Brown Mpinganjira recently re-converted to the UDF is also tainted by his time in Muluzi's cabinet; he is quite young and popular in the party's Mulanje heartland but has seemed too opportunistic to inspire trust...
Despite its public utterances the leadership is not fully behind Muluzi's presidential candidacy but his financial muscle and grassroots appeal stave off any challenge by the likes of Friday Jumbe Sam Mpasu or Brown Mpinganjira...
Sata is also a friend of Brown Mpinganjira like Muluzi from the United Democratic Front...
The rally in a muddy park ended in a forest of UDF yellow cloth and pledges from party bigwigs; old-stagers Brown Mpinganjira Friday Jumbe and Sam Mpasu hid their ambitions in a show of unity...
Many UDF rank-and-file say they would back his return to the presidency but party leaders like Sam Mpasu Friday Jumbe and Brown Mpinganjira have aspirations of their own...
The UDF could then regenerate itself under clever competent Brown Mpinganjira ('BJ')...
Brown Mpinganjira: 56; MP Mulanje Centre in UDF heartland; Muluzi's Foreign Minister until sacked for opposing a third term; created National Democratic Alliance; failed in presidential bid 2004; populist and opportunistic...
Politicians who have moved from opposition during the elections into the sweet pleasures of government jobs include Gwanda Chakuamba Brown Mpinganjira and Hetherwick Ntaba...
The UDF old guard's retaliation included the formation of a 'UDF Fast Track' movement led by Dumbo Lemani and designed to 'purify and energise the party' and a rapprochement with Brown Mpinganjira's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which has agreed to merge with the UDF...
Brown Mpinganjira's National Democratic Alliance with only eight seats has rejoined the UDF but gets no cabinet posts...
