Former minister Sidik Mia has walked away from frontline politics, announcing in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times that he will not stand for election as a parliamentarian in Chikhwawa Nkombezi. Mia told Nyasa Times on Sunday when interviewed to comment on fevered speculation that he was joining of the opposition parties as a presidential […]
Ruling People’s Party (PP) National Organizing Secretary Salim Bagus has said the party remains strong in Chikhwawa Mkombezi despite the departure of Mohammad Sidik Mia who was also Vice President for the south. Bagus said this during a rally which the party organized on Saturday at Ngabu Community Centre ground to unveil its shadow Member […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) has appointed the party’s executive member and Minister of Information, Brown Mpinganjira as its vice-president for the Southern region. Mpinganjira’s appointment has been made to replace former Minister of Transport, Sidik Mia who resigned from the party and cabinet last week Friday on undisclosed grounds. “It’s true that honourable Brown […]
Barely a day after Muslim leaders were asked to be talking ill about former Transport Minister and the ruling People’s Party’s vice president who quit cabinet and the part last week, Sidik Mia, eight traditional leaders in Lower Shire area where Mia hails from and command respect on Wednesday organized a news conference in Chikwawa […]
The Malawi Government with funding from the China government has earmarked close to K112.5billion for the construction of a new Chileka International Airport in Blantyre. The new airport is expected to ease some of the challenges which the travelling public have been worrying about due to the dilapidated state of infrastructure at the current airport. […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Tuesday invited leaders of the country’s two Muslim organisations, Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) and Majilis Ulama in the capital Lilongwe during which she pleaded with them to help detaching Muslim links with former Transport Minister and the ruling party’s vice president Sidick Mia who has unceremoniously dumped government and […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have moved to cool speculation linking the former transport minister Sidik Mia becoming a running mate of Dr Lazarous Chakwera but said the party was flattered that the Lower Shire political giant is linked with join it. MCP spokesperson Dr Jessie Kabwila said the party’s president has not picked […]
Two Malawian cabinet ministers Sunday afternoon went to town and tore into pieces former Transport and Infrastructure minister, Sidik Mia, who resigned last Friday. Mia also resigned from his position as Vice President for the ruling People’s Party (PP) responsible for Southern Region. The two ministers, Sosten Gwengwe of Industry and Trade and Uladi Mussa […]
Former Minister of Transport and Public Works, Sidik Mia, who was also vice president for the ruling People’s Party (PP) before his resignation on Friday has been tipped for running-mate by the country’s leading opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), whose May 20 presidential candidate, is Lazarus Chakwera, Nyasa Times understands. Mia is also sitting MP […]
President Joyce Banda on Saturday promoted deputy Minister of Agriculture Ulemu Chilapondwa to the portfolio of Minister of Transport replacing Sidik Mia who resigned as Minister as well as from the ruling party where he was Vice President for Southern Region. Mia conducted a news conference in Blantyre on Friday where he broke the news […]
State House Press Officer, Tusekele Mwanyongo, has refuted social media gossips that President Joyce Banda collapsed on Friday where she was taken to Kamuzu Central Hospital and has not been well since. The speculations which went viral claimed President Banda has Blood Pressure following the resignation of Sidik Mia in the ruling People’s Party (PP) […]
Political science lecturer at the Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi Dr Mustafa Hussein says the departure of Sidick Mia from the ruling People’s Party (PP) is a big blow to the party considering the popularity and respect he was commanding among members of the party. Mia told a news conference […]
The resignation of Transport and Public Infrastructure Minister Sidik Mia from Cabinet and from the ruling People’s Party (PP) as vice president for the Southern Region, has been accepted by President Joyce Banda but the ruling PP has said it’s a “big blow.” President Banda’s adviser on communication and political affairs Elias Wakuda Kamanga issued a […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Muhamed Sidik Mia has resigned from the ruling Joyce Banda’s Peoples’ Party (PP). Mia has refused to disclose his next move but people have been speculating that he is earmarked to take up the position of running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dr Lazarus Chakwera. He however said […]
Malawi’s Transport Minister Mohammed Sidik Mia has assured islanders of Likoma and other water transport users that the MV ILALA is normal and fully functional. Mia also said transport challenges on Lake Malawi will soon be a thing of the past as government has engaged a new company to fully work on the country’s water […]
Ruling Peoples Party (PP) has exerted pressure on Chiradzulu East Member of Parliament , Henry Mussa of DPP as the PP vice president Sidik Mia stormed the constituency in an effort to displace the legislator who has been representing it for quite a long time. Mia and his party entourage stormed the constituency this week […]
The European Union (EU) has said it considers phasing out support to the transport sector in African countries but explained that it was inaccurate to suggest that it had been withdrawn to aid-dependent Malawi. The Daily Times under the headline ‘EU withdraws transport’ aid reported on Wednesday that EU has stopped “pumping support to the transport […]
Malawi Government will in the first quarter of 2014 start reconstructing the Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road after successfully sourcing funds to implement the project. Minister of Transport and Public Works Sidik Mia disclosed this in Parliament during question time when he was responding to member of Parliament for Nkhata Bay North West David Yohane Kaweche on […]