People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga says the Joyce Banda administration has not come out clear on the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) formulated to resuscitate the economy, saying it is mere lip-service. According to Malawi Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Atupele Muluzi , the recovery plan is a product of extensive local consultation by the […]
People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga has said he will ensure that Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) will be reformed to allow it to properly market Malawian farm produce on the international market. Katsonga said many problems Malawi is facing are the pillars of poverty which political leaders have created over the past […]
People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga Phiri who has declared his ambitions to run for presidency in 2014 elections, says he will declare his assets. President Joyce Banda has been under pressure from civil society groups to declare her wealth, three months after she assumed the office of the presidency after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika in […]
People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katonga Phiri says he is against tendency of recycling politicians at the expense of the youth. Katsonga said the “greedy” politicians who are being recycled form one ruling party to the other are suffocating the growth of the country’s democracy. He was speaking at his home area, at Ligowe […]
These days PPM publicity secretary Redson Munlo presents himself as a very desperate person. In addition, he sounds very bitter with the People’s Party (PP) and its government. There is no doubt that he is on a crusade to do all he can, using the gullible newspapers, to pull down the PP-led Government. Is it […]
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 […]
After Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga conceded that Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) cooked up figures on revenue collection to impress Malawians that the zero-deficit budget was on track, the Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) of Mark Katsonga has joined Malawians in telling the Minister to stop lying and honourably resign. In a statement released on Thursday, […]
Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga says ruling DPP should be getting out of power in 2014 and says Malawians will not accept a dynasty. DPP will be fielding President Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother, Peter, as its presidential candidate in 2014 elections. But Katsonga said Malawi will not accept dynastyisation of presidency. “Succession should not […]
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, […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has been asked to apologise for the war threats he made at the opening of the eighth Agriculture Trade Fair in Blantyre. The demand has been made by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Progressive Movement (PPM). “The President should apologise for that war statement. It was out of order,” […]