Former member of parliament for Kasungu north east Wakuda Kamanga has dumped Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and rejoined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Kamanga was Monday morning welcomed into the DPP by party secretary general Grezelder Jeffrey in Lilongwe. His defection to the ruling party has buoyed the party officials who are facing stiff […]
Kasungu north east MP Wakuda Kamanga has described as cosmetic the current performance of the economy. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday during his contribution to President Peter Mutharika’s tate of the nation address, Kamanga doubted the economy is performing well. “The government is just preparing figures just to please the IMF. The reality on the […]
Kasungu North East legislator Elias Wakuda Kamanga has said in Parliament that Indians are “torturing” Malawians who are teaching in private education institutions. Kamanga cited Central High School in Blantyre where he claimed Indians whom he called ‘Amwenye’ are abusing Malawians. He asked: “Is it in order, Mr Speaker, Sir, that owners of private schools especially Indians; […]
Former Finance Ministers and a relation to founding president Kamuzu Banda, Ken Kandodo and People’s Party (PP) legislator Wakuda Kamanga on Saturday joined a politicall rally in Kasungu addressed by Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera who vowed to unseat Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the 2019 elections, arguing that the ruling party and its […]
An innovative legislator has diverted K7 million from Constituency Development Fund to buy farm inputs for 1,000 women in his constituency, a departure from infrastructure development the fund is traditionally used for. Kasungu north east MP Wakuda Kamanga (People’s Party) said the programme, he has dubed ‘Nzotheka’ will increase food productivity in his area thereby […]
Kasungu north east legislator Wakuda Kamanga on Friday caused a political storm in parliament when he suggested that a Government of National Unity (GNU) should immediately be put in place to deal with the current economic and political problems rocking the country. Kamanga also proved that he can be a political divisive figure when he […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) Mangochi Central MP, Dr Clement Chiwaya on Monday defeated People’s Party (PP) Kasungu North East MP Wakuda Kamanga for the position of second deputy speaker of parliament in a secret ballot. The election was president by newly elected Speaker, Richard Msowoya, who declared Chiwaya dully elected with 147 votes against 36. […]
Nsanje North Member of Parliament (independent) Esther Mcheka Chilenje on Monday was elected First Deputy Speaker of parliament unopposed, retaining the position she held between 2004 and 2009. Chilenje went unopposed after former ruling People’s Party (PP) nominee Wakuda Kamanga and governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Francis Kasaila withdrew from the race. Kasaila told […]
Spokesperson of former president Joyce Banda, Elias Wakuda Kamanga, has said mammoth crowds that attended People’s Party (PP) campaign meetings for the May 20 Tripartite Elections gave it false hopes of winning resoundingly. Kamanga, legislature-elect in Kasungu, was formerly secretary-general of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and ditched it when Banda, the country’s first female president, […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has rescinded its plan to appeal against High Court’s ruling over disqualification of 15 parliamentary candidates and one presidential aspirant, disclosing it has instead reinstated them to contest the May 20 elections. Mec in February this year disqualified some candidates for failing to resign from civil service as public officers at […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cleared presidential adviser on political and communication affairs Elias Wakuda Kamanga to contest as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Kasungu North East Constituency in the May 20 Tripartite Elections. Earlier MEC said Kamanga was barred after the electoral body had applied a second legal opinion to disqualify Kamanga […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disqualified presidential adviser on political and communication affairs Elias Wakuda Kamanga to contest as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Kasungu North East Constituency in the May 20 Tripartite Elections. This follows a second legal opinion MEC sought which stated that as a presidential adviser, Kamanga, and others are […]
President Joyce Banda’s special adviser on communication and political affairs Wakuda Kamanga says it will take time for the Head of State to respond to the petition which the Malawi civil rights organisations under Grand Coalition for the Defense of Democracy and Constitution presented to her through Blantyre city council’s officials after February 27 protests. […]
Special Advisor to President Joyce Banda on Politics and Communication, Elias Wakuda Kamanga has condemned Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) president, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera for describing Banda’s administration as childish. Kamanga said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times on Tuesday that Chakwera’s sentiments are motivated by an apparent outrage at the prospect of losing the Presidential […]
United Independence Party (UIP) president Hellen Sighn has registered her concerns over remarks made by President Joyce Banda’s spin doctor Wakuda Kamanga on reports that people are not dying of hunger. Kamanga was reported on Galaxy FM that people should not be amused with the deaths report as it was reported in the Bible that […]
Special Advisor to President Joyce Banda on Politics and Communication, Elias Wakuda Kamanga has described the DPP a ‘poisonous snake’ following its leader, Peter Mutharika’s remarks preventing Malawians from discussing and debating his ‘US Green Card’ issue. Mutharika told journalists at a news conference in Lilongwe at the weekend that the issue about his US […]
The newly appointed Special Adviser on Communication and Political Affairs at the State House Elias Wakuda Kamanga says his role as the presidential spin doctor is purely because of his political capability to handle the state of political atmosphere which is now engulfing every sector of the country. Speaking during Tiuzeni Zoona program on the privately owned […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has appointed her advisor on Communications and Political Affairs, Wakuda Kamanga, as head of State House Press Office. Kamanga confirmed his appointment describing the development as a normal State House restructuring process. His promotion comes barely a few weeks after he was also appointed Presidential Advisor on Communications and Political Affairs […]