Month: November 2018 Posts

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.… ...

Mutharika stops in Ntcheu: tells people to reject UTM

Nov 01, 2018 Russell Kondowe 4 &

President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday stopped in Ntcheu where he urged voters to ignore Vice President Saulos Chilima’s United Transformation Movement (UTM). Mutharika said the movement has no agenda and capacity to develop the country.… ...

MBC stops caller from criticizing DPP regime

Oct 29, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

State owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) does not buy any views from its listeners that appear to be critical of the Peter Mutharika leadership. In a phone-in program aimed at getting people’s views on whether… ...