Kondwani Nankhumwa

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Kondwani Nankhumwa (born July 3, 1978) [1] was the Minister of Local Government in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government led by Prof. Peter Mutharika in Malawi. [2] In July 2018, he was elected the vice president of the DPP for the southern region of Malawi.

Nakhumwa assumed this position after the dismissal of Dr George Chaponda for his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal known as "Maize-gate".[ citation needed ]he finally join the malawi tonse alliance

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References

  1. "DPP Convention: Nankhumwa, Uladi emerge winners".
  2. "Henry Mussa ‘sorry’ for coup plot", Nyasa Times Malawi Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine