19 Facts About Brown Mpinganjira

Brown Mpinganjira worked with others in prison and used their time to devise ways on how to change the direction of Malawi's political state.

Brown Mpinganjira began working for British council upon his release and received support from international community to form a pressure group and lobby for a referendum to decide whether Malawi was still to remain a one party state or become a multi party democracy.

Brown Mpinganjira won the parliamentary seat in 1994 and served as an MP for Mulanje Central for 15years.

Brown Mpinganjira has contested once as a presidential candidate for National Democratic Alliance in 2004 and as a running mate in the Mgwirizano Coalition in 2009.

Brown James Mpinganjira was born on 7 November 1950 to Dr James Mpinganjira and his wife Ella Mankhokwe Mpinganjira, a nurse, in Mulanje district, Southern Region of Malawi.

Brown Mpinganjira did his primary education at Chisitu Primary School and proceeded to do his secondary school at Blantyre Secondary School.

Brown Mpinganjira then trained as a journalist in Cologne, Germany, and attained his master's degree in mass journalism from University of Leicester, England.

Brown Mpinganjira has worked at the state owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation before becoming the Principle Information Officer in the Malawi Government Information Services Department in 1982.

Brown Mpinganjira co founded the then pressure group UDF and campaigned for a multi party democracy.

Brown Mpinganjira had an underground newspaper that he titled "nkhani za ku Malawi" which he used to sensitise people on the issues of human rights violations going on in Malawi.

Brown Mpinganjira was elected as Member of Parliament for Mulanje Central and served as a Minister during Bakili's tenure and was known as his right hand man.

Brown Mpinganjira said then, that he broke with Muluzi over the latter's attempt to have the constitution changed so that he could run for a third term of office.

Brown Mpinganjira was acquitted of all charges as there was no evidence to support the claims.

Brown Mpinganjira formed his own party, the National Democratic Alliance.

In October 2001, Brown Mpinganjira was arrested again, this time on charges of treason.

Brown Mpinganjira later dissolved the NDA and rejoined the United Democratic Front, a party he helped to found.

Brown Mpinganjira who had not been active on the political scene joined the part and served as Treasurer General of the party and vice president of the party.

Brown Mpinganjira was appointed to serve as Minister of Water Development and Irrigation in June 2013.

In January 2018, Brown Mpinganjira was welcomed into the DPP party by President Peter Mutharika at a rally.