The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) this week changed its stand at eleventh hour on the Blue Night saga following the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) decision to drag the Party to court.

According to reports reaching the Maravi Post, parastatals like Lilongwe and Blantyre Water Boards and some councils like Blantyre and Lilongwe city councils donated millions of Kwachas to the DPP recently for the Party’s fundraising dinner, popularly known as Blue Night.

CSOs such as Youth and Society, Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP), Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), and the Human Rights Consultative Committee, asked the DPP to refund the cash within seven days. Continue reading DPP surrenders to CSOs call on Blue Night saga, calls for dialogue on the matter →