Month: January 2019 Posts

Bon Kalindo arrested for insulting Mutharika

Jan 10, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested UTM National Youth Director Bon Kalindo. Kalindo who is also Member of Parliament for Mulanje South has been charged with conduct likely to cause breach of people. According to police,… ...

Defeated UTM aspirant dumps party

Jan 10, 2019 Kenneth Mkandawire 0 &

A parliamentary aspirant who lost UTM primaries in Likoma and Chizumulu Islands has dumped the party accusing the committee that was administering the primaries of jeopardizing the elections. The aspirant Professor Vincent Boma Chirwa lost… ...

Atupele collects nomination papers

Jan 09, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has collected presidential nomination papers for the 2019 tripartite elections. According to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Muluzi who is also Minister of Health is one of 13 candidates… ...

Kabwila win UTM primaries unopposed

Jan 08, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Parliamentarian Jessie Kabwila has won UTM primary elections in Salima North West constituency. Kabwila’s contender Moses Buwa withdrew from the race after failing to pay the K50, 000 nomination fee for the polls. The elections… ...

Karonga North UTM members defect to ruling DPP

Jan 07, 2019 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Days after the controversial daylong UTM countrywide primary elections, about 22 executive district members for Karonga North-West constituency have defected from UTM to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Making the announcement Sunday afternoon in… ...

UTM’s Usi to face Nankhumwa in Mulanje Central

Jan 07, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Opposition UTM has declared Michael Usi as the party’s parliamentary candidate in Mulanje Central Constituency where he will face incumbent legislator Kondwani Nankhumwa The party's primary elections for the constituency failed to take place on… ...

UTM happy with primaries in Phalombe South

Jan 04, 2019 Takondwa Velemu - MEC Stringer 1 &

UTM has hailed delegates in Phalombe South for conducting peaceful primary elections. During the polls, Robert Malinga, who is said to be the National Youth Coordinator for UTM lost after getting 163 votes while the… ...