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Former President Joyce Banda another member of the Tonse Alliance was also a candidate on 16 September but her People's Party and the UTM's Dalitso Kabambe are unlikely to have obtained 10% of the vote between them...
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The same polls put Mutharika at 41% UTM's Dalitso Kabambe at 6% Atupele Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF) at 3% and Banda at 2%...
The UDF's Muluzi has urged him to retire calling him ‘too old' while Dalitso Kabambe has echoed the sentiment...
People's Party leader Joyce Banda is also campaigning on her reputation as a former president while the United Transformation Movement candidate former Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Dalitso Kabambe is claiming personal credit for what is seen as a period of economic stability under Mutharika (AC Vol 65 No 19 Three old hats in the presidential ring)...
Dalitso Kabambe has not been arrested but the police have a warrant for his arrest...
He recently appointed his nephew Dalitso Kabambe as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi the central bank...