Month: January 2018 Posts

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… ...