The Accidental Presidency of Bingu Mutharika, Part 2

By Tom Likambale

The election of Mutharika in May 2004
The improbable political resurrection of Bakili Muluzi would have been hard to imagine even two and a half years after he left presidential office. The former president insists he truly intended to retire from competitive politics and desired solely to quietly strengthen his party, the United Democratic Front [UDF], which he still ch