Attorney General, Charles Chigondongo Mhango has challenged youths in Rumphi District to be innovative and make use of their talents for their survival amid high levels of drug and substance abuse amongst the youth. Mhango was speaking recently in an interview on the sidelines of a launching ceremony of K1.6 million football and netball trophies […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) founding president Chakufwa Chihana’s son on Tuesday scooped the Rumphi central constituency seat deemed as the heavily contested parliamentary by-election . Results indicated Enoch Chihana polled some 6, 641 votes against DPP’s Norman Nyirenda’s 3, 275 votes. Chidumba Mkandawire of Mutharika’s estranged Vice President, Joyce Banda, came a close third with […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of president Bingu wa Mutharika and newly formed northern region based People’s Development Movement (PDM) on Tuesday officially protested that Aford candidate Enock Chihana was tactically campaigning while voting is in the process on Tuesday in the Rumphi Central constituency by-elections in defiance of the electoral law. According to […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of president Bingu wa Mutharika continues to campaign in various ways while voting is in the process on Tuesday in the Rumphi Central constituency by-elections in defiance of the electoral law, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to the electoral law, campaign is supposed to stop 48-hours before polling hence […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has not received any major complaint from Rumphi Central Constituency, where voting took place on Tuesday for an MP. “Of course in any election there bound to be conflicts but in this case there very minor complains which were ably solved by the local Multiparty Liaison Committee,” MEC […]
A state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) journalist stunned the nation on Saturday when he publicly and openly drummed up support for Norman Nyirenda, the governing DPP parliamentary candidate for the September 6, 2011 Rumphi Central by-elections. Speaking in Chitumbuka as a master of ceremonies at a public campaign rally addressed president Bingu wa Mutharika at […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday held hurried meetings during a whistle stop tour in Rumphi Central Constituency, there to drum up support for his government Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Norman Nyirenda. At Mphompha Primary School Ground, where he made his first stop-over, Mutharika claimed he is the only one amongst all the presidents […]
On Tuesday September 6, 2011 Rumphi Central Constituents will go to the polls to elect a parliamentarian. The constituency has no member of parliament following the demise of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Parliamentarian, Professor Moses Chirambo last year. Four candidates are vying for the seat. In alphabetical order, they are: · Enock Chihana of the […]
Head of the Catholic Church in Malawi and also Mzuzu Diocese Bishop Joseph Zuza is going to discipline Father Eugene Ng’oma for bringing the influential church into disrepute over remarks he made at a recent People’s Development Movement (PDM) rally in Rumphi, Nyasa Times understands. The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (Mzuzu diocese), which […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika’s impending visit to Rumphi Central Constituency this Saturday has angered families and relatives of people slain during the July 20th demonstrations in Mzuzu. Mutharika is expected to drum up support for his DPP candidate Norman Nyirenda ahead of the bye elections scheduled for September 6. In statement released on Thursday, spokesperson […]
The leader of the New Republican Party (NRP) veteran politician Gwanda Chakuamba has been given MK3 million from DPP campaign director and his close friend Ken Zikhale Ng’oma to campaign against the popular People’s Party (PP) candidate Chidumba Mkandawire in the Rumphi Central by-elections to be held on September 6, 2011, Nyasa Times can reveal. […]
The Vice President Joyce Banda has kick-started campaign for his People’s Party candidate in the Rumphi Central Constituency by-elections scheduled for September 06, 2011. Speaking to thousands of people who gathered at Mzokoto in the district where she addressed a campaign rally, Banda said Rumphi district deserves special recognition from government as the district is […]
By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times The People’s Development Movement (PDM) has received backing from CCAP Livingstonia Synod and a Catholic priest of the Mzuzu Diocese to have its parliamentary candidate win the Rumphi Central Constituency in the September 6 by-election The support was registered when PDM vice president Loveness Gondwe and secretary general Harry Mkandawire […]
By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times Four candidates have been approved by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) after meeting all the requirements to contest in the Rumphi Central Constituency by-elections scheduled for September 06, 2011. MEC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Aubrey Sumbuleta, the four candidates are McDowell Steven Aaron Chidumba Mkandawire of the newly-registered Peoples Party […]
The newly registered Peoples’ Party (PP) says it is waiting for endorsement from its national executive committee before it unveils its candidate for the Rumphi Central seat. The seat fell vacant after the death of former minister of Health Professor Moses Chirambo in August 2010. The Party’s provincial secretary Oliver Ndhlovu told a news conference […]