Minister for Industry and Trade Sosten Gwengwe says it is high time Malawi embraced practical politicians who deliver what they promise. Gwengwe, who is also Presidential running mate for the People’s Party (PP) was addressing a mass rally that gathered at Mazengera Primary School ground in Traditional Authority Mazengera, Lilongwe on Sunday where he had accompanied President […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has expelled 18 of its members who have decided to contest as independent candidates in May 20th Tripartite Elections. Some of the notable faces expelled from the party include former MBCtv sports presenter, Saulo Thindwa, former deputy Minister of Transport, Chimango Mughogho, Good Kayira and former Minister of Education, Yusuf […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has maintained that it expelled its spokesman Hophmally Makande and deputy secretary general Frank Mwenefumbo for deciding to contest as independent candidates in May 20 elections. PP deputy spokesperson, Ken Msonda, said the decision was also extended to all its members who are contesting as independent candidates because their decision […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked the ruling Peoples Party (PP) to publicly acknowledge that it is killing people through plundering of public resources for self-enrichment causing lack of medication in public health facilities country wide. An audit British firm showed this week that k13 billion (about $30 million) was stolen in six months from […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has asked its supporters in Zomba to refrain from violence but instead concentrate on issue-based politics that will develop the country. PP’s deputy national campaign director Lawrence Denezio Bisika made the call during a political rally he addressed at Thundu Primary School ground in Zomba. The call came hot on […]
State Vice-President Khumbo Kachali on Thursday told a rally in Mzimba that he accepted to be left out as President Joyce Banda’s running mate, saying that he is not irritated with the development but warned haters to stop creating hostility. Kachali, speaking in Mzimba Solara where President Banda addressed a political rally attended by thousands […]
Peoples Party (PP) Provisional Chairperson for the north Reverend Christopher Mzomera Ngwira on Wednesday used a presidential rally to attack three main opposition parties, saying they are a menace to the country. His first attack was on opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President and running mate Richard Msowoya, branding him a turncoat , saying […]
The Minister of Industry and Trade who is also People’s Party (PP) presidential running mate, Sosten Gwengwe, says once PP is voted into power in the forthcoming tripartite elections it will transform Malawi from being a poor country to having middle class society. Gwengwe was speaking Tuesday at the official launch of Kabaza to Motor […]
Peoples Party expelled deputy secretary general Frank Mwenefumbo who lost at the primaries and defied the party’s directive not to stand as independent has questioned the party’s move to boot him, saying it has no basis either in national laws or the party’s statutes. He said it was unfair for PP to fire any PP […]
It never rains but pours for Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) ahead of May 20 Tripartite Elections as it continues losing its senior members day in day out due to internal misunderstandings. The latest to quit the party is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and former Mzuzu City legislator, Good Kayira. Kayira has since […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has expelled its spokesman Hophmally Makande and deputy secretary general Frank Mwenefumbo for deciding to contest as independent candidates in May 20 elections. PP deputy spokesperson, Ken Msonda, said the decision was also extended to all its members who are contesting as independent candidates because their decision was tantamount to […]
Another loss. The ruling People’s Party (PP) continue to count in losses as its two senior members, Publicity Secretary, Hophmally Makande adecided to contest on independent Parliamentary tickets. The development comes amidst news of the appointment of Minister of Trade, Sosten Gwengwe as running-mate to President Joyce Banda, which caught most of the senior members […]
With just a few weeks remaining before Malawi goes to the polls, drama continues unfolding within the hierarchy of the ruling People’s Party (PP). The party continues counting its ‘shortfalls’ with the latest being the resignation of its organising secretary for the Southern Region, Basa Kaligomba. Besides stepping down as organising secretary, Kaligomba has also […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda was on Friday booed by students of Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi on Friday after she presented her nomination papers for presidency in the May 2014 tripartite elections to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). In stark contrast to the rapturous applause received by opposition UDF president Atupele Muluzi, DPP […]
President Joyce Banda of the ruling People’s Party (PP) on Friday presented her nomination papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for the May 20 elections pledging a transformative agenda for the nation. Banda, fondly called JB, arrived at the Comesa Hall in an open vehicle with her running mate 36-year-old Sosten Gwengwe (Minister of […]
Malawi President and leader of People’s Party (PP) Joyce Banda on Thursday evening formally announced that Minister of Industry and Trade Sosten Gwengwe will be her running mate in the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, saying the 36-year-old vice president nominee is not “baby” . Banda who has sidelined State Vice President Khumbo Kachali, who […]
It’s now done deal! President Joyce Banda will be partnered with youthful minister of trade Sosten Gwengwe as her running mate on People’s Party (PP) ticket. State Vice President Khumbo Kachali has told Nyasa Times that he has been formally told by President Banda that she will not be pairing with him as a running […]
Vice President Khumbo Hastings Kachale is disillusioned with President Joyce Banda for not considering him as running mate so that he can be maintained as the country’s second in command following reports that the President has picked Trade Minister Soften Gwengwe . Kachali, the ruling People’s Party (PP) has always argued, was not an automatic […]