His own man

The long-awaited showdown between President Bingu Wa Mutharika and his predecessor Bakili Muluzi is under way (AC Vol 45 No 24). Mutharika has told his predecessor to 'shut up' and let him run the country, after United Democratic Front top brass, including Muluzi, arrived at the Presidential lodge on 3 January armed with guns and a machete.

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Bingu Wa Mutharika, Bakili Muluzi, Harry Thomson, Roy Commsy, Alfred Mwechumu, John Chikakwiya, Humphrey Mvula

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