PP Archives

Chenji golo on the move! “l will join another party”, says Uladi

Jan 09, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 70 &

Uladi Mussa who was yesterday expelled from People’s Party (PP) says he will be joining another political party because he still has the steam in him. Uladi had claimed that PP was on the verge… ...

PP expels Uladi, denies alliance with DPP

Jan 08, 2018 Bright Malenga 22 &

Former ruling People's Party (PP) has fired Member of Parliament for Salima South Uladi Mussa from the party. The party has also removed its ex-chief whip Ralph Jooma from his position as Vice President for… ...

Tamani calls on parties to elect good leaders

Jan 07, 2018 Luke Bisani 5 &

As political parties in Malawi are getting set for 2019 general elections with party conventions, Father Boniface Tamani has called for need to have good leaders at the party level. Tamani who is vicar general… ...

Speaker faults MPs for rejecting 50+1

Jan 05, 2018 Luke Bisani 28 &

Speaker of Malawi National Assembly Richard Msowoya has faulted Members of Parliament (MPs) for rejecting the electoral reforms bills that included the controversial 50+1 system of electing the president. Addressing chiefs in Karonga district, Msowoya… ...

Christopher Mzomera Ngwira arrested: DPP MP nabbed for corruption

Jan 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 87 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hola Constituency, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira, has been arrested. While confirming the arrest, the Malawi AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) revealed that Mzomera Ngwira had employed cashgate tricks to… ...

PP demands property from Mzomera Ngwira

Dec 29, 2017 Luke Bisani 14 &

Opposition People’s Party (PP) has given a seven day ultimatum to former Northern Region provincial chair Mzomera Ngwira to return property belonging to the party. According to PP, Ngwira who was fired from the PP… ...

DPP, PP clash on alliance

Dec 27, 2017 Luke Bisani 41 &

Conflicting reports have erupted on who proposed the political ties between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition People’s Party (PP). Reports reveal PP proposed the working relationship with ruling DPP to foster development in the… ...

‘Wallaahi, Billaahi’: Uladi Mussa denies being bribed

Dec 20, 2017 Luke Bisani 23 &

Former Peoples Party (PP) acting President Uladi Mussa has denied being bribed by government to shoot down the electoral reforms bills in parliament. The sentiments follow reports that United Democratic Front and some PP Members… ...

PP/DPP alliance defeats 50+1

Dec 15, 2017 Richard Jimu 151 &

As reports that ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) intends to merge with People's Party (PP) are rife, lawmakers of the former ruling party joined DPP Members of Parliament (MPs) in shooting down the electoral reforms… ...

Unrest in Aford: Court halts Chihana presidency

Dec 14, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 8 &

Misunderstandings rage on within limping opposition party the Alliance for Democracy (Aford). This time after heightened struggle for leadership, court has ruled that Enock Chihana stops serving as the party's interim leader. The Lilongwe High… ...

Govt MPs rebuff Tembenu on Referendum Bill

Dec 14, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 13 &

Members of Parliament on government side on Wednesday rejected Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu's proposal to amend the Referendum Bill such that a president would only call for a referendum after being… ...

JB accused of signing a pact with ‘the Devil’

Dec 02, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 47 &

Africa Confidential, one of Africa's celebrated publications, has described as a 'pact with the devil' the alliance that former Malawi president Joyce Banda is forging with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). According to reports… ...

‘No party can be run by remote control’

Nov 29, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 25 &

Former President Joyce Banda’s insistence to run the People’s Party (PP) by remote control by among other things addressing supporters through WhatsApp has been singled out as one of the reasons the party will not… ...

JB’s sister denies helping Mutharika

Nov 23, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 56 &

A sister to former President Joyce has dismissed reports she is helping President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to strike a deal with opposition People's Party (PP). Banda's sister Cecilia Kumpukwe who… ...

PP MPs seek guarantees for JB

Nov 21, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 124 &

People's Party Members of Parliament (MPs) want assurances that party leader Joyce Banda will not be arrested as one of the conditions for an alliance with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mutharika met PP… ...