Investigating corruption in the former regime gives President Bingu wa Mutharika the ammunition to sideline the party bigwigs who brought him to power while building support among donors civil society and the wider population (AC Vol 45 No 23)...
When Bingu wa Mutharika won the presidential election in May 2004 nobody expected much change from the previous ten years of Bakili Muluzi's presidency...
This backlog arises from that government's reluctance to pursue claims of crimes by the government and the governing party the United Democratic Front a reluctance overturned by President Bingu wa Mutharika who says he wants to tackle the country's notorious corruption and 'clear the air'...
President Bingu wa Mutharika has surprised those who dismissed him as his predecessor's uncharismatic surrogate...
The new cabinet named on 13 June contains factions that will pull President Bingu wa Mutharika in all directions: The economists led by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe who was an economic adviser to ex-President Bakili Muluzi...
New President Bingu wa Mutharika took three weeks to establish his cabinet and his parliamentary majority in time for the Speaker's election on 28 June (AC Vol 45 No 12)...
The election seriously weakened the UDF although its candidate Bingu wa Mutharika won the presidency with 36 per cent of the vote...
Winners Bingu wa Mutharika: from nobody to President in one year; overshadowed by predecessor Bakili Muluzi during campaign perhaps a puppet but critics are giving him a chance...
Malawians seemed reluctant to elect new President Bingu wa Mutharika the hand-picked successor to Bakili Muluzi as candidate of the ruling United Democratic Front (AC Vol 45 No 9)...
However most of the political freedoms gained ten years ago have survived and the UDF's presidential candidate Bingu wa Mutharika has credibility as a technocrat albeitof 72 and with little charisma...
