Peoples Party (PP) Chief Whip John Chikalimba has urged parliamentarians to put politics aside as they scrutinize and pass the various allocations in the 2018-2019 National Budget. He made the remarks in Parliament as he was responding to the National Budget presented before the lawmakers on May 18, 2018 by Finance Minister. “Mr. Speaker Sir, […]
Erstwhile ruling Peoples Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda has met six parties outside parliament in a bid to form an electoral alliance to oust President Peter Mutharika at the ballot box in the forthcoming elections. PP’s secretary general Ibrahim Matola, the party’s Vice President (eastern region) Roy Kachale Banda and other top party […]
People’s Party (PP) supporters have said they will not wait for convention to decide on its torchbearer in the 2019 elections as they have endorsed incumbent Joyce Banda, the former Head of State between 2012 to 2014. Banda returned to Malawi last month after four years of self-imposed exile, immediately hinting that she might make another […]
A poll expert has riled political party leadership in the country for using party conventions to settle political scores and finish off political enemies. Steve Duwa, chairman of Council for Non Governmental Organisation (Congoma) said party conventions should not be used to finish off political enemies, saying this is a recipe for problems during the […]
Former president Joyce Banda is reportedly shocked to learn that her People’s Party (PP) has lost many key party officials who defected to other parties and the general membership decline at the grassroots and the attempts to lure them back is proving too difficult since she returned to Malawi on 28 April after her four […]
Former president Joyce Banda, who returned to her homeland on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, has been advised against making another run for the presidency next year. Greg Mills, executive director of the Brenthurst Foundation, who was part of the secretariat to Banda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on the Economy from 2012 to early […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda said Sunday she will talk politics after her party National Executive Committee meeting in Lilongwe , hinting she may run for presidency in 2019 on her People’s Party (PP) ticket despite facing the threat of arrest over corruption allegations. But Banda, whose two-year presidencyfrom 2012 to 2014 was characterised by […]
Former president Joyce Banda, who returned in the country last Saturday after four-years absecce, has reiterated her stand that she does not know anything to do with Cashgate, the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill, exposed under her watch in 2013 and challenged law enforcers to arrest her. Addressing a political rally for her […]
Former president Joyce Banda received a tumultious welcome as she returned home Saturday from four-year absence with police failing to execute their much publicised “ghost” warrant of arrest . Thousands of elated supporters clad in orange attire, colours of the Peoples Party, the party she founded, broke a wire fence at Chileka Airport and surrounded […]
Hundreds of opposition People’s Party (PP) supporters on Saturday turned out to welcome Malawi’s former president, Joyce Banda, who has been abroad for four years. Security has been tight, especially on road between the Blantyre commercial city and Chileka International airport. Banda and her husband retired Chief Justice Richard Banda, waved the crowds on arrival […]
Former president Joyce Banda who is scheduled to return this Saturday from self-imposed exile will clarify whether her People’s Party (PP) is entering into an alliance with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with speculations that her coming is after she sought immunity from President Peterr Mutharika that she should not be arrested on her return. […]
Malawi police which issued an arrest warrant for former president Joyce Banda in connection with the country’s “Cashgate” corruption scandal, which involved large-scale looting of government coffers, say it remains valid and can be executed once Banda return home on Saturday. Last July, police issued an arrest warrant against Banda, saying her alleged offences were part of […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has welcomed into its fold Peoples Party (PP) Central Region Provincial Chairman, David Kambalame on Sunday at a function which took place at Mazengera Headquarters. Speaking while welcoming Kambalame, DPP central region Governor, Binton Kutsaira, commended Kambalame for his decision of joining the ruling party. Kutsaira said DPP is the […]
Peoples Party (PP) says it is deeply angered with its former acting president Uladi Mussa whom it accuses of ferrying people in PP regalia to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) functions, saying Mussa should stop this practice forthwith. PP spokesperson Noah Chipeni said this in reaction to a group of women and youths who were clad in PP regalia and […]
A local radio station is reporting that former head of state, Joyce Banda, is due to return home next month from her four year self-imposed exile in the United States of America. Zodiak is quoting an unnamed official close to Banda as saying she has completed her assignments which included lecturing and studying and would now return home. However, […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition People’s Party (PP) have kept a tight lead on their plans for national convention to elect torch bearers for the next year’s Tripartite Elections. Out of the five political parties represented in Parliament, three–Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and United Democratic Front (UDF)–have indicated they […]
People’s Party (PP) Members of Parliament (MPs) have kicked into touch the ball rolling against the party’s leader in the House, Raphael Mhone by informing the Speaker of Parliament — a motion of no confidence – for flouting parliamentary procedures when removing members from various committees. According to Mzimba West MP Harry Mkandawire, Mhone has […]
The opposition People’s Party (PP) leader in Parliament Ralph Mhone has criticised government for an unbudgeted expenditure of K5 billion on wages for the Malawi Police Service (MPS) and Malawi Defence Force (MDF), which is also expected exert pressure on the budget. The decision to overspend on the two security institutions was disclosed in the […]