By Chisomo Phiri
Minister of Tourism Vera Kamtukule has dumped the United Transformation Movement (UTM) and joined the Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
Kamtukule was officially unveiled as an MCP member today at the MCP headquarters in Lilongwe.
Responding to questions from journalists, the minister said she made her decision after moments of reflection and consultation.
“I have been thinking and praying, and that’s why I have arrived at this decision. It is the prerogative of the president to appoint any cabinet minister,” she said.
However, Kamtukule refused to disclose when her decision to join MCP was made.
MCP Secretary General (SG) Eisenhower Mkaka said this only shows how strong the party is, as other parties keep losing their members, while MCP keeps gaining.
Kamtukule’s decision comes barely weeks after UTM withdrew from the Tonse Alliance partnership and a month after the death of the party’s founder, Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash.
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