Month: June 2020 Posts

CFT leader Mtambo warns against rigging

Jun 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Citizen for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo cast his ballot at District Commissioners office polling centre in Lilongwe where he warned against attempts to rig the Fresh Presidential Elections. Speaking to members of the press,… ...

Let’s knock out the DPP regime – Mtambo

May 28, 2020 Kenneth Mkandawire 0 &

  Citizens for Transformation Movement (CFT) leader Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo has urged people in the country to knock out the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government during the 2020 elections saying Malawi needs a government that… ...

Mutharika will lose 2020 polls – Mtambo

May 24, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

…promises better Malawi under Chakwera-Chilima pair The Commander-in-Chief of the Citizens for Transformation (CFT)- People Power Movement, Timothy Mtambo, has described President Professor Peter Mutharika’s government as “an irredeemably hopeless administration set to lose the… ...

Vote for Chakwera, Chilima to end corruption – Mtambo

May 13, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 1 &

Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo has urged people to vote for Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima in the coming elections, saying the Tonse Alliance government will end corruption in the country. Mtambo was… ...

Mtambo demands resignation of NRB boss

May 06, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Citizens for Transformation Commander in Chief Timothy Mtambo says National Registration Bureau (NRB) Chief Director Mackford Somanje should resign because he is a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member and has failed to manage the national… ...

Mtambo: DPP recruiting witchdoctors from Mozambique to kill me

May 03, 2020 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 2 &

Citizens for Transformation (CFT)  leader, Timothy Mtambo, has claimed that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members visited witchdoctors in Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo in order to kill him. In his accusations without mentioning names,… ...

Mtambo says door open for DPP members to join CFT

Apr 23, 2020 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Centre for Transformation Movement (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo has said doors for the movement are wide open to every citizen who has a heart of transforming this nation, including those from the ruling Democratic Progressive… ...

Mtambo questions Covid-19 lockdown

Apr 16, 2020 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo says the lockdown approach is not practical in Malawi because of the financial challenges many Malawians face. Mtambo made the remarks in a statement on Wednesday following government’s… ...

We will reject election results – Mtambo

Apr 14, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo has once again asked President Peter Mutharika to fire Chief Elections Officer of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Sam Alfandika and MEC commissioners, saying the movement will not accept… ...

HRDC vows to continue its operations

Apr 08, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will continue with its operations as an organization focused on human rights activism following the resignation of former Chairperson Timothy Mtambo . Chairperson of the organization Gift Trapence… ...

Govt vindicated on Mtambo’s political ambitions – Botomani

Apr 02, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Information Mark Botomani says government is not surprised by former Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Chairperson Timothy Mtambo’s decision to join politics because Mtambo has been a politician disguised as an activist for… ...

MCP welcomes Mtambo’s endorsement

Apr 01, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has welcomed Timothy Mtambo's endorsement of the MCP-UTM alliance, saying it energises leaders of the alliance. The party's Publicity Secretary Rev. Maurice Munthali told the local media on Wednesday that… ...

Malawian activist Mtambo joins politics

Apr 01, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Activist Timothy Mtambo has left the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and has formed a political movement called the Citizen’s for Transformation (CFT). During a press briefing in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Mtambo announced his resignation… ...

HRDC postpones State House shutdown demos

Mar 24, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has postponed the March 25 demonstrations which were aimed at shutting down state residences. HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said this during a press briefing in Lilongwe on Tuesday. Mtambo… ...

Global alliance of NGOs concerned over Govt’s efforts to silence activists

Mar 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Civicus, a global alliance of civil society organisations, has raised concerns over the Peter Mutharika administration’s efforts to silence activists. The alliance expressed the concern in a statement on Thursday flowing the arrests of three… ...