Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South is this afternoon expected to address Malawi
NANKHUMWA: Set to lead onslaught
The nullified parliamentary election results by the High Court will make it very difficult for UDF and MCP to grab any single seat in lower shire looking at the three many factors, political analyst James Dube has said.
“The first step is that MCP popularity has dwindled significantly due to it’s poor management on their manifestos like free connections on water and electricity, abolishment of mutukula pakhomo that was put in place by the DPP administration to help the poor of the poorest in local setups, failing to reduce passport price to K14000, duty free one week, amongst others.
Kabambe being welcomed into DPP
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party-DPP has today officially welcomed former Reserve Bank Governor, Dr. Dalitso Kabambe into the party.
DPP Regional Governor for the South, Charles Mchacha and deputy secretary general, Aaron Sangala led the party supporters in welcoming Kabambe at the party’s regional office for South in Blantyre.
Kabambe is expected to contest for the party’s presidency at the convention slated in February.
He is likely going to face the party’s vice president for the South and Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa should the party hold a convention to elect former president Peter Mutharika’s successor.
Governance Expert Ceaser Kondowe Hails Mutharika, Chakwera, Nankhumwa For Political Maturity
Kondowe: What Mutharika and Chakwera have done in so far as democracy is concerned is a plus to the democratisation process to take roots in this country
As Malawians continue to pour in their reactions to the meeting former President Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika and President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera had in Mangochi and on the other side the presence of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament at the farewell ceremony of controversial cleric, Reverend Levi Nyondo, political analyst Ceased Kondowe has described the gesture of the three leaders as gigantic step towards lowering down the political temperature in the country to allow socioeconomic development to lead over petty politicking which has been the trend since Malawi attained multiparty democracy.
December 23, 2020 Owen Khamula -Nyasa Times 18 Comments
President Lazarus Chakwera has failed to live up to his promise of meeting Leader of Opposition in parliament to discuss issues of national importance.
President Chakwera: No meeting yet with opposition leader
Chakwera made the promise after taking the presidential oath that he would be meeting the Leader of Opposition in parliament every three month to exchange notes on issues of national importance.
Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa said he has received no communication on the promised meetings.
“However, I don’t want to take it as a delayed engagement. The President has a full five years to rule this country and he has only done six months. He needs time to settle down. At an opportune time, he shall come out,” said Nankhumwa in a written response.