Opposition Peoples Transformation Party (Petra) president, Kamuzu Chibambo has branded the country’s lust for donor aid as a ‘chicken mentality’, and has since urged the nation to fully utilize locally available resources if the economy is to transform. The local economy continues to sail through troubled waters, and the authorities have started embracing the idea […]
About five opposition parties in Malawi who contested the May 14 elections over the weekend came together in an effort to assist families in Blantyre townships that have been ravaged by the floods. The parties included Umodzi Party, Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progress Movement and the United Independence Party […]
People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) presidential candidate Kamuzu Chibambo has said politicians in Malawi owe the people a lot arguing they have failed to lift them from abject poverty for the past 50 years. He said the situation in the country has reached a deplorable status whereby most of the leadership has failed to lift it […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Supreme Court Judge Maxon Mbendera, on Friday took time in his speech to apologise to president of People’s Transformation Party Kamuzu Chibambo over a report on Zodiak Broadcasting Service that he had withdrawn from contesting in the presidential polls as he could not present his nomination papers Wednesday after he […]
People’s Transformation Party President Kamuzu Chibambo has withdrawn from contesting in the presidential polls as he could not present his nomination papers Wednesday after electoral officials said he had failed to raise K1 million nomination fees. Chibambo was expected to file his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials on the third day of […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) Kamuzu Chibambo says his party is this year moving in full swing to fight what he calls long time disease known as ‘donor aid dependency’ which Malawi has been suffering for the past 50 years since it was decolonised by the British. Briefing reporters after his victory as the party’s president […]
The opposition People’s Transformation party (Petra) says Malawians who have failed to enjoy this year’s Christmas celebrations because of financial problems should not lose hope saying “this will be the last gloomy Christmas to be caused by greedy dishonest and hypocritical leaders.” The party’s president Kamuzu Chibambo said this in a brief statement made available […]
The opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) says it will hold its convention on from 3 to 4 January at the Malawi Posts Corporation conference hall in the commercial capital Blantyre. Making the announcement during a news conference Friday evening at the party’s secretariat in Blantyre, the party’s president Kamuzu Chibambo said all the positions will be contested for at […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) says the defensive thinking of most of political leaders in the country is what has contributed to holding Malawi in the wilderness for 49 years after attaining its independence from colonial masters, Britain. Petra President Kamuzu Chibambo also said there are a few “misguided individuals in our society” who erroneously believe […]
The opposition Peoples Transformation Party (Petra) has joined calls asking Malawi’s purse keeper Ken Lipenga to step down following Capital Hill financial mess, saying that is the honorable thing he can do or the appointing authority should crack a whip on him. The call for Lipenga’s ouster have been triggered by financial woes coming in […]
Leader of the opposition Peoples Transformation party (PETRA) Kamuzu Chibambo has warned potential voters from falling into temptations of registering more than once, saying doing so is a serious offence and punishable by law. Chibambo, who is a practicing lawyer, has made the warning in a statement made available to Nyasa Times in which he […]
Leader of the opposition People’s Transformation party (Petra) Kamuzu Chibambo is demanding officials in the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to break the silence and explain about the recent revelations that the party’s president the late Bingu wa Mutharika accumulated a staggering K61billion within eight years in office. In statement made available to Nyasa Times, Chibambo says […]
People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) leader, Kamuzu Chibambo has rebuffed political commentators’ suggestion for political parties to form coalitions now in preparation for the 2014 elections. He called on political parties to concentrate on educating the masses on why they should elect them come 2014 rather than considering coalitions now. Chibambo was reacting to remarks made […]
Opposition People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) is making a strong appeal to government authorities to re-negotiate with immediate effect what it calls “stinking development agreement” between Malawi and the Australian-based mining company Paladin Africa Limited on Kayerekera uranium mine it is operating in the northern district of Karonga. PETRA’s President Kamuzu Chibambo has threatened to mobilise […]
Malawi’s opposition party, People’s Transformation Movement (PETRA), says Malawians need to combine forces if they are to effectively fight any form of exploitation by foreign businesses. PETRA’s remarks follow Paladin Africa Limited’s declaration that it will not renegotiate the Kayelekera uranium mining agreement with the Malawi government until the expiry of the current 10-year contract. […]
Opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) recently launched what it calls Malawi’s 3rd Liberation Movement. The following is the unedited statement made by Petra’s president Kamuzu Chibambo at the launch: Economic Bondage Malawi has for many decades now been gripped in economic bondage of gigantic magnitude. This pathetic and heart-rending reality has been fastened to the […]
Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) on Monday the 3rd Liberation Movement for Malawi in Blantyre with promises of delivering real change to the country’s treacherous political landscape. Chibambo, a lawyer by profession, described the struggle for independence and multiparty democracy in 1964 and 1994 as first and second liberations respectively. He said 2014 Malawi […]
As the count-down to the January 17 demonstrations championed by the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) nigh, leaders of the Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation party(Petra), say are yet to decide on whether they should take part in the protests . The Malawi’s consumer lobby group is organising the demonstration in a bid to push government […]