He might also woo the United Democratic Front (UDF) former leader Atupele Muluzi whose father Bakili Muluzi was president from 1994 to 2004...
Nor has comment been spared on a 'deafening silence' from ex-President Peter Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ex-President Joyce Banda's People's Party (PP) Atupele Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF) and even Vice-President Saulosi Chilima's UTM...
Mutharika's gambit of boosting his chances by joining with the United Democratic Front's (UDF) Atupele Muluzi son of Malawi's president from 1994 to 2004 Bakili Muluzi did not succeed...
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Mutharika dominated in his southern region base and those of his running mate Atupele Muluzi which have a large populations compared to other regions...
But his own running mate the United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi is on the stump...
Atupele Muluzi who came fourth in last year's poll has joined his United Democratic Front (UDF) to Mutharika's campaign...
Atupele Muluzi whose father Bakili was Malawi's first democratically elected president lost the seat he had held for 15 years while Joyce Banda's son Roy Kachale lost the Zomba Malosa seat his mother held before she became Vice-President to President Bingu wa Mutharika in 2009...
Chilima has enjoyed huge audiences at his mass rallies but this is not enough to threaten the voter base of either the MCP or the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) let alone the United Democratic Front of fellow Cabinet Minister Atupele Muluzi (AC Vol 60 No 5 War of the running mates)...
Before Chimulirenji the United Democratic Front leader Atupele Muluzi who is the current Health Minister and is in alliance with the DPP was also widely tipped to be Mutharika's running mate...
Mutharika is banking on support from Atupele Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF) which has been supporting his government since 2014...