A political party called the National Development Party (NDP) wants to run in Malawi's big election this September. The party leader, Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo, told people at a meeting in Mzimba that his party will work alone and doesn't want help from other political parties.
Mwenifumbo said working with other parties didn't help the NDP before. He talked about something called the Tonse Alliance, where his party felt left out after helping others win. "We want to lead this country by ourselves," he told everyone.
He thinks the current president, Lazarus Chakwera, and his party haven't done a good job helping people. He pointed at many roads that weren't built in the Northern Region. "People trusted Chakwera's government, but they...