Malawi Elections: Past, Present and Future

26/01/2024

22/01/2024

22/01/2024

front page: Senior officials who have been fired from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have kept plans about their next course of action close to their chest, with some of them avoiding questions altogether and others asking for ample time to review the party’s decision.

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22/01/2024

Whoever thought it was a brilliant idea to issue a statement condemning DPP's expulsion of its members, lacked even the most basic political foreoght. In fact, it's a masterstroke of political naivety. And I'm being very careful in my choice of words here, trying really hard not to stray out of bounds of decorum.

How could it not have occured to the writer that the statement would raise the eyebrows of even those of us who poured scorn on rumours that it was MCP stirring the Nankhumwa shenanigans? And come to think of it, was the writer born yesterday? Otherwise, he or she could've remembered that MCP opposition days are littered with suspensions and expulsions of members it considered intransigent.

20/01/2024

Rabson Chihaula writes ...

"One of the leadership problems with President Chakwera is that he gives his people the rope to hang him with; he is too quick to make promises which he only realizes later that he can't keep.

It started with him promising that he would resign in two years if he failed to change the way we ran things as a country. That promise was not even necessary for his campaign. He only trapped himself.

Several promises followed from the day he was sworn in and he kept none of them. Some times, he goes to the extent of giving deadlines and ultimatums to himself which he can't keep. Why give people the rope to hang you with ?

I blame his advisers and team at State House. They should have taken note of this weakness in the president long time ago and work on making sure that he frames his speeches cautiously. It is very shameful to create a legacy of a leader who couldn't keep any promises he made, imposed deadlines on himself which he couldn't meet, and always lived against his own words.

Here is my proposed solution. It's easy: stop making any promises, altogether, and you will break none. You can't be accused of breaking a promise you didn't make. Don't give deadlines. And don't talk too much. Learn to inspire with action and surprise people with results.

Advisers and State House team, please cover the boss. He is too exposed, and he gives people too many ropes. One day soon, they will succeed to hang him."

13/01/2024

Chipani cha Democratic Progressive (DPP) pano sichokakamizikanso ndi bwalo lililonse mdziko muno, kuchititsa msonkhano osankha adindo.

Izitu ndi malinga ndi zigamulo ziwiri zomwe Jaji Simeon Mdeza wapereka lero mu mzinda wa Lilongwe.

Loya wa DPP, a Charles Mhango ndi Cassius Chidothe, omwe anayimira a Kondwani Nankhumwa, ndi ena pa nkhaniyi, atsimikiziza izi.

Loya wa a Nankhumwa, a Cassius Chidothe sanapezeke m'bwalo lero, ndipo wati amatsatira langizo la omwe akuwayimira pa mlanduwu loti alibenso chidwi chopitiliza ndi mlanduwu m’mabwalo.

(by Alex Banda-Blantyre: 01/12/2024)

09/01/2024

2025 yanunkhila 🙆🏾‍♂️

03/01/2024

Mamembala akuluakulu achipani chotsutsa boma cha Democratic Progressive (DPP) a Kondwani Nankhumwa, a Griezelder Jeffrey, komanso a Cecilia Chazama achita apilo chigamulo chomwe chinavomekeza kusunthidwa kwawo m’ma udindo omwe anawapeza ku koveshoni.

Mwezi watha, khothi lalikulu linatsutsana ndi mfundo za atatuwa pa nkhani yoti asawachotse pa ma udindo awo.

Kumathero kwa chaka chatha, president wachipa cha DPP a Mutharika anasuntha a Kondwani Nankhumwa kuchoka pa udindo wa wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri wachipanichi mchigawo chakumwera kukhala mlangizi wake, anasinthaso mayi Cecilia Chazama yemwe anali mkulu wa amayi mchipani kukhala mlangizi wake, ndipo yemwe anali mlembi wamkulu wachipanichi a Grezelder Jefrey anawasankha kukhala wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri wachipani mchigawo chapakati.

Mneneri wa president wachipanichi a Shadreck Namalomba wati mbali zonse zikumana kukhothi mawa m’mawa.

(by Franklin Mtambalika – Lilongwe:01/02/24)

28/12/2023

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for Eastern Region who is also member of Parliament for Machinga Likwenu Constituency Bright Msaka says caring for the elderly and protecting them from all forms of violence and abuse should be a collective responsibility.

Msaka added that government must ensure that elderly people are taken care of.

He was speaking today in the area of Senior Chief Sitola where he cheered the elderly people and handed over a house to an 84-year-old woman as part of Christmas celebration.

Group village headman Mpotola commended the legislator for the gesture saying elderly people deserve all the respect and should enjoy the right to food and right to protection as any other person.

(Report by Haneeph Maulana)

27/12/2023

Yemwe akufuna mpando wa m'tsogoleri wa Chipani cha Democratic Progressive (DPP) a Kondwani Nankhumwa wachenjeza mbali ya a Peter Mutharika ya mchipanichi, kuti isayelekeze kuchita upo osintha mndandanda wa atsogoleri ku msonkhano wawo waukulu.

A Nankhumwa, omwe amalankhura izi masanawa ku nyumba kwawo ku Luchenza, m'boma la Thyolo, ati izi zikapitilira, atengela nkhani yi Kubwalo.

Mtsogoleriyu walangizanso magavalana a m’maboma ndi mzigawo zakhalidwe la mbali ya a Mutharika, ya “ndiolotse ndikakutafune”.

(by Alex Banda- Luchenza, Thyolo: 12/26/2027)

18/04/2022

08/04/2022

A former official of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has defected to the ruling Tonse Alliance major partner, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The defection of former governing DPP deputy national director of women,

05/04/2022

The ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says all is set to has appoint a new party Vice President. This comes amid speculation of power struggle and concerns that the party has taken longer to replace

18/03/2022

Debate surrounding the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) seating arrangement in Parliament took a new twist yesterday as the party’s president Peter Mutharika prescribed a new set-up in which his loyalists have taken plum seats. Effectively, the arrangement expressed in a letter ...