{"id":13901,"date":"2022-01-17T23:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T23:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mutharika-rejects-claims-he-has-a-brother-named-thom-mutharika-2"},"modified":"2022-01-18T00:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:14:15","slug":"mutharika-rejects-claims-he-has-a-brother-named-thom-mutharika-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mutharika-rejects-claims-he-has-a-brother-named-thom-mutharika-2","title":{"rendered":"Mutharika rejects claims he has a brother named Thom Mutharika"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>In trying to gain political mileage, estranged Democratic Progress Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa, visited a man identified as Kalani Thom Mutharika \u2014 who claims to be a relation to former Presidents Bingu and Peter Mutharika.<\/p>\n

But a statement from DPP\u2019s spokesperson, Shadric Namalomba says the immediate past President Peter Mutharika disputes and rejects claims that Kalani Thom Mutharika is related to his clan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe public should know that in the family of Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika there were six children who survived adulthood: Jimmie, Lizzie, Bingu, Ida, Peter (our President) and Christina.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny person who claims to be a sibling to the Mutharika family is a fraud and an impostor,\u201d says the statement, whilst asking Nankhumwa to \u201cslow down and reflect\u201d as he is taking his \u201cwar for presidency too far against innocent people\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nankhumwa, who is the Leader of Opposition in Parliament representing the DPP and is aspiring to be the Party\u2019s next president, is described as \u201ckind-hearted\u201d for taking \u201ctime off his busy schedule to visit and cheer up Kalani Thom Mutharika\u201d. The report on social media, Facebook claims Kalani is brother to Peter Mutharika and that he is destitute having been ill for some time.<\/p>\n

Nankhumwa, who is reported to have donated various assorted items for Kalani\u2019s upkeep, also pledged to construct him a decent house as he does not own one and lives in his sister\u2019s house at Kachingwe Village in Traditional Authority Mkalo in Chiradzulu.<\/p>\n

The report said Kalani described Nankhumwa visit \u2014 that included several traditional chiefs, Kalani\u2019s three children and Pastor Joseph Thom Mutharika \u2014 as a rare gesture, which is done by a few people.<\/p>\n

Thereafter, Nankhumwa is reported to have visited Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo where he discussed with Father Damazio Ngoma various issues affecting the development of the Chingazi Sacred Heart Parish and the social and economic status of the people within the parish\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Recently, Peter Mutharika condemned Nankhumwa for using pictures of Bingu on a political poster and pleaded with his vice-president to retract the poster, saying the \u201cpurpose of this callous action is to give the impression that the late Bingu would have endorsed this individual\u2019s candidacy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs President of the DPP and head of the Mutharika family, I am distressed by this exploitation of our departed relative. I am therefore asking the individual concerned to withdraw this poster and to never post another one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nankhumwa\u2019s poster had a screaming headline \u2018Kalikonse Mukaona in 2022\u2019 and quotes Bingu as saying \u201cPower is never given on a silver platter. You must fight for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

But soon after that statement several other DPP influential members, that include presidential aspirant David Mbewe, Sameer Suleman, Joyce Chitsulo, Charles Nchacha, Nicholas Dausi, secretary-general Gelzeder Jeffrey followed suit.<\/p>\n

The others pay tribute to Bingu, saying he was \u201cfather and founder of the once mighty DPP\u201d and that \u201che was a visionary leader, fatherly, God fearing and intelligent\u201d with a hashtag: \u201cmay his soul rest in peace<\/p>\n

David Mbewe describes himself as \u2018the game changer\u2019 saying \u201cChange is Coming\u201d. The DPP has six presidential aspirants\u2014 Nankhumwa; Paul Gadama; Dalitso Kabambe; David Mbewe; Bright Msaka and Joseph Mwanamveka.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. In trying to gain political mileage, estranged Democratic Progress Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa, visited a man identified as Kalani Thom Mutharika \u2014 who claims to be a relation to former Presidents Bingu and Peter Mutharika. 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