Malawi: Prophet Mbewe Announces 2025 Presidential Ambition

By Joseph Dumbula

A renowned Prophet David F Mbewe, has announced he will run for presidency in 2025 when Malawi heads to the ballot.

The announcement follows the approval of the party’s manifesto by the National Planning Commission (NPC).

The NPC was established through an Act of Parliament in 2017 to among other things coordinate the development of long- and medium-term national development plans for Malawi including the flagship projects that would operationalize them.

At the moment, as matter of law, parties are supposed to file their manifestos for approval to the NPC which says they must be aligned to the development goals tagged to 2063.

Mbewe is among three others who have received the nod from NPC as required by the law.

In his remarks, Mbewe, said he is contesting at the back of the support from the youth, women and children who have been let down by the Lazarus Chakwera led regime.

‘’People are worried out here of the continued high cost of living, maladministration of government affairs and these situations have prompted him to bring the change people desire,’’ said Mbewe who leads the Living Word Evangelistic Church (LIWEC).

Other major parties including the Malawi Congress Party led by Chakwera and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party whose leader is former President Peter Mutharika are yet to conduct their elective conferences.

The UTM, which is led by Vice President Saulos Chilima has meanwhile told the media, it will announce its status in the Tonse Alliance, a grouping of parties that won over Mutharika in 2020.

Malawians will head the polls in September 2025, the first time in that month following a direction by the Supreme Court, which also changed the threshold of winning to 50+1.