Justice Dr. Jane Ansah, Mutharika’s Running Mate Paid Courtesy Call to Traditional Leaders in Ntcheu

Dr Jane Ansah SC, on Thursday, July 30, 2025, got the blessings of Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani V at Nkolimbo headquarters in Ntcheu district after she was named the running mate by Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika.

Speaking after visiting the traditional leader, Ansah said the institution of traditional leadership is rooted in the understanding that these leaders are valuable assets in promoting development, maintaining social order and preserving cultural heritage.

“From September 16, our administration that will be led by Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and other alliance partners such as AFORD whose leader is Enoch Chihana is committed to working with traditional leaders with an aim of achieving rural development.

It is key to develop our rural areas to respond to urban migration by giving them basic needs such as clean water, good road infrastructure, affordable prices of fertilizer, contain the runway inflation which has ripple effect on the lives of every citizen among others.

The incompetence in the coming administration as seen today won’t be there. This will be about business for the poor people and not the rich, where shared prosperity, true freedom and meaningful equality strive,”, said Jane Ansah the former Justice of Appeal.

She added that as a country we must be proud of the journey we have travelled according to the institution of traditional leadership and the stature it deserves.

Meanwhile, Dr Jane Ansah has just been chosen by His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to be his running mate during the 16 September, 2025 Presidential Election, who eventually will become vice president of the Republic of Malawi.

According to recent survey findings, Professor Mutharika is leading by 43% in opinion polls while MCP is coming second by 26%, a drop by 12% registered from 38% during the 2019 polls.

In this case, MCP has no chance of winning the elections even if it forms any kind of alliance because even if it joins forces with the rest of the parties, it can not surpass 50+1 mark while prospects of DPP winning in the forthcoming elections are looking good.

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