Moses Kunkuyu is a

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

politician who currently serves as the Minister of Information and digitization. He is also a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Malawi.

Political career

Kunkuyu is one of the youngest politicians in the country. In 2009, he was elected Member of Parliament for the

Blantyre Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is ...

south constituency on a

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

ticket. Following the unpopularity of the

Bingu wa Mutharika Bingu wa Mutharika (; born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom; 24 February 1934 – 5 April 2012) was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012. He was also President of the Democ ...

administration, Kunkuyu alleged in an interview for Zodiak Radio, Malawi that the advisors to the Party leadership were "too timid" to face him to

Mutharika Mutharika may refer to: *Bingu wa Mutharika, born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom (1934–2012), Malawian politician and economist, President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012 ** Callista Mutharika, also known as Callista Chimombo ...

, and that the Party was living a lie. He subsequently formed the Hope Alliance, a pressure group within the Party seeking to influence change from within to the

government. This led to a hostile response from the government. Following the succession of

Joyce Banda Joyce Hilda Banda (née Ntila; born 12 April 1950) is a Malawi, Malawian politician, who served as List of heads of state of Malawi, President of Malawi, from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. Banda took office as President following the sudden deat ...

to the Malawi Presidency, Kunkuyu was appointed Minister of Information and Civic Education.

References

Government ministers of Malawi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Blantyre Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) politicians People's Party (Malawi) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Malawi) {{Malawi-politician-stub