A discrepancy has emerged between the final position reported by the pilot of the military aircraft that crashed near Chikangawa in June last year, killing former vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight others, and the flight-tracking data contained in the German Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation’s interim report, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Malawi’s parliamentary committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash has concluded the first phase of its inquiry, which focused on the planning, preparation and authorisation of the fatal flight. Committee Chairperson Walter Nyamilandu described the phase as both insightful and emotional, confirming that all scheduled witnesses had appeared before the committee as planned. The committee will […]
Edna Muluzi, daughter of crash victim Shanil Dzimbiri Muluzi, has appeared before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating the 10 June 2024 military plane crash that killed Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others — and presented a list of 11 questions she says the committee must answer. Her testimony touched on suspicious phone activity, […]
All the two former first ladies Callista Mutharika and Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri who were contesting in the May 21 Tripartite Elections on newly-formed UTM Party, have failed to to win in the parliamentary race. Callista, a widow of late president Bingu wa Mutharika, was contesting in Lilongwe and was unsuccessful. While Shanil, formely wife of […]
Former First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri (formerly Mrs Muluzi) has urged women not to bring back into power a party that hurls insults at women. Dzimbiri did not mention the party during a political campaign rally addressed by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima on Saturday at Nsipe in Ntcheu. However, two weeks ago there was […]
Former president Joyce Banda has written a hard hitting letter to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of Elections Ben Phiri over his offensive remarks to the former First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri. In the strongly worded letter, Banda said she had forgiven Phiri numerous times before but she will never forgive him for insulting […]
Renowned women activist Emma Kaliya has urged former First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri to take legal action against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of Elections Ben Phiri over his slurs. Phiri told a rally in the constituency where Dzimbiri is vying for a second parliamentary term that the former legislator had her marriage broken with […]
Former First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri (formerly Mrs Muluzi) has rejected the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of elections Ben Phiri apology over offensive and insensitive remarks he made in Balaka west, demanding he makes another rally in the area and withdraw his slurs. Phiri told a rally in the constituency where Dzimbiri is […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of elections, Ben Phiri, has frantically made an apology to former First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri over bed room remarks he made at a political rally in Balaka over the weekend. Phiri said former president Bakili Muluzi divorced her because she is not good in bed. “I have never […]
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has described the statement made by Balaka West parliamentarian, Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri as gross misrepresentation of facts that the government distributed a mere five kilograms of maize to food insecure families instead of 50kgs in the just ended once off relief maize distribution. DoDMA spokesperson Chipiliro Khamula says each […]
Government has admitted it is handing out a mere five kilograms of maize to a family in the ongoing relief food distribution to mitigate the impact of hunger instead of the targeted 50 kilograms bag of maize. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi conceded this after he was confronted by Balaka west parliamentarian Patricia Dzimbiri […]
Balaka West Member of Parliament, Patricia Dzimbiri has requested for protection and support for female aspirants during primary elections for the 50-50 campaign to be achieved. She said this Wednesday in Parliament during debate on Women’s Parliamentary Caucus report on the activities for 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years. Dzimbiri said deliberate interventions should be put […]
Overzealous members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) attempted to block Balaka West legislator Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri from attending an official function because the former first lady is exercising her constitutional right to freely associate with a political grouping other than DPP. Shanil recently joined the United Transformation, movement (UTM) that is promoting the […]
Malawi’s former first lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri has joined the United Transformation Movement (UTM) and made the political statement on Saturday when she attended the political grouping’s official launch at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe. Shanil, who is Member of Parliament for Balaka West, was introduced at the rally by another former first lady Callista Mutharika, and confirmed her […]
Balaka West member of Parliament (MP) (Independent) Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri has emphasised the need to invest in solar energy as one way of curbing the rising energy problem the country is facing. Dzimbiri, the former First Lady, said using solar power would help provide a long-term solution to the problem. She made the remarks during […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi and former First Lady Patricia Shanil son, Zake Muluzi, is off the bachelor’s market. He tied the knot with a Scottish bride Lindsay on Saturday at Drummossie Hotel, Inverness in Scotland. Both father and mother were ‘over the moon’ during the wedding which they attended together with family member who […]
People of Balaka West Constituency can now afford a smile following the revelation that their Parliamentarian who is also former Malawi first lady Patricia Shani Dzimbiri has secured funding for the construction of a Health Centre in the constituency. According to Dzimbiri, the construction will be funded by the Irish government. Initially, the plans were to construct […]
Malawians under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government will be forced to pay tax to their inherited land as government bill proposes that all land owners under customary land will be forced to register before start paying. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi on Wednesday found himself on a collision course with his step […]