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Membership organization principally for political parties who are represented in the National Assembly

CMD-Malawi is a membership organisation representing political parties that are in the National Assembly and a block from non- parliamentary parties. Below are the profiles of our member parties

Name of party	President	Secretary General	Director of women	Founded	Contact details
People’s Party (PP)	Dr. Joyce Hilda Banda		Clara Makungwa	2012	P/Bag 388, Capital City, Lilongwe 3.
United Democratic Party (UDF)	Hon. Atupele Muluzi	Kandi Padambo	Trifonia Dafter	1993	P.O. Box 5496, Limbe
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)	His Excellency, Prof. Arthur Peter Muntharika	Ecrain Julius Kudontoni	Zelia Chakale	2003	P/Bag 340, Lilongwe. Tel.: 01 776 176 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alliance For Democracy (AFORD)	Enoch Chihana	Christopher Ritche	Thokozani Chitanda	1993
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)	Dr. Lazarus Chakwera	Gustave Kaliwo	Dorothy Chirambo	1959	Malawi Congress Party, National Headquarters, Private Bag 388, Lilongwe 3

dpp The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was formed in February 2005 by the then Malawian President His Excellency Professor Bingu wa Mutharika after a dispute over policy difference with the United Democratic Front, a party under which he was elected state president.

The party has since grown to be one of the strongest in Malawi. The DPP was established to restore the confidence of the people of Malawi in their government. The people wanted a government they could trust, a government that could deliver.

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Participants Laud CMD for Training In Elections Monitoring

Written on 16/06/2020, 03:51 by Website Administrator

“To be honest, most of us are monitors only because we are loyal to our political parties, we never fully understood our roles in elections monitoring. Thanks to CMD for organizing these trainings. We are getting out of this place fully equipped to represent our parties during forth coming Fresh Presidential Election”, admitted Ken Mzembe, a party representative who attended the...

IGAG Inauguration

Written on 04/11/2019, 07:22 by ruth

The Centre for Multiparty Democracy inaugurated the Inter-party Gender Action Group (IGAG) on 28th October, 2019 at Sunbird Livingstonia Beach in Salima. The objective of the IGAG is to build the capacities of women leaders in political parties. Through this IGAG, women’s inter-party dialogue will also be strengthened. This will give our women an upper hand as they will be able...

Bringing smiles on faces of the weak

Written on 20/09/2018, 03:46 by Chisomo Loka

When officials tasked to distribute goats to vulnerable households in Traditional Authority (T/A) Chilooko in Ntchisi District gave Rodrick Chinsolo only MK10,000 for the fifth goat, he had to find, in his crunching poverty, an extra MK5,000 to get the animal into his kraal. Chinsolo, from Chapulumuka Village, was supposed to benefit from a goats pass-on programme without...

Tracking agriculture resources in a democracy

Written on 05/12/2017, 03:40 by Charles Mkoka

In mountainous Ntchisi, farmers have defied the terrain to turn the district into a food basket despite being characterized by poor road access, limited extension advisories and lack of communication to reach out to more accessible markets, especially in Traditional Authority (T/A) Vuso Jere. Seventy-five-year-old Chief Vuso Jere tells a story of how lack of mobile communication...

CMD tracks access to agriculture resources

Written on 20/10/2017, 01:31 by Charles Mkoka

Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has embarked on a project to ensure accessibility and accountability to agricultural resources allocated to Ntchisi District Council. Speaking during a pre-testing of a training manual for political party forums and women action groups at Mponela in Dowa, CMD programme officer Boniface Chibwana said they engaged politicians to monitor...

CMD / Ministry of Justice Agree on a Roadmap for the Political Party Bill

Written on 25/08/2016, 08:29 by ruth

Background Political parties under the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) have been championing the review of the Political Parties (Registration and Regulation) Act since 2010. Through the years, CMD has held wide consultations with civil society organizations, faith based organizations, the media, traditional leaders and regional and district structures of political parties....

PAID UP PARTY MEMBERSHIP

Written on 03/08/2016, 06:42 by ruth

Can Malawian political parties reconsider paid up membership as a way of fundaising? CMD-M conducted workshops in Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu with party leaders at district level to shed more light on the subject. It was discovered that Political Parties in Malawi raise their funds by organizing football matches, dinner dances and coffee mornings, but their main...

TANZANIA EXCHANGE VISIT - WOMEN IN POLITICS

Written on 03/08/2016, 06:40 by ruth

Under the mentorship program of the “Women’s Active Participation in Political Leadership and Decision- Making in political parties in Malawi”project funded by Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD), The Centre for Multiparty Democracy organized an exchange visit to Tanzania. The visit offered a refresher training to 2 representatives from each of the following parties:...

YOUTH IN POLITICS- Meet Tiyamike Mkandawire

Written on 18/07/2016, 09:33 by ruth

INTRO: My name is Tiyamike Chakhaza Mkandawire. I am currently working as a Program Associate for the USAID Malawi Scholarship Program at World Learning since February 2014. I am a young politician from Alliance for Democracy, AFORD. EDUCATION: I obtained my MSCE from Lilongwe Girls Secondary School and I am a holder of a Bachelors Degree...

YOUTH IN POLITICS- Meet Elizabeth Mukhuna

Written on 18/07/2016, 09:25 by ruth

INTRO: My name is Elizabeth Blessings Mukhuna. I am a business woman. I provide event management services e.g. decorations, wedding cakes and snacks. I also sell second hand clothes. I am a young politician from Malawi Congress Party, MCP. EDUCATION: I obtained my MSCE from New Era Girls Secondary School. I also hold a diploma in Information Technology from National College of...

YOUTH IN POLITICS- Meet Mbiri Mulamba

Written on 18/07/2016, 08:51 by ruth

INTRO: My name is Mbiri Mulamba, I am a General Manager for Cedar Place. I also own a Catering Company and a Cosmetic Shop. I am a young politician for United Democratic Front, UDF. EDUCATION: I am a holder of GSCE from South End Secondary School, I obtained a Matric Certificate from South Africa, I have a diploma in Law from New College Nottingham, United Kingdom, and studying...

CMD/DPID PARTNERSHIP

Written on 14/06/2016, 09:03 by ruth

The Centre for Multiparty Democracy is in partnership with the SF and Venstre to implement a project that aims at strengthening youth involvement in political parties in Malawi. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the development of a political culture based on democratic dialogue in and between political parties, increasing inclusion of members and involvement...

Stella Chauwa ; A youthful parliamentarian in the making

Written on 13/04/2015, 08:39 by madamlava

Stella Chauwa, 28, is geared to tread in the land where even men think twice before they pluck courage to tread. She wants to join frontline politics and become a parliamentarian. Her dream is not without cause. “I got inspired by my grandfather who was once a parliamentarian and cabinet minister during Dr. Kamuzu Banda era, and my aunt who was also Member of Parliament,” explains...

CROSS PARTY LOCAL GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE: INFORMATION SHARING MEETING WITH DEC DPDs AND FINANCE PERSONNEL

Written on 13/04/2015, 08:27 by madamlava

On the 1st of April, 2015, CMD organised a one day information sharing meeting in Mangochi as a way of providing updates on the status and progress of the project, share experiences, challenges and lessons from the collaboration with PPFs and mapping the way forward for the project into the next quarter. In his opening remarks, the Program Manager for CMD, Dr Gerard Chigona...

Legal Affairs Committee scrutinize the proposed Political Parties Act

Written on 29/01/2015, 12:08 by madamlava

As part of discharging its mandate, CMD has from the past three years facilitated a dialogue on the review of the current Political Parties Act. In this process, CMD has engaged with different players in the political realm including the district, regional and national party officers, Ministry of Justice, Law commission, Office of Attorney General and the former legal affairs...

National electoral reforms conference - Lilongwe

Written on 28/01/2015, 08:08 by madamlava

A National Conference on Electoral Reforms took place in Lilongwe from 11th to 12th December 2014 to initiate a movement for electoral reform in Malawi; debate advantages and disadvantages of various electoral systems and practices; discuss recommendations from issues papers presented at the conference; formulate a national technical working group on electoral reforms and to...

CMD and NIMD in Inter-party Dialogue and its role in Democracy

Written on 28/01/2015, 07:49 by madamlava

With funding from the Netherlands Institute of Democracy (NIMD), CMD held a board induction on interparty dialogue and its role in a multiparty democracy at Sun and Sand Hotel, 8th December 2014. The event drew the participation of Political Parties namely DPP, PP, PPM, MCP, AFORD, UDF and NASAF. Attending the event, were also two delegates from Ghana, Ahmed...

CMD- Malawi develops mentoring module for Political Parties and orients 32 mentors

Written on 27/11/2014, 08:21 by CMD Staff

“A lot of women are quite hesitant to join politics because of all the names people associate with women politicians. You have to be headstrong and persistent as a woman if you want to make it in politics in this country” These sentiments were shared by Agness Nkusa-Nkhoma, of People’s Party during the orientation of mentors training that took place at Bridge Hotel in...

CMD – M signs US$1,600, 000 pact with UNDP, DFID

Written on 13/11/2014, 09:30 by CMD Staff

Centre for Multiparty Democracy – Malawi (CMD – M) on February 13 signed a US$1,200 ‘Strengthening Political Parties Project Support Document’ with the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).The project’s main aim is to empower political parties to effectively participate in Malawi’s multi-party democracy, by...

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