In a stunning political twist worthy of a blockbuster script, the High Court in Mzuzu has thrown out an order obtained by none other than Malawi’s Minister of Trade and MCP parliamentary hopeful, Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba. The ruling sends shockwaves through Mzimba Central and clears the path for Adamson Kuseri Mkandawire—the man who claimed victory in the highly contested May 11 primaries—to fly the Malawi Congress Party’s flag in the upcoming September 16 elections.
The now-discharged order, originally granted on May 16, had forced the MCP to rerun the primaries using a special list of delegates hammered out during a tense January 17 meeting in Euthini. But the court, led by Justice Justus Kishindo, ruled that Mumba secured the injunction through a “breach of the duty of full and frank disclosure”—a damning legal slap that has dramatically undercut the minister’s political footing. While Mumba’s legal team remains tight-lipped, MCP lawyer Gift Dick Chimowa says the party is still open to dialogue—but as it stands, the stage belongs to Mkandawire. Buckle up, Mzimba Central—September’s political theatre just got a whole lot more dramatic.
