People’s Party (PP) national executive committee (NEC) members are meeting at the residence of former president Joyce Banda to discuss a possible electoral combination with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to compete as one force in the coming elections continue, Nyasa Times understands. There has been speculation that Banda would pull out of presidential race with […]
People’s Party spokesperson on Finance John Chikalimba has said extreme poverty remains widespread in the country and accused government of painting a rosy picture of economic growth when people are still impoverished and suffering. His remarks comes at the wake of a report commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) states that poverty stands at […]
Former immediate president, who is also Peoples Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda says the country’s economy can only grow if women are self reliant and economically empowered through small business as they are custodians of families. Banda popularly known as JB in the political scene made these remarks when she addressed thousands of women Sunday […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has called upon all Malawians to collectively work together in support of the survivors of the floods that have hit most of the Southern Region districts in Malawi and without politicising the matter. The party spokesman Ackson Kalaile Banda said on Sunday March 10 2019 through a statement made available […]
Peoples Party (PP) presidential running mate, Dr. Jerry Jana, has expressed worry over low prices pegged on pigeon peas, pledging to provide good and stable markets for the same, once ushered into power. Jana observed that poor farmers continue to be poorer because of lack of proper marketing structures for their farm produce, including pigeon […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will abolish Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSS) and construct more modern secondary schools. This was disclosed on Wednesday evening by MCP Shadow education minister Dr Elias Chakwera during a SDG Question Time debate at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) in Lilongwe. “Since 1994 Malawians have been cheated through CDSS […]
People’s Party (PP) vice president for the south, Ephraim Chibvunde has told a rally in Neno that the party’s leader Joyce Banda has solutions to the challenges Malawi is facing as she will push pro-poor policies. Speaking during a political meeting at Neno, Chibvunde said if Joyce Banda is elected in the May 21 2019 […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) will not feature any parliamentary or local council candidate in Salima in the forthcoming tripartite elections as no candidate in the district has declared interest to run on its ticket. Constituency Returning Officers (CROs) in the district indicated on Wednesday that no-one in the district submitted nomination forms to represent […]
Former president and Peoples Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said her choice of former chief executive officer for the grain marketer Admarc as her running mate was made after thorough consultations. Banda’s remarks come after she had earlier on told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that she would not compete in the forth oming […]
Former president and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said once elected into power after the May 21 Tripartite Elections she will get Malawi rolling on her ‘Phase 2’ programme with an economic model like no other. Banda said this on Tuesday in Chikwawa when she addressed a mass rally, the second since an […]
Former president Joyce Banda says her administration will raise the minimum wage for all Malawian employees to K40 000 from the current K25 000, representing a 64 percent upward scaling and is upbeat that once voted into power, Malawi will move from poverty to prosperity. She was speaking on Sunday at Fumba Farm Ground in […]
Malawi immediate past president Joyce Banda who announced on BBC at the weekend that she is not running for presidency and endorsing State Vice President Saulos Chilima and his UTM Party on Tuesday submitted her nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to allow her to contest in the May 21 elections. Banda has picked […]
As political analysts had said the United Democratic Front (UDF) hold key to winning the May 21 2019 watershed Tripartite Elections, the UTM Party and the People’s Party (PP) have approached UDF leader Atupele Austin Muluzi for alliance talks. The young Muluzi, who is Minister of Health and Population, is being approached after UTM-PP off […]
Former governing People’s Party (PP) has said it has pulled out of an electoral alliance with the UTM Paerty ahead of the May 21 tripartite elections just days after the same was announced citing a breach by the latter on “a number of issues” including that of running-mate. In a statement issued Monday, and signed […]
An opposition alliance consisting of four political parties namely UTM Party, Peoples Party (PP), Alliance for Democracy (Aford) and Tikonze Progressive Party has been formed and will name its torch bearer on Monday in the capital Lilongwe. A joint statement issued by the parties made available to Nyasa Times on Friday comes barely 24 hours […]
Political and governance experts have spoken on the criteria that presidential candidates should use to pick their runningmates in the May 21 Tripartite Electiosn and speculations countinue on who incumbent President Peter Mutharika leading the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima of UTM Party will pair with. Henry Chingaipe, a political […]
The former president Joyce Banda has said the country’s economy is worse now than it was when she was president of the country from 2012 to 2014, promising to continue her People’s Party (PP) vision of uplifting the economic and social status of poor Malawians with a ‘phase 2’ if elected in May elections. Banda ascended […]
Wife to State vice-president Mrs Mary Chilima has told women politicians to protect each other in the wake of attacks by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets against the opposition as women politicians are demanding the immediate arrest of the regime thugs. Mary Chilima said this on Tuesday morning when she attended a crisis meeting […]