Month: November 2018 Posts

Mutharika hits at Chilima: You are either with or against us

Nov 09, 2018 Alex Chikanga 3 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ordered Vice President Saulos Chilima to choose between UTM or being part of the cabinet. During the swearing in of new members of the Cabinet, president Mutharika justified the omission… ...

I belong to DPP! Kinnah Phiri dumps UTM

Nov 08, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Former Malawi football national team coach Kinnah Phiri has distanced himself from UTM. Kinnah says he has always been a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In August, Kinnah was one of the… ...

AG Kaphale drags UTM to Malawi Court of Appeal: Supreme Court dismisses appeal

Nov 08, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

...Appeal will be "nugatory, pointless and otiose” if UTM is registered, argues Kaphale Newly appointed Attorney General (AG), Kalekeni Kaphale, has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to suspend the registration of UTM as a… ...

Constitution Crisis! Mutharika boots Chilima out

Nov 08, 2018 Alex Chikanga 1 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ignited a Constitutional Crisis by leaving Vice President Saulos Chilima out of the cabinet released yesterday night. Through Chief Secretary to the Government, Lloyd Muhara, President Peter Mutharika announced a… ...

Court floors AG on a scheme to bar UTM in 2019 elections

Nov 07, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1 &

Plans by the Malawi Attorney General (AG) to stop UTM from taking part in 2019 Tripartite Elections have been dismissed by the High Court. The AG and the Registrar of Political Parties had applied to… ...

Court rescues UTM: Chilima to stand in 2019 Malawi presidential race

Nov 02, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1 &

The High Court in Blantyre has officially registered as a political party UTM (United Transformation Movement). The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties had rejected Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima's UTM because he opted… ...

Chilima in Court

Nov 02, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 0 &

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima is today expected to know the fate of his United Transformation Movement (UTM) when the High Court delivers a ruling on the status of the movement's registration as a political party.… ...