Uladi  case adjourns till January 2020:  Kwanjana rejects citizenship applications without supporting documents

High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to January 14, 2020 hearing of the case in which former minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa is accused of issuing passports to foreign national. Mussa, who is also the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the Centre, is accused of illegally issuing Malawian passports […]

Uladi says not even courts have powers to question minister over passport issuance

Former Homeland Security minister Uladi Mussa has told the High Court in Lilongwe that no one, not even the courts have powers to question why and how a minister’s decision to approve or reject an application for citizenship. Mussa said this on Tuesday as the state continued to accuse him of dubiously granting Malawian passports […]

Uladi tells court he is ignorant of immigration, citizenship laws

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (Centre) Uladi Mussa has started defending himself on charges of misconduct on the issuance of Malawi citizenship to 50 foreigners when he served as Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security in the Joyce Banda administration between April 2012 and May 2014, telling the court that he doesn’t know immigration and […]

ACB gag Uladi: Warns DPP veep on verbal diarrhoea in graft case

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has warned former presidential aide Uladi Mussa against commenting in the media on his ‘passportgate’ corruption case which is in court, saying the graft busting body would not be intimidated. ACB director Reyneck Matemba said this after Mussa, who is vice president of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)0,  told Zodiak  Radio […]

Court finds Uladi Mussa with case to answer on passportgate

The High Court in Lilongwe has found a powerful ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president Uladi Mussa with a case to answer on suspected dubious and erroneous awarding of Malawian passports to foreigners. The case has also earned Mussa, a former cabinet minister in four successive administrations, travel ban to the US. In a […]

Uladi maintains his role as DPP vice-president for Central Region

The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)  has said Uladi Basikolo Mussa remains its vice-president for the Central Region despite  resignation from his position as presidential adviser on parliamentary affairs following a corruption indictment. Mussa resigned on August 8 2019 through a letter to the Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) […]

State House, OPC confirm Uladi resignation as Mutharika’s aide: DPP veep ‘stunned’

State House spokesperson and Office of President and Cabinet (OPC)  have said it is true that presidential advisor on parliamentary affairs Uladi Mussa has  resigned. State broadcaster MBC quoted chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara and State House spokesman Mgeme Kalilani confirming that Mussa has ceased to perform duties of presidential advisor on parliamentary affairs. […]

Uladi denies resigning as Mutharika aide: ‘It’s fake news’

Presidential advisor on parliamentary affairs Uladi Mussa has  dismissed as “fake news” social media reports  which had suggested that he had resigned, with immediate effect amid reports that donors have been questioning his appointments following his ongoing corruption court case. The reports cite the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) saying Mussa has ceased […]

Mutharika reacts to Uladi ban: Malawi to engage US on presidential aide Visa

President Peter Mutharika through his spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani has said his government will be engaging the United States of America (USA)  to appreciate  why it has banned Mutharika’s aide, Uladi Mussa, and his spouse for his alleged “involvement in significant corruption”  for his service in Joyce Banda’s administration six years ago and the decision has […]

United States of America is pissed off with corruption in Malawi

President Peter Mutharika’s aide, Uladi Mussa’s thinking that the United States of America (USA) is wrong to ban him and his spouse for his alleged involvement in significant corruption because his corruption case is still in court, is defective. The US Embassy in Lilongwe on Wednesday this week said Mussa was engaged in corrupt activities […]

Analysts warn Malawi on Uladi US ban: President Mutharika urged to fire top aide

Governance experts and commentators have described as a “signal” from the United States Government regarding efforts to fight corruption in Malawi for their decision to Uladi Basikolo Mussa and his immediate family, from entering the US for his alleged involvement in “significant corruption”. Mussa, who is President Peter Mutharika’s special adviser on parliamentary affairs and […]

Uladi says US Visa ban totally wrong: ‘I am innocent of corruption until proven guilty by court’

Newly appointed presidential special advisor on parliamentary affairs, Uladi Basikolo Mussa, has described the decision by the United States Government to ban him and his spouse Cecilia from entering the US for his alleged involvement in “significant corruption” as wrong,  arguing that he is innocent until proven guilty by the court of law. Mussa allegedly engaged […]

U.S. imposes visa ban on Malawi presidential advisor Uladi over corruption

The United States has banned President Peter Muhtarika’s special advisor Uladi Basikolo Mussa from entry due to his involvement in “significant corruption,”  Nyasa Times has learnt.       Mussa allegedly engaged in and benefited from public corruption in relation to his official duties while minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security. The U.S. Department statement […]

Uladi says May 21 elections not to change govt but remove ‘ghost worker VP’

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) central region Vice President Uladi Mussa has said the May 21 2019 election is not about changing the government but to fulfill five major objectives. Mussa said on Sunday that the elections would be held to fulfill the constitutional requirement to have elections every five years, remove a ghost worker Vice […]

Uladi back in court for issuing Malawi passports to foreign nationals

A case in which former minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa is answering charges of aiding at least 55 foreigners to illegally obtain citizenship while he was a Cabinet minister is nearing completion after prosecution has finished parading its  witnesses at Lilongwe High Court. In court on Thursday, the last prosecution witness, […]

Uladi urges central region to vote for Mutharika

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the central region Uladi Mussa has urged people in the region to give President Peter Mutharika a second term mandate, saying  he has done a lot in development for the country. Speaking during a rally at Kabudula after Mutharika had officially opened the K39.6 billion Lilongwe Kasiya road, […]

Uladi says Chimulirenji key to Mutharika’s re-election with landslide: Scorns SKC for ‘rebellion’

Ruling Democractic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the central region, Uladi ‘Chenji Golo’ Mussa, has said President Peter Mutharika’s choice of running-mate in Everton Chimulirenji is “unprecedented” and “calculative,” positing that it is key to the party’s landslide victory in the forthcoming tripartite elections. Mussa spoke at Masintha Grounds in the capital Lilongwe at […]

Uladi Mussa fields son in Kabwila constituency

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President  for the central region Uladi Mussa has fielded his son as parliamentary candidate in Salima north west constituency whose member of parliament is Jessie Kabwila. Mussa confirmed in an interview with Nyasa Times that he has fielded Ibrahim in Khombeza in the constituency to counter attack the political popularity […]