Association of Veteran Politicians executive director Odinga Chifi is back in active politics and has joined opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra.) Mulanje based Chifi announced his membership to PETRA at a rally addressed by the party’s president Kamuzu Chibambo in the district on Saturday. Chifi said PETRA is the only party that offers hope for […]
Leader of tiny opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) Kamuzu Chibambo says the ruling People’s Party (PP) government came into office without proper strategies on how it would address the country’s economic challenges left by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. Addressing journalists after a political rally at Limbuli area in the southern district of Mulanje on Saturday, […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and People’s Transformation (Petra) are calling upon Malawians and other electoral stakeholders to be cautious with President Joyce Banda’s (JB) change of heart on the appointment of her vice president Khumbo Kachali as an overseer of Malawi Electoral Commission. The call from UDF spokesman Ken Ndanga and Petra’s president […]
President of the Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) Kamuzu Chibambo has joined a bandwagon of stakeholders and critics who are outraged President Joyce Banda’s decision of appointing the vice president Khumbo Kachali as responsible for the Electoral Commission (EC). Chibambo who is also a trained lawyer says the appointment is not only unconstitutional but […]
The Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) is condemning in strongest terms on what it calls government’s spending of huge sums of money paying out former senior government officials as compensation for their removal from office before the expiry of their contracts. The party says in a statement seen by Nyasa Times which is signed […]
Despite being cleared of any wrong doing in the K30 billion Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) illegal borrowing scandal, Finance Minister Ken Lipenga has been labelled “inefficient” by the opposition People’s Progressive Moment (PPM). The cabinet committee inquiry established that the decision to borrow was illegal “as it did not follow procedures and was taken by […]
Opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) has spoken against President Joyce Banda’s announcement that her government intends to repeal the country’s ban on homosexuality, saying that would give a lee way to same-sex marriages. During her state-of-the-nation address on Friday, President Banda told parliament that “some of the laws that were duly passed by this house […]
People’s Transformation Party, (Petra) president Kamuzu Chibambo has accused President Bingu wa Mutharika’s government of stealing their ideas in the manifesto to run the country. But DPP publicity secretary Hetherwick Ntaba laughed off the claims by Chibambo, saying his “untested”party “has no experience of what government is all about.” Chibambo on Tuesday evening told Capital […]
Malawians in Luton Town, UK on Saturday marked Malawi’s Martyrs Day commemoration by launching a branch of the People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing in the area amid strong calls for unity with stakeholders to engage in a fierce fight against President Bingu wa Mutharika’s despotism. The wing’s chairperson Prisca Juma Phiri-Jere told the meeting […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing has written the House of Commons to investigate the deterioarating human rights situation in Malawi. British Labour MP for Nottingham north Graham Allen, said he shares concern for the deteriorating protection of human rights of Malawi’s citizens. “Hopefully because of the world-wide publicity garnered by the arrest of Malawi’s […]
President of Peoples Transformation Party (PETRA), Kamuzu Chibambo, says he is backing the calls to have the young generation assume the leadership of the country including the presidency. Chibambo says the older generation has “terribly let down” the youth by deceiving them that they are leaders of tomorrow. He said time was ripe for the […]
Tickets for People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing Christmas Party to be held on 24th December in Nottingham are fast selling like hotcakes, the organisers have said. Petra UK wing publicity secretary Fides Jim Kachale said many people from across the UK and Ireland republic are buying tickets for the Christmas Eve party billed as […]
A prominent governance body, Centre for Multiparty Democracy’s (CDM), survey report which took place between November last year and August this year, has revealed Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) and Maravi People’s Party (MPP) have no traceable structures. The survey results, […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing will hold a Christmas party for Malawians in the UK, other African natives and other nationalities across the globe to celebrate the festive season as well as raise money to help the party in Malawi. Organising committee chairperson Elizabeth Makossah, who is also the Wing’s deputy treasure said the […]
The United Kingdom wing of People’s Transformation Party (Petra) has asked Malawians to join the party and consider running for parliamentary and local government elections under the party banner in 2014. The call was made during a meeting Petra UK wing chairperson Prisca Juma-Phiri Jere organised for its members in Nottingham. The minority party’s external […]
By Peter Makossah, Nyasa Times People Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing has organised a Malawi night gig and braii to fundraise for the party coffers at Nottingham ‘The Market Place’ African Club in Sneinton . According to Petra’s UK wing publicist Fides Jim Kachale the event will start on Saturday 6th August at 8:00 pm until […]