Mutharika had become increasingly unpopular and weighed down with accusations of corruption while Chakwera and his running mate Saulos Chilima offered an alternative more inclusive and honestly run Malawi...
State House insiders say that the President is thinking ahead to the 2025 election and has set up a 11-strong intelligence unit to monitor the loyalty and activities of ministers government officials and his Tonse Alliance partner Saulos Chilima's United Transformation Movement (UTM)...
His fragile coalition with Vice-President Saulos Chilima is beset already not only with the challenges of the coronavirus but also with squaring the insistent demands of those who helped him to victory with his ringing pledge to eradicate corruption and bad government...
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Mutharika was opposed by the Tonse Alliance with the Malawi Congress Party's Lazarus Chakwera leading the ticket and the United Transformation Movement's Saulosi Chilima standing for vice-president...
The Vice-President Mutharika's estranged former ally Saulosi Chilima has gone to court to seek guidance on who shall set the new date...
On paper the DPP-UDF alliance looks nothing like as strong as that of Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Saulos Chilima and his United Transformation Movement (UTM) along with seven smaller parties...
The case has been in court since August after former Vice-President Saulos Chilima leader of the opposition United Transformation Movement (UTM) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Lazarus Chakwera sought a nullification of the May results (AC Vol 60 No 17 No let-up in post-election war)...
In court former Vice-President Saulosi Chilima was questioned by Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale over his petition alleging that the elections were rigged through 'irregular use of forms intimidation and bribing of monitors and alteration of results using correctional [sic] fluid Tipp-ex'...
Former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and his United Transformation Movement (UTM) meanwhile have filed for nullification of the results alleging a series of errors by the Malawi Electoral Commission...
Mutharika's outgoing Vice-President Saulos Chilima polled just over 20% a disappointing result having confidently touted his prospects in the polls...
The third main presidential candidate Vice-President Saulosi Chilima and his United Transformation Movement (UTM) is joining in the bitter round of mutual accusations of electoral fraud in both this and previous elections...