget session of Parliament for […]
Malawi’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) launched its UK wing August 23rd. Patricia Kaliati, the party’s national director of women and Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, attended the event. DPP is not the first to do this. The erstwhile ruling People’s Party (PP) – its two year rule ended after a dismal […]
People’s Party (PP) has accepted the resignation of its campaign director Ken Zikhale Ng’oma who rejoins ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which he helped establish, saying he is frustrated recycled politician and opportunist. Nyasa Times reported on Sunday that Zikhale had written PP resigning his position and withdrawing his membership from the party But PP […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s right hand man Dr Ken Zikhale Ng’oma has resigned as deputy campaign director of People’s Party (PP) and withdrew his membership. Zikhale says he feels that time has come for Malawi to have very few political parties. In the letter addressed to PP secretary General, Paul Maulidi, Zikhale said he was no […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesman Ken Ndanga has said the People’s Party (PP) led by former president Joyce Banda is on its death bed . Malawians on Thursday woke up to the news of opposition parties accusing each other on how they were supposed to react together over the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)’s handling of […]
The former governing party People’s Party (PP)administration lost the trust and confidence of the majority of Malawians according to a report released by Afrobarometer following a survey carried out in March just before the May 20 tripartite elections. Afrobarometer released the report on Wednesday in Blantyre which stated the PP government administration’s approval ratings in many aspects of issues had gone […]
Renowned human rights activist and head of Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA), John Kapito has dismissed claims by former vice president Khumbo Kachali that his late endorsement of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the run up to the May elections was not out of political greed. Kachali told the press on Monday that he did not support […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has trashed calls by former ruling People’s Party (PP) to have northern region as a standalone State [North Malawi like South Sudan], saying such calls are “irrational.” PP provincial governor for the North, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has said Northern Region needs “secession” and not federal government. Ngwira, according to The Nation, […]
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda on Saturday returned home from the US where she went on a two months holiday and was given a warm welcome by supporters of her People’s Party (PP). Banda jetted in through Chileka International Airport in Blantyre at 11AM and was flanked by her husband Retired Chief Justice Richard Banda. […]
Police in the eastern district of Mangochi have charged former ruling People’s Party (PP) top official Samson Msosa with seven counts for allegedly causing death by reckless driving on August 2 in the district. Msosa, who is also the party’s Eastern Province chairperson, was dragged to court on suspicion that he hit and killed on […]
The Public Affairs Committee (Pac) has dismissed claims by opposition Peoples Party (PP) that it failed to take a stand on the fire that razed down Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) warehouse in Area 4, Lilongwe last month. Fire believed to be an act of arson burnt to ashes ballot boxes and other electoral materials days […]
“For the nation to live, the tribe must die” ~ FRELIMO movement slogan MCP and Aford must look at a bigger picture Backlashes from the last May’s Tripartite Elections are in full swing. Most of it is grumbling on issues that any foresighted and politically engaged person could have foreseen before the elections. On its […]
Former ruling Peoples Party (PP) has questioned the 52 member delegation government has sent to the first US-African Leaders Summit, which President Peter Mutharika is expected to attend. USA President Barrack Obama has invited the Malawi leader to be part of the summit which will largely focus on trade and investment in Africa and highlight […]
Former ruling Peoples Party (PP) has joined other political parties in condemning torching of a warehouse that destroyed ballot boxes containing votes from a disputed election just days after a court ordered a recount. PP and two other opposition parties Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) have condemned the incident with MCP […]
The former ruling Peoples Party (PP) has added its voice in commending President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic progressive Party (DPP) led government for undertaking Civil Service reforms starting with detaching certain functions from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and relocated them to their relevant line ministries The Civil Service Reform Commission (CSRC), […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) spokesperson Ken Msonda, who is planning to drag the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to court for fraud and abuse of office, has challenged that he has enough resources and means to meet legal costs against the Commission. Msonda, whose party was deposed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), threatened to […]
Former president Joyce Banda on Sunday morning left Malawi for United States to spend a month long holiday since being ousted in a chaotic May 20 elections. Banda, who is also opposition People’s Party (PP) leader, left the country through Chileka International Airport in Blantyre. PP vice president Brown Mpinganjira said their leader would “return soon” […]